Cardi B. Breaks Down How Much It Costs to Raise Her Kids and The Number Will Shock You!
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Books by Black LGBTQ+ Authors To Explore This Pride Month
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30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 10: Geto Boys, 'My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me' x Isaac Hayes, 'Hung Up On My Baby'
Like many of us, I spent various moments yesterday reading mixed reporting on the status of Bushwick Bill, member of pioneering Houston rap group, Geto Boys. A few weeks ago, we were all met with news that Bill, born Richard Shaw, had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. When the news came last night…
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Do The Right Thing…Again: Spike Lee's Critically Acclaimed Joint Will Be Rereleased in Theaters for 30th Anniversary
If you can believe it, it’s edging on 30 years since Spike Lee implored us to Do The Right Thing. The critically acclaimed “Spike Lee joint” debuted on June 30, 1989, which means it’ll be celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. That calls for a special celebration! Well, that’s exactly what’s being served up as…
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2019 Tony Awards: André De Shields Is a Winner in Hadestown
Curtain Call! The 73rd Annual Tony Awards was full of drama (the good kind) in New York City on Sunday night, and the big winner was a town where the wind blows…any way. Hadestown was, predictably, the biggest winner of the night, picking up eight awards, including Best Musical, Variety reports. On the non-musical side,…
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30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 9: Ray J, 'One Wish'
I hear you looking at me right now like, “How did Ray J end up ‘round here?” And to that I say, despite the fact that I have stated very plainly that I’m a fan of one Willie Ray Norwood, I didn’t put Ray J on this list, I put “One Wish” on this list…
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Dark Phoenix Is a Gentrified Neighborhood of Superheroes
If you went and saw Dark Phoenix this weekend, or plan to see Dark Phoenix this weekend, I’m going to make a few assumptions about you. First, that you probably have seen some of the previous X-Men films. Why? Because the title Dark Phoenix makes absolutely no sense and tells you nothing about the film…
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30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 8: Teni, 'Party Next Door'
One thing I’ve made it a point to do more in the past few years is dig heavier into current music coming from Africa. So many artists are breaking through (i.e., Davido, etc.) but there is just SO SO much dope music coming from West Africa—Nigeria in particular. Fela Kuti is one of my top…
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The Black Godfather: Clarence Avant and the Successful Six Degrees of Separation
Life begins with a number and ends with a number. It’s a phrase often repeated by music executive Clarence Avant, almost like a mantra. And it couldn’t be more true, not only in Avant’s industry but in his personal life as well. When it comes to the number of lives Avant has touched throughout the…
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Raphael Saadiq Is About to Make Your Summer Better With the August Release of His New Album, Jimmy Lee
Raphael Saadiq, the most underappreciated R&B artist of all time, is about to bring forth the sound and light with his Aug. 23 release, Jimmy Lee. It will be his first solo release in eight years, following up his 2011 release, Stone Rollin’. This album comes fresh off the heels of his amazing performance at…
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Megan Thee Stallion Gathers Fans for a Day of Community Service
If you think we’re going to throw our asses in a circle while simultaneously doing community service, then you’re absolutely black-ass right. When Megan Thee Stallion said she was doing hoodrat shit with her friends, many thought that meant turning up and twerking on someone’s son/daughter, but, oh were you wrong! The self-proclaimed and rightfully…
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Eff That Little Album You’re Asking For, Rihanna Is on a Boat With Her Boo and His Fam
Rihanna and her billionaire boo Hassan Jameel have gotten an early start on their summer of love, it seems! The pair were recently spotted by photographers off the Amalfi Coast¸—a luxe Italian destination I was first introduced to by another billionaire, Jay-Z, when he rapped about that shit in 2006. (And there you have the…