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Rapsody's Upcoming Album, Eve, Pays Homage to Black Women; 1st Single 'Ibtihaj' Keeps It All the Way Live
Rapsody, the North Carolina lyricist known in hip-hop circles as a rapper’s rapper, has consistently delivered on both her individual releases and features. In 2017, Rapsody (born Marlanna Evans) dropped her critically-acclaimed and Grammy-nominated album, Laila’s Wisdom (Jamla/RocNation). The first record on the album—the title track—has been in my personal rotation nonstop ever since and…
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Women Rappers Drag Jermaine Dupri By His Nose Hairs After He Alleges They All Sound 'Like Strippers'
I have gone this far in 2019 without wondering even once what Jermaine Dupri thought about anything. Unfortunately, on Thursday, that streak came to an end when Dupri decided to share a wadded up Kleenex masquerading as a thought on his feelings about women rappers. In a recent interview with People magazine, the 46-year-old producer…
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Some of Black Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Play ‘Black Ass Game’
It’s been said time and time again that the black experience is not monolithic. That fact becomes especially apparent when some of the most controversial topics that separate the black community come up in conversation. Or at least during a round of “Black Ass Game.” In the latest segment, many of the biggest and blackest…
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Rapsody on Her Grammy Nominations Being ‘Good for the Culture,’ Her Unconventional Journey and Thoughts on Cardi B
When Marlanna “Rapsody” Evans stepped onstage in Oakland, Calif., for her Wisdom Is Power Tour, the tiny emcee with the commanding voice behind her lyrical wizardry was met with an ovation unlike any other she had ever experienced. “I tried to address the crowd before I started, and I couldn’t even talk because they were…
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Watch: The Root 100 Gala Was the Blackest Event on TV
On Sunday The Root 100 gala aired on Fusion TV. Hosted by The Root 100 honoree Angela Rye and A.J. Calloway, the gala—which took place Nov. 9 in New York City—featured other honorees such as Franchesca Ramsey, Yamiche Alcindor and S. Lee Merritt, along with special guests Common, Rapsody and many others. In case you…
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Rapsody and 8 Other Rap Cats You Should Be Listening To
North Carolina rapper Rapsody dropped her second full-length album, Laila’s Wisdom, on Sept. 22. It’s her first album under the Roc Nation imprint, and the first to feature a suite of top-tier guest stars, including Kendrick Lamar, Black Thought and Anderson .Paak. It’s easy, and quotidian, to reduce Rapsody to a “dope female emcee.” But the…