Lizzo
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Megan Thee Stallion Wants You to Wear White After Labor Day
The platinum-selling artist goes platinum blonde as alter ego 'Tina Snow' for the September/October cover of Essence magazine.
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Lizzo, Meek Mill, H.E.R., Burna Boy and More Set to Perform at Global Citizen Live
The 24-hour live event is part of Global Citizen’s Recovery for the World campaign, calling on those in positions of power to kickstart a global recovery.
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Memoirs of an Imperfect Sibling: Mariah Carey Says Inspiration, Not Defamation Was the Goal of Her Book
As with most memoirs, when shit starts hitting the fan, family and friends who may have been mentioned often come out to either support or detract from whatever’s been said. Such is the case with Mariah Carey, whose siblings haven’t been quite so happy with the things revealed in her September 2020 bestseller, The Meaning…
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The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Maestros of Hair
The category is: Hair. They tease. They twist. They tame, tint, trim and artfully tangle our tresses. They are our TGU 50 Hair honorees, ten innovators who have elevated textured hair to new heights. Whether drawing from the diaspora to showcase Black hair as the ultimate creative medium, building empires from a legacy of kitchen…
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Lizzo Wants to See If You Can Dance ‘Good As Hell’ for a New Series at Amazon Studios
Kitty-cat, kitt-cat, prrr. All the big girls down to the flrrrr. If you’re a full-figured woman with twerk skills on legendary, then Lizzo is looking for you! Per a press release sent to The Root, the “Cuz I Love You” singer and Amazon Studios are teaming up for all new unscripted series, titled The Untitled…
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Truth Hurts: Here’s Your Friendly Reminder That Lizzo Can Do Whatever the Hell She Wants to Do With Her Body—and So Can You
“Your body is perfectly yours, even if it ain’t perfect to anybody else.” On Dec. 13, “Good as Hell” singer-songwriter Lizzo gave fans and followers a glimpse into what exactly she had been up to for the 10 days prior: a smoothie cleanse. In a series of videos posted on her Instagram story, Lizzo shared…
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Truth Hurts: Lizzo Reminds Us 'Fashion Is So Indebted to Black Women’s Culture'
James Baldwin famously said in 1961: “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time.” We know that to be true, but when it comes to the fashion and beauty industries, to be Black and fat is to…
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So, Did You Dress Up? The World May Be Ending, but These Celebs Didn't Let That Stop Halloween!
I know, I know…between the terror of living in the epicenter of a global pandemic and the justifiable fear of voter suppression—or worse, no immediate escape from the horror film that has been a Trump presidency—Halloween hit different this year. I mean, who needs it when we’re living in an actual nightmare? But as I…
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Have We Officially Lost All Sense of Time, or Did Halloween Hit Early at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards?
It’s October, right? Frankly, we’re not entirely sure, at this point; the days are shorter, the darkness both literally and figuratively encroaching, and it’s getting colder—in fact, it’s starting to feel eerily like it did when we first started lockdown—maybe we’re stuck in a time loop? At any rate, given that our current state of…
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Billboard Music Awards 2020: En Vogue Implores You to 'Free Your Mind,' Nearly 30 Years Later
It’s time for yet another (virtual) awards show! This time, it’s the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs)! The presenters, performers and some of the winners rented out The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. I say “rented out” because it was just the stars—no audience. Host Kelly Clarkson even had to make her own audience cheer noises. Awkward!…