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Covers:  Entertainment, culture, lifestyle, travel, gift guides.
Menace to supremacy. ✊🏾 Senior Editor @TheRoot. Contributor, consultant, & friendly neighborhood NDA signee everywhere else. ✉️: deathtoadverbs@gmail.com

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On The Record Presents Dear Sisters: Examining Allyship and Masculinity in the Black Community

On The Record Presents Dear Sisters: Examining Allyship and Masculinity in the Black Community

HBO Max On The Record Presents Dear Sisters: Examining Allyship and Masculinity in the Black Community. M…

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'When You Write Music History, You Can't Leave Us Out': Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Stake Their Cla...

'When You Write Music History, You Can't Leave Us Out': Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Stake Their Cla...

Prior to their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, the legendary songwriting and production duo discussed t…

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'We Are the Drums': Raphael Saadiq on 'Sinners,' D'Angelo, and Letting the Blues Find Him

'We Are the Drums': Raphael Saadiq on 'Sinners,' D'Angelo, and Letting the Blues Find Him

With an Academy Award for Best Original Song hanging in the balance, the Grammy Award-winning musician has pl…

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Can 50 Cent be trusted with the upcoming Diddy documentary?

Can 50 Cent be trusted with the upcoming Diddy documentary?

Elamin is joined by culture critics Jay Connor and Tayo Bero to talk about how following a bidding war, rappe…

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For Black male voters, apologies are in order, and some respect would also be nice

For Black male voters, apologies are in order, and some respect would also be nice

There's plenty of blame to be passed around after the 2024 presidential election. Just don't come for Black m…

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Proves Grief Is Not Our Enemy | The Root

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Proves Grief Is Not Our Enemy | The Root

When last we left you, Killmonger “knew death was better than bondage,” Okoye and W’Kabi were in dire need of…

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Articles

Inside JUST KREATE, DJ Khalil's New Producer Playground—and Why He Isn't Afraid of AI

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By Jay Connor 
| Laughter & Lexapro
“I’m tired.” After a career that’s spanned three decades—contributing to countless albums, signing on with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment as an in-house producer, and collecting five Grammy Awards along the way—DJ Khalil has earned the right to collapse into the brown recliner backstage.
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From the Vault: The Life and Legacy of Combat Jack

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By Jay Connor 
| Laughter & Lexapro
(This essay was originally published on Spotify.) To those in the business of digital media and entertainment, Combat Jack—known to his inner circle as Reggie Ossé—was often seen as a mythological figure; a deity of sorts who was not only instrumental to the rise of the Roc-A-Fella and Bad Boy Records empires, but also forged his own podcast network, the Loud Speakers Network.
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Mental Health Awareness Month: Creative Reset Felt Like the Cure for a Cruel Industry

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By Jay Connor 
| Laughter & Lexapro
Photo by Matthew Ball on Unsplash It’s not exactly a secret that the only thing in worse shape than our economy is that orangeidiot’ssanity, but it’s been particularly gruesome for those of us in entertainment and media. It seems like every other day, another round of layoffs, budget cuts, or mergers is announced, and with them comes a deluge of stress, anxiety, and uncertainty for hard-working creatives throughout Hollywood and beyond.
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