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The Circle's Courtney Revolution Discusses Living Out Loud on Shifting Her Experience
The breakout star of the hit Netflix series ‘The Circle’ has plenty on his mind.
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Claressa Shields Gives Serena Williams Her Flowers: 'When I First Saw Her, That’s Who I Wanted to Be Like'
Claressa Shields, who last I checked is pretty damn good at beating the dog shit out of people, recently became boxing’s first-ever two-division, undisputed world champ after adorning Marie-Eve Dicaire’s face with her fists. And for her encore, she’ll be taking the plunge into mixed martial arts to deliver more pain and punishment on June…
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Hollywood Reporter Takes Us Behind the Screen of Barry Jenkins' Underground Railroad
Each week on The Hollywood Reporter’s Behind The Screen podcast, host Carolyn Giardina chops it up with the secret weapons who help bring some of your favorite films to life, such as cinematographers, editors, production designers, composers, visual effects supervisors, and other unsung heroes in entertainment. In the latest episode, editor Joi McMillon and supervising…
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T-Pain Unleashes Nappy Boy Radio on PodcastOne
T-Pain is a man of many talents. Aside from his Grammy Award-winning music career and status as the godfather of Auto-Tune, he’s blossomed into an astute businessman who’s expanded his brand to include Twitch streaming, book deals, and an assortment of other lucrative ventures. He’s also entirely capable of still delivering a banger—as evidenced by…
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Solange’s Saint Heron Announces Expansion Plans, Including Multidisciplinary Platform, Studio and Creative Agency
Saint Heron, the music and cultural hub founded in 2013 by Solange Knowles, has announced plans to expand, The Root has learned. According to a press release, the cultural institution is now set to evolve into a multidisciplinary platform which will include a creative agency and studio. Continuing its goal to “preserve, collect and uplift…
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Hip-Hop Icon Marley Marl Celebrates Hip-Hop's Golden Era With Legendize
Marley Marl is a man of many talents. He’s blessed us with classic hit after classic hit, helped introduce some of the most important artists in hip-hop history, and has influenced just about everyone from Pete Rock to DJ Premier. But hip-hop is a young man’s game, so with the Queensbridge native eager to continue…
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Gary Clark Jr. Goes Deep Soul Lowdown
Audible’s “Words + Music” initiative combines storytelling with some of the most impactful musicians of our time. And in its latest installment, Deep Soul Lowdown, Texas guitar hero Gary Clark Jr. displays his distinct authenticity as he recounts his journey from being a teenage musical prodigy to following in the footsteps of mentors like Eric…
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Jemele Hill Accidentally Got Involved in the Kwame Brown Saga and Valuable Lessons Were Learned
By now, you’re all aware of the internet smoke wars revolving around former NBA player Kwame Brown, but here’s a quick recap anyway. Cash shit got talked about Brown and his less than illustrious pro-basketball career on a recent episode of Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s podcast, All of the Smoke. Gilbert Arenas had the…
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2021 Webby Awards: We Did It, Y'all! Plus, NAACP Presents Yara Shahidi With 1st-Ever Advocate of the Year Award
You were rooting for us! You were all rooting for us! And…it paid off! The winners of the 25th Annual Webby Awards have been announced! Yes, I’m about to present all of this Leo energy and make us at The Root the lede award announcement here. The votes are in—The Root’s “Unpack That” series won…
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J. Cole Opens Up About His Relationships With Drake, Kendrick Lamar: 'The Competition Part I’ve Stripped Away'
Jermaine Lamarr Cole is having one hell of a week. Not only is his latest album, The Off-Season, making the Billboard charts its bitch—it’s projected to sell over 300k in its first week—but the Roc Nation rapper also made his pro hoops debut on Sunday as a member of the Basketball African League’s Rwanda Patriots.…