Music
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are Set to Headline Global Citizen Festival to Honor Nelson Mandela in South Africa
Beyoncé and her hubby Jay-Z will be headlining this year’s Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100. I doubt I’ll be in South Africa come Dec. 2 but I hope there’s a live stream. The news about this event keeps getting bigger and better—Oprah Winfrey will be the keynote speaker. Other hosts of the event include Naomi…
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Cardi B Countersues Former Manager, Accuses Him of Trying to Get Between Her and Offset
Back in April, news broke that Cardi B’s former manager Klenord “Shaft” Raphael had filed a $10 million lawsuit against her—claiming, among other things, that he was responsible for her meteoric rise to the top of the charts and that she had repaid his efforts by giving him, well, the shaft as it were. Bartier…
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Y'all Can Hate On Drake's Scorpion All You Want, He Still Just Trampled Every Apple Music Record
We at The Root have been decidedly “meh” about Drake’s new, too-damn-long album Scorpion. Some of y’all may even have decided you hate it (or just dislike Drake as a rapper in general). Whatever your feelings may be, it probably doesn’t matter a damn bit to Drizzy-boy, who just smoothly smashed every Apple Music record…
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Cardi B Really Is P-Popping Up the Charts
Hey y’all, it’s me, the resident Cardi B stan at The Root. While your “queen”* spent her weekend generally being a jerk, wealth-shaming people and getting bloggers fired just for offering a valid critique of her work, my queen spent her weekend being pregnant and fabulous—and breaking records on the Billboard list. Not only did…