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  • Pharrell Williams Takes a Knee During Charlottesville, Va., Concert

    Pharrell Williams headlined the Concert for Charlottesville on Sunday night and joined in protests of Donald Trump’s recent comments about NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. The concert, an event hosted by Dave Matthews following the deadly protests that took place in the Virginia college town last month, gave Williams the platform he needed…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • Solange, Pharrell and Friends Highlight Epic 10th Anniversary of the Roots Picnic

    More than 10,000 music lovers flocked to Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia Saturday for the annual Roots Picnic. This year’s festival marked the 10th anniversary of the unofficial summer launch party and kicked off Black Music Month. Stars of the past and present came out to celebrate the historic event. Despite the absence of one its…

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    Aarick Knighton

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  • Pharrell Becomes 1st Man to Appear in Chanel Bag Campaign. Thanks, Biggie

    Music producer Pharrell Williams’ affection for classic French couture house Chanel has been evident for some time. Not only has he been rocking Chanel necklaces for years (remade with real gemstones), but he also appeared in a short film for Chanel and has walked the runway in Paris for the brand. His latest exploit is…

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    Angela Helm

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  • Pharrell Williams and Wife Helen Lasichanh Welcome Triplets

    And baby, baby and baby make six. Pharrell Williams and his wife, Helen Lasichanh, are now the parents of triplets, according to Vanity Fair. The couple, who already have an 8-year-old son named Rocket, quietly kept their birthing business to themselves, and not much is known about the babies besides Williams’ rep stating that his…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • Hidden Figures Upholds the Legacy of 3 Extraordinary Black Women Who Changed the World

    Hidden Figures is the riveting and inspirational story of three black female mathematicians who excelled against all odds at NASA. Many of us are just now learning their names: Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughn. So much of our history has been omitted from the curricula of many schools. That’s a huge chunk of…

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    Danielle Young

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  • Eight Signs You're "Just Black" Even Though You Believe You're "New Black"

    New Black fever has continued to spread. It started last year with Pharrell’s interview with Oprah where he spoke of a new Blackness that doesn’t transcend race and culture as much as it attempts to make it obsolete. Since then, several celebrities — including Raven Symone, Kanye West, and (most recently) Common — have spoken about how…

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    Damon Young

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  • "New Black" Is The New Black

    This level of awareness isn’t inherently negative. The process of thinking about Blackness doesn’t make you love it any less. Sometimes, it makes you love it more. And, as The Blackest Names tournament proves, it can be fun. But, an existence in and navigation of a place where you’re perpetually forced to examine how your…

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    Damon Young

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