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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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On 'Tales From My Hood,' Kurupt Delivers His Testimony in G-Funk

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| Laughter & Lexapro
Courtesy of Death Row Records. It’s been a bumpy ride for Kurupt. After a troubling stint on Marriage Boot Camp: Hip-Hop Edition, the Dogg Pound rapper’s descent into alcoholism spilled out of the shadows and into the tabloids. But all those decades of debauchery with his accomplice of choice, Hennessy, finally came to a screeching halt in January, when he was rushed to the hospital amid rumors that we’d soon be pouring out liquor on the curb in his memory.
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'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Helped Me Mourn the Man I Used to Be

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By Jay Connor Verified
| Laughter & Lexapro
Courtesy of Marvel/Sony Pictures. As a lifelong Marvel Comics head, there are two characters I’ve always seen myself in: Deadpool, because despite having all the talent in the world, self-sabotage will always be his muse; and Spider-Man, because beneath the admiration and hero worship is a Nobel Prize candidate dodging eviction notices and barely holding his life together—with wisecracks, duct tape, and web fluid.
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The R&B Tour: I Went to See Usher and Chris Brown Wouldn't Leave Me Alone

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By Jay Connor Verified
| Laughter & Lexapro
Courtesy of Julian Buchan. On behalf of Captain Obviouses everywhere, Chris Brown is a terrible person. If the endless parade of arrests, assaults, accusations, lawsuits, public meltdowns and his favorite pastime, allegations of abuse, doesn’t make it abundantly clear, then maybe the fact that he justpled guilty to affray on Friday will. But since he won’t be sentenced until October, I suppose that gives him ample opportunity to break someone else’s jaw—or punt a koala.
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