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Everyone knows this is the best version (A Different World theme song Seasons 2-5)
#RipArethaFranklin
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After so many trips around the sun with VIBE, I'm sad to see it end like this. Myself, the rest of the staff and some great folks at Billboard were laid off today. This job changed my life in so many ways and I'm forever grateful for it. Excited to see where God takes me next.✨
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I went to Colombia for 24 hours to chat with the amazing
@SebastianYatra
about our love for Latin ballads, his album MANTRA and performing with his hero Juanes 🇨🇴🇵🇷🇻🇮
.
@SebastianYatra
wants to make Latin ballads great again. We traveled to Colombia to hear his plan.
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Everyone helped this proud protestor across the highway
#nojusticenopeace
#EricGarner
http://t.co/7p9z1eQi24
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Three months left in 2019 and
@WS_Boogie
's album is still one of the best projects I've heard this year 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Hi. One of my last projects for VIBE includes a cover story with the very talented
@torylanez
, where we talked about Black artists owning their music, his new projects and of course the adlibs behind Quarantine Radio.
Grand Opening. Grand Closing. ✌🏽
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I went to Houston over the weekend and got to enjoy 'When I Get Home' on another level. It's project worth revisiting during many moons and many moods, trust me.
Solange's 'When I Get Home' wasn't made to be your aesthetic
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Meanwhile, I'm loving
@billieeilish
's 'me & dad radio.' She just played "Agege" by
@alhajitekno
and Zlatan, a jam she blasted throughout her Euro leg of her tour.
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Before lighting the incense for this wknd's
#Verzuz
battle, we have to remember how women in songwriting and production could body future sound clashes.
Missy. Keri. Kandi. Makeba. WondaGurl. Ester. Starrah y mas.
Happy to write this for
@okayplayer
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Family Forced To Remove Lynched Black Figures From Front Lawn (PHOTO) | via
@GlobalGrind
|
http://t.co/vaWHw5KorO
http://t.co/PywkzjGi51
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He performed Numb/Encore at Meadows Fest just after Chester passed. I prob will never cry/sing/dance in a moshpit at the same time ever again
15 years ago Jay Z and Linkin Park released the mashup album Collision Course. We talked with Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda about how a simple segment for an MTV show evolved into something way bigger.
When Fronts Collide: The Making of Collision Course:
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Wrote this right before he tweeted. Journos are too scared to talk bars and rather foam at the mouth when a rapper drops a name. Listen before your fingertips hit the keyboard.
Jay-Z dissed Billboard, not Kanye West, and proves his point with ease
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The music supervisors of
#AtlantaFX
are providing music's next gen with a huge platform, but also music and business education. Check it out.
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I talked to
@BigSean
about his unique friendship with Mac Miller, piano lessons and his plans to start "sanging sanging" soon
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@JayHolz410
I still move from side to side if "The Business" or "Sexy Can I" pops up on a 2000s playlist
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.
@_YungMiami305
and
@ThegirlJT
are bright girls. Before JT went to prison we spoke about their hustle in the rap game, respecting female rap legends and their guest spot on Drake's "In My Feelings."
#FreeJT
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The first Black National Convention happened in 1972 with figures like Dick Gregory, Corretta Scott King, and Betty Shabazz speaking in Gary, Indiana.
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I talked to crazy talented
@dinahjane97
about her organic pivot to her R&B roots, love languages and working with J.R. Rotem. What a gem!
📷:
@kdonkk
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Hi, hola, yer. Looking for news writers to add to the team for Jan. 2018. Must be awesome. Send samples + resume to dthompson
@vibe
.com!
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Will watch this fifty-eleven times just for Marsai Martin
Little secret, big problems. Watch the new trailer for
#LittleMovie
- in theaters April 12.
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I gathered some incredible female creatives (and some male allies) to craft a EOY list dedicated to womxn in rap for
@VibeMagazine
. Here are The 25 Best Rap Albums by Bomb Womxn (thread)
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I’ve been sitting on this poem for two years but felt inclined to drop it now. Don’t be afraid to feel everything rn.
‘The Revolution Will Not Be Quarantined’ via
@Medium
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There was a lack of female emcees down in ATL for the
#ROTD3
sessions but this didn't stop
@dreezydreezy
from shining above her peers, no matter who they were. Peep the interview and stop sleeping on the real.
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Kids reading
#LoveLetters
to their moms in prison will change the way you think about mass incarceration
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From Uptown Records’ Instagram, my heart is just...I can’t bring myself to say it. Andre Harrell, sleep well. 🙏🏽
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Mr. Wacky is gone, but his dancing lives on...
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”You have to speak just in an unjust room, even if no one likes what you have to say.” -
@Kaepernick7
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@AlexTaughtMe
Never forget the one the best posse cuts from that time.. Big Sean feat. Chuck Inglish, Asher Roth, Chip tha Ripper, Dom Kennedy & Boldy James' "Fat Raps" (Remix). Such a bop.
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Penned an obit for Ceybil Jefferies aka Sweet Sable, one of my fave voices from 90s house music. love + light to a versatile legend 🙏🏾
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Masculinity can be so fragile. Major love to Sabrina Hooks.They gave her black eyes and knocked out her tooth and she's STILL standing.
Woman gets brutally beaten by five men for being a lesbian
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Compiled some of the best Black Girl Magic moments from
@rapsody
's "IBTIHAJ" video because why not
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@IWriteAllDay_
Girl...I feel the same way. But it's so disgusting how the pot is calling the kettle black here.
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Had fun chatting with
@ellamai
about dreams of rocking North Face in high school, status of her new music and "Shot Clock" going No. 1 🌻♻️
Ella Mai (
@ellamai
) on
@thenorthface
's 'Explore Mode' campaign, new music and living in the moment
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@awinnersmind_
"the [white] woman is more free than all the people in Chicago" damn that can be said today :/
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@IamGMJohnson
hate that he's still being called a Democratic donor when he's a whole serial killer.
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I chatted with the super chill
@SkipMarley
about his new single "Slow Down," love affirmations and all that good stuff
Skip Marley (
@SkipMarley
) talks working with
@HERMusicx
on new single "Slow Down" and living in a genreless world
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.
@WeAreDeLaSoul
created the music, the groove, the message and they only own 10 PERCENT?! The industry is such a mess.
.
@WeAreDeLaSoul
's early albums will finally be made available on streaming services BUT the news is bittersweet.
Please read:
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South Carolina Prosecutors Refuse To Let Victims Of Domestic Violence Use “Stand Your Ground” Law | via
@GlobalGrind
http://t.co/jrR9HrMWJW
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Thanks to everyone who has shared
@VibeMagazine
's story on the
#AlbertWilson
case. We're trying to get more answers (his lawyer is pretty hard to get a hold of) but I'm not giving up!
Check out here if you haven't already.
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For
@revolttv
, I dived into 'They're Trying To Kill Us,' the upcoming documentary about the blatant racial food disparities in Black neighborhoods.
Many thanks to
@Raury
(pls check out his In The Woods initiative) and
@BADASSVEGAN
for the exclusive!
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This summer,
@KingJames
&
@Tyrese
advocated for education. Make your heart smile by checking out more good news here:
http://t.co/ujI41FJU0J
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Guess this is a bad time to let y’all know Louis C.K. wrote ‘Pootie Tang’
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The artistry, the sound, the poise and the soul
@HERMusicx
brings to R&B is undeniable. So glad to have done this special story with her and 21 of her peers in the industry before the
#GRAMMYs
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I'm ready to sing "Never Say Goodbye" to ignorant levels, let's gooooooo
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@rubblekings
will be the best documentary you'll see all summer. Check out my review here:
http://t.co/Y7kDPAfxTc
http://t.co/7aMaRwOAFi
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@KarenCivil
@SylviaObell
The one they were talking about seems to be one she actually posted. Apparently, she does this a lot (plays victim) to her cast mates but it doesn’t help that her husband hopped on Nessa’s page to mock Nipsey Hussle’s death.
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As a former & GRATEFUL adopted kid, this video is hitting me on all kinda levels rn 😢
Most powerful video you'll see today. Wait till the end. So many tears 😰
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Hoping justice will be served re: Ed Buck.
@Jasmyne
has been fighting so hard for his victims Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean.
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At this point...at this very moment in time...it's really in God's hands 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Funny how this never made the Hot 100 but it was played fifty-elvem times in my house
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@authordwhite
@eleven8
@lolalissaa
@AtlantaFX
It's a mix but most times, we're invited out and literally put towards the end of the line which no one stops for since so much time is taken up with the clear outlets
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@hernameisjae
@taylorcrumpton
@sleep2dream
@MikeishaDache
@eleven8
@Shootyourmark
@ivieani
@WannasWorld
@justtlo
@DeluxeShine
Excited to make a playlist out of the gems we covered
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That's it.
That's the tweet.
That's my interview with one of the most important artists of our time.
🗣️
@JanelleMonae
How
@JanelleMonae
's Beautiful Future Amplifies A Different Definition of Inclusion (Interview)
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I enjoy R&B talk but if you don't remember the Miguel v. Lloyd debacle of 2011, you can't take part.
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@IamGMJohnson
It really hurt when
#GemmelMoore
didn't get the news coverage he deserved. That story struck a nerve, especially when Buck would get off on drugging young black men. :(
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Pen game strong w. these talented souls:
@hernameisjae
@taylorcrumpton
@sleep2dream
@MikeishaDache
@eleven8
@Shootyourmark
@ivieani
@WannasWorld
@justtlo
@DeluxeShine
Check out the best jams from womxn in hip hop this yearrrrrr.
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Female Survivor Says She Was Left Alive To Retell
#AMEShooting
| via
@NewsOne
http://t.co/7Ej7XupsVk
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Just a gentle reminder that Rosa Parks was an amazing writer, mixed mediation into her prayers and enjoyed yoga. A wellness goddess we should appreciate every day.
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Those who possess altruism almost never pull through to see their heroism. It's why
#JamesShawJr
will always be seen as a hero to me. (Op-ed) 👏🏽🇺🇸
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Back in January, I had a great convo with
@dvsn
about 'A Muse In Her Feelings.' It was my first print byline (outside of the Power lists) for
@billboard
and I'm so glad the album is out to the world. Shouts to
@LyndseyAlana
for the alley-oop!
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Janelle Monae and the Wondaland fam performing "What Tha Hell You Talking 'Bout"
http://t.co/O8NqE1n1v2
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Our thirst for iconicity has left those who have to quench it with a duty they don't quite know how to handle. With that being said, here's a goodbye to who we keep calling, "The Old Kanye West"
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Ahead of tonight's service in Brooklyn, I talked to the creator of
#Beyonc
éMass, a womanist worship service mixing Bey tunes with the good book.
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.
@JColeNC
's YouTube chat gems: 'ROTD 3' should drop in April, Aside from the Dreamville Fest, he's not touring in 2019 and there are more features coming our way 🙌🏽
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Brother & Sister Shot Dead Blocks Away From Each Other In St. Louis | via
@GlobalGrind
|
http://t.co/cehA9q6c6c
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Twitter Gets Woman Who Instigated Fight At McKinney Pool Party Supended From Loan Officer Job | via
@NewsOne
http://t.co/kzRlymrRuh
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.
@6LACK
. Gambino.
@sza
. Bruno.
@MusiqSoulchild
.
@ledisi
.
@DanielCaesar
.
Y’all still think R&B isn’t flourishing right now?
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