lauryn hill
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Mic Drop: Well, Well, Well, It Seems Like Living Room Dance Parties Are Back and Here to Stay
The Black Eyed Peas make an appearance with Saweetie, Ms. Lauryn Hill and Nas reunite after 25 years, Saucy Santana asks: Bitch, what’s the energy?
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You Don’t Have to Imagine That: Nas and Lauryn Hill Rules the World Yet Again With a New Song
The sequel to his Grammy-winning album King’s Disease is here and Lauryn Hill makes a very notable appearance. Lauryn trended on Twitter upon release.
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Don’t Call It a Comeback! The Lovers & Friends Festival Eyes 2022 Return
The throwback music festival was postponed and eventually canceled back in 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic.
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'There Is a Space Where Activism and Art Collide': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Talks Narrating a Black Experience With Jasmine Mans
Jasmine Mans may be best known for her viral poem, Footnotes for Kanye, but her latest volume of poetry, Black Girl, Call Home, is more than pop cultural phenomenon; “It is a conjuring. It is a request. It is a calling. It’s a poem,” Mans tells us on this week’s episode of The Root Presents:…
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‘We Can’t Wait’: Tarana Burke on Why the We, As Ourselves Campaign Is a Crucial Centering of Black Survivors
The ‘me too’ founder shares how her movement’s original mission has found new life in joint partnership with Fatima Goss-Graves and Monifa Bandele.
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A List of All the Biases That Prevent Me From Considering Drake One of the Greatest Rappers Ever (Which He, Unfortunately, Is)
1. He reminds me of hotel shampoo so much that I’ve just started calling him Hotel Shampoo. 2. The irrational and disproportionate emotional and spiritual attachment I have to the rappers I listened to and loved when I was younger, which makes it more difficult for a “newer” person to move me. 3. He’s never…
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The Black Messiah (aka D’Angelo) Made His Verzuz Debut to Close Out Black History Month and I’m Still Not Over It
Y’all. I’m still not over it. No, seriously—I’m not. It’s been nearly 48 hours since the ever-elusive artist D’Angelo blessed us all with his “D’Angelo and Friends” Verzuz battle at the legendary Apollo Theater and I have yet to come down from that high (not a literal high, but you know what I’m saying). The…
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Lauryn Hill Performs 20-Minute Set in Louis Vuitton's Latest Ad
Lauryn Hill performed a special 20-minute set in her home state of New Jersey, which will serve as the backdrop for Louis Vuitton’s 2021 Men’s Spring/Summer Fashion Show in Shanghai. “Ms. Lauryn Hill is, to me, forever a muse,” Louis Vuitton Men’s artistic director Virgil Abloh said in a statement accompanying the video, which was…
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Exclusive: iHeartMedia to Celebrate Black Music Month With Robust Content Featuring H.E.R., Questlove and More
Black Music Month is on the horizon and iHeartMedia has quite the celebration planned, as expected. iHeart provided The Root with exclusive deets: iHeartMedia today announced that it will celebrate Black Music Month with exclusive audio vignettes from some of today’s top Urban artists. The celebration will honor the incredible achievements of Black musicians and…
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2 Fyre 2 Furious: What’s Up With the Lovers & Friends Festival? Because I Really Need It to Happen [Updated]
It was a Tuesday afternoon and I was browsing my Twitter timeline, minding everyone else’s business when I saw it. There on my screen, adorned in a gaudy blinged-out font, sprinkled with Mariah Carey-inspired butterflies, was what would likely become the most fun time of my life: the Lovers & Friends festival. In addition to…