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Sep 21

Tell It Tuesday: Oprah Shines Light on Cardi B, Reminding Us We All Have a Light to Shine

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Cardi B via IG (left) & Oprah listening to Cardi B's album via instagram (right) By Ta-ning Connai When I first saw the Instagram post of Oprah showing some love for Cardi B’s album 'Invasion of Privacy,' my first thought was, “Dang, Oprah done officially went hood!” Then my second thought was, “Dang, Oprah is ALWAYS shining light, even in…

Sep 21

Tell It Tuesday: Mary J. Blige Shows Us How Our Brokenness Can Make Us Better

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Mary J. Blige in April's Ebony magazine By Ta-ning Connai No one masters the art of the comeback quite like Mary J. Blige. The woman who inspired the phrase Ghetto Fabulous has yet again risen from the ashes to live her best life ever in spite of the many burdens she's had to bear. Her most recent achievement is a…

Sep 21

Tell It Tuesday: Denzel Washington & the Positive Impact of Mentorship

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Denzel Washington By Ta-ning Connai Summer is almost here, which means the movie Equalizer II is in our near future! This is where we get to see Denzel Washington play a good guy who does bad things to bad people for good reasons. Oooh now that's gonna be good! Greatness seems to come easy for this 63-year-old actor; everything he…

Sep 21

Tell It Tuesday: Black Panther Scene Stealer Proves It’s Never Too Late

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Dorothy Steel Courtesy of Cindy Butler, left photo courtesy of Matt Kennedy By Ta-ning Connai Dorothy Steel is a scene stealer and she's got a growing fan base to prove it. The 92-year-old actress had all eyes on her during her appearance as the merchant tribal elder in Black Panther, and she can hardly step outdoors without requests for selfies…

Dec 18

Tell It Tuesday: Will Smith’s Got a New Song. But an Old One Changed My Life

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Will Smith via IG By Ta-ning Connai Will Smith is an O.G. when it comes to success, but his stratospheric rise on Instagram is brand spankin’ new. His mix of life lessons and family fun have us all loving the newly revealed side of a man we only get to know via interviews and the silver screen. And the video…