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Candice Hoyes on Sharing Her Unique Influences at The Root 100 2022 Celebration
The R&B singer discusses her creative influences and the significance of performing at the Apollo Theater.
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Come Join Us at The Apollo for Our Year-End Celebration of Black Excellence [Updated]
For the first time, The Root 100 event is open to everyone, and we’d love to see you there. And if you order through Ticketmaster, you can even get a discount.
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Here’s Why Michael B. Jordan Wants to Highlight Mexican Culture in Upcoming Creed III Film
The forthcoming film will see the Jordan go head-to-head with Lovecraft Country’s Jonathan Majors when it hits theaters in March 2023.
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Apollo Brown Tells The Root He’s Sticking to What He Knows
The veteran hip-hop producer discusses being from Detroit, creating his sound and releasing his first instrumental album in eight years, This Must Be the Place.
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Tyler Perry Donates $500,000 to Legendary Apollo Theater
‘I know the importance of what it means to honor that and honor the history of what it has been,’ Perry said in his speech.
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Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold Tapped to Return as Hosts for 2021 BET Soul Train Awards, Taking Place at the Apollo Theater
‘This is an occasion to celebrate, and we look forward to the incredible performances that will light up our stage,’ said Apollo’s Kamilah Forbes.
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Role Call: Haile Gerima’s Sankofa Finds a Home at Netflix, Thanks to Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY
Questlove set to be honored by the Sundance Insitute; Janelle Monáe partners with AAPF for new campaign ‘Say Her Name’
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Sandman, Be Gone! We’re Headed Back to Harlem for This Week’s Virtual Events
April, is that you playa? Readers, it looks like we’ve made it to the beginning of a brand new month. Spring has sprung, the stimmies are stimulating, the vaccines are vaccine-ing, pollen is polluting and most of us are still somewhat subjected to the four walls of our homes. (I gotta say “most” because I’ve…
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The Apollo Theater Is Holding Online Auditions So I Decided to Shoot My Shot
The Apollo Theater is a church. Opened in 1914 as a burlesque theater, for the first 20 years of its existence, Black people were banned from performing at the venue or even attending a production. After changing its name to the Apollo Theater and opening its doors to African Americans in 1934, the Harlem monument…
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23 Years and Counting: 2019 Urbanworld Film Festival to Screen Harriet, Just Mercy and More
The magic number is 23 for one of the biggest festivals highlighting creators of color! That’s right, the 23rd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival is back and has announced its 78 official selections and seven spotlight selections, along with its founding partner, HBO. (Editor’s Note: The Root is a media sponsor of Urbanworld.) “Each year we…