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Dec 18

Anyone Buying a Lauryn Hill Ticket In 2018 Deserves Whatever She Gives Them

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Ms. Lauryn Hill Courtesy Photo via TheMiamiTimes By Veronica Wells I was in fifth grade when Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation was released. I don’t think I could overstate what that album meant to me. It changed the game for me (I would learn later, so many other young, Black women.) A year later, during a family reunion—where we ended up in…

Sep 21

Lusaka July, Zambia’s Version of the Met Gala, Is a Royalty Explosion!

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Cleo Clementine & Natasha Van Der Moss By Mwabi Kaira Every socialite and fashionista looks forward to that one event each year where they can don their finest fashions and be seen. In America, fashion enthusiasts wait for the annual Met Gala, where the most famous faces from the realms of fashion, film, music and art come together to raise…

Dec 18

The Blow-Up on Twitter About Beyonce’s ‘Natural Curls’ Proves We Still Have a Long Way to Go With Our Hair

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Beyonce via Neal Farinah IG By Veronica WellsI’ll never forget my homeroom teacher Mr. Litz and the thoughts he shared one day about Black hair. In addition to home room, Mr. Litz, a White man, was also my middle school art teacher. And during his explanation of how he recreates Black hair, he told us, his predominately Black class, that…

May 04

Carrying Beef for 20 Years…Brandy, it’s Time to Let Monica Go

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Monica & Brandy By Brenda Alexander So Brandy is still mad at Monica and no one knows why. There’s nothing worse than an adult throwing subliminal shots day in and day out but remains elusive when asked what’s true tea. At this year’s Essence Fest, Brandy took it upon herself to alter the lyrics to she and Monica’s classic duet,…

May 04

‘This Is Us’ Actor Lonnie Chavis Has an Epic Question for Internet Trolls

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Lonnie Chavis By Erickka Sy Savané If 11-year-old Lonnie Chavis looks familiar to you it's because he plays adorable young Randall on the Emmy-award-winning show 'This Is Us.' An actor since age 4, Lonnie has grown up in the business and has 145k instagram followers to prove it. But where there's love, there's also hate. Lonnie's celebrity status makes him…