albums
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Lawyer Alleges T.I. and Tiny Drugged, Assaulted and Kidnapped Several Women; Calls on Authorities to Investigate
Warning: This story contains details that are graphic and may be triggering for survivors of sexual assault. The disturbing allegations of sexual assault against T.I. and his wife Tiny Harris that emerged on social media recently have now escalated into detailed accusations that the couple has raped, drugged, and even kidnapped several women—with the alleged…
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28 Days of Black Joy: Chosen Family
Friends, how many of us have them? I do, and it’s been life-saving during this global ponderosa. Having women as friends has always been my default. As a child I was surrounded by amazing women, so I naturally gravitated to that as I got older. Genuine male friendships were not nonexistent, but those connections were…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 26: Michael Jackson's Off The Wall (1979)
Ain’t no way in the world this monthlong series would pass without a nod to one of the greatest albums ever that also happens to feature Michael Jackson at his Blackest. 1979’s Off The Wall is a certified classic. It’s the album that launched Thriller. But the cover let’s you know it’s about to be…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 25: Sonny Sharrock's Black Woman (1969)
The cover for jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock’s debut album, 1969’s Black Woman, could have easily doubled as a movie poster for the 1970s version of Queen & Slim. The photo taken by Ray Gibson (with design by Haig Adishian) features Sonny and his wife and frequent collaborator—until their divorce—Linda Sharrock lookin’ like Black love goals.…
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Ohio Woman Arrested for Leaving Children In Motel Room While She Worked Receives More Than $150,000 in Financial Support
You may have recently come across the story of Shaina Bell, the 24-year old mother of three who was arrested in Liberty Township, Ohio, and charged with two counts of misdemeanor child endangerment after she left two of her children alone in a motel room while she worked her job at Little Caesars. This was…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 21: Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly (all parts of it) has been think-pieced to death, so that’s not what’s going to happen here. Plus, I probably already did that and am too lazy to look it up. And this series is about Black ass album covers anyway. To Pimp a Butterfly is one Black ass…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 20: Dee Dee Bridgewater's Afro Blue (1974)
I love the album cover for multi-hyphenate Dee Dee Bridgewater’s debut album, 1974’s Afro Blue. Dee Dee is a Grammy-award winning singer, actor, philanthropist, etc. She’s bad bad. Just like this album cover. It is art. I’d hang this album up in if I owned a physical copy of it. The photo, credited to Abe…
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Florida Woman Charged for Threatening to Shoot FBI Agents Investigating Her for Possible Capitol Riot Participation
Man…I really thought we were done with this Capitol riot shit. I mean, I understand that the FBI is still investigating and rounding up possible participants in the Jan. 6, whiney wypipo war on non-Republican votes, but I didn’t think I would still be reporting on crazy Caucasians who insist on outing themselves on social…