The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas recounts at Essence some bizarre international travel experiences and concludes that as African Americans, we need to do a better job managing our ...

Who knew that a line in Chris Rock’s Top Five movie about a fictitious Madea Halloween movie would eventually make it to the big screen? Suggested Reading Say It Loud: This is The Ultimate Black ...

Tyler Perry has managed to sculpt an empire around Madea (full name Mabel Earlene Simmons), the no-nonsense matriarch he first portrayed in the 1999 play "I Can Do Bad All By Myself." Madea has a ...

Tyler Perry is pulling triple duty once again for the newest addition to his “Madea” franchise, and he’s bringing the whole family with him. It’s been a minute since we’ve seen Madea on our screens.