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Proud Dad Drake Shares 1st Photos of Son Adonis: 'I Love and Miss My Beautiful Family'
Rap battles aren’t for the weak, so while they might lead to openly questioning a rapper’s credibility or exposing their upbringing through song, Pusha T’s scathing “The Story of Adidon” did the unthinkable: it accused the biggest recording artist in the world of “hiding a child.” Caught completely off-guard by the accusation, Drake aborted the beef—his…
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A 'DJ' Tried to Downplay Quincy Jones and Black Twitter Found 'One Hundred Ways' to Tell Him to Sit TF Down
Every day we stray a little further from God’s light. As we social distance and come up with new ways to entertain ourselves, the conversation of virtual battles came up amid a flurry of actual music battles between songwriters and producers. So far, fans have gotten to witness Timbaland vs. Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett vs.…
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LeVar Burton Wants to Give Us a Live-Streamed Version of His Podcast. Legal Issues Present Challenge
If you were a child at any point between 1983 and 2006 and Reading Rainbow wasn’t instrumental in kicking off your educational experience, did you even have a childhood? To some, that question may seem to be mired in hyperbole, but to those of us who were raised on the series, its presenter, LeVar Burton…
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Brakes Pumped on Essence Festival 2020 Amid Coronavirus Crisis
The show must not go on—at least for the time being. The coronavirus crisis has gotten everybody and everything fucked up right now, and after a couple of weeks of evaluating how this global pandemic would impact business, the producers of the Essence Festival decided to postpone its annual party with a purpose in New…
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DJ Shadow's Endtroducing….. Is the Album That Changed the Way I Listened to Hip-Hop
Like a lot of black men who grew up in the ’90s, hip-hop is the soundtrack for my life and has been for as long as I can remember. I can remember “borrowing” cassette tapes from my older sister—she had a new music plug in high school—dubbing them, and sneaking them back into her room…
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Ari Lennox Returns With 'Shea Butta Baby' Remix EP
We don’t deserve Ari Lennox, but we’ll happily take her anyway. After blessing us all with her critically-acclaimed debut album, Shea Butta Baby—“New Apartment” is the perfect ode to domestic autonomy—the D.C. native has returned with its successor: a remix EP. Boasting production by J.Cole and contributions from Doja Cat, Smino, and Durand Bernarr—whose recent…
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Fine-Tune Your Own Mirror Raps With Insecure: The Come Up Game
Have you found Issa Dee’s (Issa Rae) pre-game mirror raps hella relatable? Do you still have “Broken Pussy” stuck in your head? Well, it looks like Glow Up Games is here to satisfy that urge. Just in time to promote the upcoming 4th season of Insecure, Glow Up Games presents Insecure: The Come Up Game.…
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If You Can 'Believe It,' Rihanna Has New Music—Not a Solo Project, but We'll Take What We Can Get at This Point
We actually found love in a hopeless place, y’all. And by “love,” I mean, Rihanna’s music. PartyNextDoor released a new album titled Partymobile on Thursday and Rihanna is featured on his track “Believe It.” According to Entertainment Weekly, this is the 32-year-old artist’s first music appearance in 3 years. Now, if you’re expecting a true…
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These Comics Will Help Get You Through the Superhero Drought
There are no more movies, folks. At least for a little while. One of the side effects of us having to sit our asses at home for the indefinite future is that just about all the biggest movies have been delayed until later this year or into the next. If you find yourself jonesing for…
