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April 12, 2013
This week on The Confab: Join Staff Writer Jenée Desmond-Harris and Assistant Editor and Social Media Manager Akoto Ofori-Atta as they chat with Mother Jones' Adam Serwer and the American Prospect's Jamelle Bouie about "well-intended" racial screwups in political speeches, songs and comments about biracial kids. Plus: We unpack Jay-Z's career evolution -- from rap to business to musical attacks on politicians.
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by Michael Arceneaux onApril 12, 2013
Michael Arceneaux, writing at Ebony, has a few things for the "I Hit It First" and "Accidental Racist" performers to consider before they head to the studio again.
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by Helena Andrews onApril 10, 2013
Brad Paisley and LL Cool J's moronic "Accidental Racist" song is a step in the wrong direction.
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by Ta-Nehisi Coates onApril 10, 2013
Ta-Nehisi Coates explains at the Atlantic why the lyrics to the duet by Brad Paisley and LL Cool J are laughable and why the very selection of LL as a collaborator was problematic.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 8, 2013
"A newfangled Django"? Confederate-flag love? A promise to forget slavery? What? LL and Brad Paisley really tried.
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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onDecember 20, 2012
Get in the holiday spirit with movies such as Friday After Next and A Perfect Holiday.
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by Tamara Palmer onOctober 16, 2012
From LL's new song to Issa Rae's Web series, the word is the new "ghetto," and it's everywhere.
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by Jason King onSeptember 13, 2012
Check out the re-release of an album that extended Michael Jackson's über-stardom beyond Thriller.
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by Lynette Holloway onAugust 23, 2012
The 44-year-old rapper, who plays a special agent on TV's NCIS: Los Angeles, captured a bad guy in real life.
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by Lauren Williams onJune 8, 2012
From Whitney's success to Michael's Bad to rap's greatest beef, here's what happened 25 years ago.
