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The Highs and Messy Lows of R&B Group En Vogue
From their chart-topping hits to one of the founding members camping out in her car, this is the story behind the soulful R&B divas who dominated the 1990s.
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If You’re Not Black, Muni Long Won’t Be Writing Any ‘Soulful’ Songs for You
The Grammy-winning singer and songwriter revealed what she told the president of Atlantic Records.
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Stacey Abrams Voices Concerns About Rap Lyrics Being Used As Evidence
The Georgia Gubernational candidate feels that using rap lyrics in a criminal case could be violation against the First amendment
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Georgia DA’s Life Threatened Over YSL Indictment and Georgia Election Investigation
District Attorney Fani Willis says she needs around-the-clock security to stay alive.
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Music Executives Kevin Liles and Julie Greenwald Start Petition Against Using Rap Lyrics as Evidence
This comes as Young Stoner Life still faces RICO charges.
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Warner Music Group Looks to HBCUs for Music Industry Talent
"HBCUs are full of talent, brilliance, and creativity," says WMG's head of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Gucci Mane May Leave Atlantic Records After Claiming They're 'Polite Racist'
Will Gucci Mane be parting ways with his record label Atlantic Records due to racism? In a now-deleted tweet sent over the weekend, the Atlanta rapper claimed that the people who work there are “polite racist,” and encouraged other artists in the industry to follow suit. According to his tweet, he plans on making July…
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Lawyer-Turned-Label Chief James McMillan Overcomes Drug Felony to Prove It Gets Greater Later
James McMillan has come a long way since his drug-dealing days at an HBCU. Now the Cleveland native, a top-rated Entertainment and Sports Attorneys in New York City, started his own label and signed one of the biggest breakout success stories of 2019, YBN Cordae. The 22-year-old Raleigh, N.C., native is up for two of…
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Issa Rae Has a Whole Record Label Named 'Raedio', Announces TeaMarrr as First Artist
Imagine Issa Rae taking the stage and accepting an honor for her television show, production company, beauty campaign or the 50-leven other things she does and uttering, “To all you artists out there, who don’t want to be on a record label where executive producers are all up in the videos being non-awkward, then come…
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Don’t Come For Cardi Unless She Sends For You, Bih!
As the resident Cardi B stan here at The Root, I fully understand that not everyone is here for her, and not everyone has an appreciation for her style. It comes with the territory. There will always be someone who has something negative to say about a star, no matter what it is. For the…