Director John Singleton’s film Baby Boy is a classic of early-2000s black cinema. Tyrese Gibson stars as Jody, a guy with a serious Oedipus complex living in South Central Los Angeles. Throughout the movie, Jody deals with the ramifications of being an absent father, a nigh-worthless son and a bad …
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Aretha Franklin was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize‘s Special Citation, the prestigious journalism and the arts organization announced Monday. Franklin was recognized “for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades,” the Pulitzer Prize board added of the honor. Franklin is one of less than …
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Fresh off an appearance on Saturday Night Live, Sara Bareilles stopped by The Late Late Show to perform her single “Fire.” Accompanied by a group of musicians, the singer offered a powerful rendition of the emotive ballad, which comes off her new album Amidst the Chaos. In the clip, Bareilles …
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Lion Babe announced a U.S. tour behind their newly released second LP, Cosmic Wind. The summer trek launches June 5th in Brooklyn, New York and wraps June 25th in Chicago, Illinois. Some venue information is available on Facebook. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 5th at their website. Cosmic Wind, …
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Nipsey Hussle, the Los Angeles rapper who earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album earlier this year, was shot and killed in L.A. on Sunday, according to NBC, citing multiple law enforcement sources. He was 33. Hussle, whose real name is Ermias Asghedom, was one of three people shot …
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The Cure took the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony stage as they always have: with searing riffs cutting through the smoke. The stage was dark when theband kicked things off withThe Top’shard-hitting “Shake Dog Shake”; the band members’ silhouettes dancing behind them. Then the angular array of …
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Barbra Streisand issued a statement Saturday clarifying her controversial comments regarding the two men who accused Michael Jackson of sexual abuse in the documentary Leaving Neverland. In comments made to the Times UK that were immediately met with condemnation on social media, Streisand seemed to downplay the molestation accusations and …
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Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross have unveiled a meditative new love ballad, “Phases.” Produced by Rich Skillz, the track boasts an atmospheric groove, with prickly guitars echoing around the space created by mid-tempo drums and a bubbling bass line. Simpson and Ross trade lovelorn verses before some impressive harmonies. “Cause …
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Solange has dropped a new clip for “Binz,” a groovy, percussive number off her recent surprise album When I Get Home, and the singer appears to have recorded some of it herself. The video, which features a shortened version of the track, showcases a compilation of moments where Solange is …
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UPDATE: Azriel Clary’s parents responded to their daughter’s CBS This Morning interview via their lawyer Michael Avenatti. “Azriel Clary is presently suffering from years of mental abuse and manipulation by R. Kelly,” Avenatti tweeted. “Sadly, like so many girls before them, Azriel and Joycelyn Savage have been manipulated and convinced …
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