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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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’80s, Baby: Check Out the Totally Rad Retro Makeovers One Artist Gave a Few of Our Faves
No, it’s not #ThrowbackThursday—but we’re willing to call it #WayBackWednesday, because we’re knee-deep in nostalgia after seeing a series of artworks immortalizing some of our faves as 1980s icons (h/t Hot New Hip Hop). To some, these may just be cute reimaginings, but for those of us *cough* who were there the first time, the…
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The Soul Train Music Awards Will Be Hosted By Besties Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold
The 2018 Soul Train Music Awards will be a throwback to the ’90s—at least as far as its hosts are concerned. Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold—real-life best friends who also played besties on the hit comedy series Martin—will host the event BET Presents: 2018 Soul Train Awards, which will air on BET in late November.…
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Cardi B Is Reportedly 6 Months Pregnant, and Legions of Cardi Stans Yell Out: ‘We Knew It!’
TMZ is reporting that world’s most famous procurer of bloody shoes, Cardi B, is pregnant—approximately six months along, in fact. The news will likely come as no surprise to fans who have noticed her increasingly covered-up looks in the last month or so. The rumor mill started churning during Super Bowl weekend last month and…
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The Bruno Mars Controversy Proves People Don’t Understand Cultural Appropriation
Before we begin any discussion of Bruno Mars and cultural appropriation, we must lay down a few ground rules: This will not be a debate about the quality of Bruno Mars’ work. That discussion is too subjective, and no one will ever reach a consensus on any kind of art. Plus, some people have shit…
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Meshell Ndegeocello Is Right About Bruno Mars Being Karaoke, but I’m Bopping Anyway
Meshell Ndegeocello did not mince words when asked about my beloved Puerto Rican Frankie Lymon, better known as Bruno Mars to the rest of y’all. In an interview with Billboard to promote Ventriloquism, an album of covers, the singer-songwriter and musician made clear that she wasn’t impressed with Mars’ performance of the “Finesse” remix featuring…
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Don’t Call It a Comeback: Are We Ready for a Real Cross Colours Revival?
It was, hands down, the most nostalgic moment of the 2018 Grammys: Building on the tremendous success of their In Living Color-inspired video, “Finesse,” Bruno Mars and Cardi B staged a technicolor takeover of the Grammys stage entirely outfitted in ’90s-juggernaut brand Cross Colours. It was a Gen X flashback come to life, filled with…
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Who Got da Props? Who Got da Props? Cardi B, Runnin’ Things From the Bronx
If you’re a hip-hop head, reading that headline might have made your head explode. You probably recognize that combination of words and syllables from Black Moon’s 1993 song “Who Got da Props?” off of their Enta da Stage album. But they asked a very important question, and the answer to that question is undoubtedly Belcalis…
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Blue Ivy Shushes Beyoncé and Jay-Z, ‘We Come in Peace, but We Mean Business’ and More of the Best Moments of the 2018 Grammys
The Grammys were all about messages this year. From Blue Ivy letting us know she runs the Knowles-Carter household, to everyone with white roses in support of Time’s Up, Kendrick Lamar’s American satire and Kesha’s powerful Time’s Up-esque performance (featuring Cyndi Lauper, Camila Cabello, Andra Day and more), taking a stand has become an important…
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Each of the Grammy-Nominated Albums Since 2007 That Should Have Won Album of the Year
The Grammys rarely get it right. I was done with them when I discovered that neither the Notorious B.I.G. nor Tupac won one for their work while alive or after their deaths. And it is not lost on me that when given a choice between the two, the Recording Academy loves to reward music that…