albums
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'I'm Still Spending Money from '88': 9 Thoughts About Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, One of the Best Albums of All Time on Its 25th Birthday
On June 25, 1996, Jay-Z released his debut album Reasonable Doubt and launched a legendary hip-hop career.
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'I Was Just Depressed and Didn’t Want to Live': Mary J. Blige Reflects on My Life in New Amazon Prime Documentary
‘Mary J. Blige’s My Life’ is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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Honolulu Councilman Reposts Video of Himself in Blackface on Instagram
How many times do we have to have this discussion?
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Did You Realize That You Were a Champion In Our Eyes?
For the ‘A Song For My Father’ Father’s Day Series, Panama shares about learning more of his father and his father’s life through Kanye West’s “Champion”
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Can I Get a 'Soul Clap'?: A Musical Journey In a Cadillac With Pop
For the ‘A Song For My Father’ Father’s Day Series, Dustin Seibert shares how a musical playlist of half-a-century old jams reminds him of his father
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Kevin Hart Comes Down on Cancel Culture, Says 'I Can’t Be the Comic Today That I Was When I Got Into This'
The comic bemoans how comedy has changed in the wake of ‘backlash.’
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'I Grew a Sense of Wonder': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Mines the Miracle of A Little Devil in America With Hanif Abdurraqib
The author’s latest book celebrates the rich and nuanced history of Black performance in America.








