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Tyler Perry Presents Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul—Starring Perry and Featuring SZA, John Legend, Common and More
The Queen of Soul is getting a night of honor, thanks to the Recording Academy. According to Deadline, Tyler Perry will be hosting Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul, a concert specially designed to honor the late Aretha Franklin. “Aretha Franklin’s reign as the ‘Queen of Soul’ is incomparable and undisputed,” Neil…
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Netflix's Bird Box Is Really About How White People Don't Want to See Racism
Spoiler alert: Some major plot points will be revealed in this article. And by “some,” I mean “all of them.” If you haven’t seen or read the viral social media discussions of the Netflix thriller Bird Box, you’re missing one of the greatest race allegory movies that has ever been released in the last part…
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'This Christmas' and the Next: Donny Hathaway to Receive Posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
This Christmas season was a very special one for Donny Hathaway’s fans. According to Vibe, the Recording Academy will honor Hathaway with a Lifetime Achievement Award, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the late soul singer’s death. The Academy announced the recipients on Dec. 19. “Each year, the Recording Academy has the distinct…
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Nicki Minaj Has Found the Perfect Role: An Angry Bird
When art imitates life: Nicki Minaj may be voicing an Angry Bird! According to Variety, Nicki has been cast in The Angry Birds Movie 2, the sequel to the film about the popular smartphone/tablet game. The character Nicki will be portraying isn’t clear, but it has to be a bird, right? Specifically, a miffed member…
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Sommore Is a Queen With a Few More Spades in Her Back Pocket
The queen is back to play…but where are her spades? It’s been 17 years since the iconic all-female comedian lineup show, The Queens of Comedy. One of those standout queens was Sommore, with her brash, relatable, no-nonsense style of comedy. Her 2015 special, Sommore: The Reign Continues aired on Netflix in 2018. Now, she’s back…
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Salim Akil Accuser Amber Dixon Brenner Says Love Is ____ Cancellation is ‘A Bit of an Acknowledgement’ of What She’s Been Through
Hearts were broken when OWN announced the cancellation of its romantic drama, Love Is ___, supposedly inspired by the real life love story of Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil. Now, the woman thrust smack-dab in the middle of the controversy is finally getting to speak her piece, thoroughly. Amber Dixon Brenner spoke with Deadline…
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One Sweet Day: Mariah Carey Broke a Global Spotify Record For Christmas
Mariah Carey is getting more for Christmas than “you” — she broke a whole global record on Spotify. The annually-regurgitated Christmas hit, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” has broken the streaming platform’s global record for most streams in a single day, according to The Fader. The hit considered to be the last original…
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Spread Love: New York Honors Hip Hop Heavyweights By Renaming Streets
Two New York City boroughs will have streets renamed to reflect their homegrown hip-hop heroes. In a unanimous vote held last Friday, the New York City Council moved to honor The Notorious B.I.G. and the Wu-Tang Clan, along with folk legend Woody Guthrie. The decision came during the New York City Council’s final meeting of…