Shanelle Genai✨
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If Rihanna had of walked down that hallway, Twitter would’ve crashed.
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People Other Than K*lie That Coulda Shown Up:
• Jordyn Woods
• Lori Harvey
• City Girls
• Saweetie
• Flo Milli
• Rico Nasty
• Teyana Taylor
• A Cucumber
• Betty White
#WAP
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January: "You having an unnatural allegiance to losers is unlike you."
February: "Some of y'all don't even belong in the category."
2024 is coming in HOT😅
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She's right bc: "Abbott on Abbott on Abbott, that booty big so Imma grab it" IS TOP TIER PEN WORK.
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BRUH.
PLEASE look at Will Smith’s latest IG post.
The. Way. I. HOLLERED💀😭😂😂
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“And go where Sharon??”
🗣️TO HELL….but until then, I suggest the Four Seasons
Been living rent-free in my mind since this movie came out💀😂
Heated! OBSESSED starring Beyoncé and Idris Elba is now streaming.
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How old were you when you found out that Niecy Nash-Betts, Danielle Brooks and Sterling K. Brown were FAMILY??!!
I was today years old😅
The talent their bloodline has >>>>
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Baby, THIS IS KEKE PALMER.
And she’s having a baby🥹💛👶🏾
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I’ve been binging My Wife & Kids for the last few weeks while I work and I gotta keep it 100 w/you chief:
Tisha Campbell and Damon Wayans >>>>>>>>> Tisha Campbell and Martin Lawrence.
YALL NEED TO BE REAL WITH YOURSELVES.
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The African American urge to yell "I know you lying" when you witness something incredulous
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Keke “Keep a Bag” Palmer strikes again!!
The weapons may form but they won’t prosper, sister!!
The Soul Train is rolling in with
@kekepalmer
as our fabulous host of this year's
#SoulTrainAwards
—and you're invited!
Join us in the Hollywood Hills for a night of epic celebration and soulful vibes! It's going down SUN, Nov 26 8/7c on
@BET
!
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The Pop Out.
Gangchella.
Gangteenth.
Goonteenth.
The Gangerie.
Niggapalooza
The Blood Bonvention
Hatechella.
Kenaissance.
I love us forreal💀😂
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No P-Valley, No Snowfall, No Bel-Air, No Queen Charlotte, No Best Man: Final Chapters.
And before you ask, yes they were all eligible🙃
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This is about Janet but I'd just like to point out that Taye Diggs has been Taye Diggs-ing all his life and I honestly love that for him😂👏🏾
Janet Jackson having the men ready to risk it all esp during her ‘All for You’ era is my favorite thing. 😭
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Keke Palmer, Issa Rae, Quinta Brunson👏🏾
They are the blueprints, like frfr. I'm CONSTANTLY inspired by how they move.
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It’s 2021 and folks are STILL asking for cover letters.
I’m already begging, aint I? Lol
🗣DEFUND COVER LETTERS
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Heel toe, chicken head, walk it outs, crank dats—yall wasn’t really there, but I was!!!😭🙌🏾
This eatsssssssssss
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Me: *plays Break My Soul*
My Mama: Is that that Beyoncé song? Turn it up. What she saying?
Me: You wont break my soul
My Mama: Mm. Its catchy…
A beat
My Mama: *in the most churchy voice* 🗣YOU WONT BREAK MY SOUL. Who’s soul you breaking? Not mine. Not in this house
💀😂😂
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Okay can we please pause the discourse for 5 seconds to marvel in these BTS pics of Jonathan Majors on the set of Creed III😭👏🏾
Thassa Black Kang right there!!
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Alright, time for my “Love a Black Woman from Infinity to Infinity” Met Gala thread of all my fave looks🧵
We’re starting off strong w/Thee one and only Michaela Coel.
Bay-beeee, IDK what’s more iconic: the jewels bouncing off her melanin, the pose, the smize, or the cornrows😍
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Me, in the back, nibbling off the desserts after I snuck into Keke Palmer’s baby shower💀😂
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Jordan Peele: US
Lena Waithe: Them.
Steven Spielberg: JAWS
Lena Waithe: Bite.
Spike Lee: DA 5 BLOODS
Lena Waithe: Thee 7 Crips
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Usher gotta start off with Hey Daddy at the Super Bowl, not gon hold you.
Imagine it’s pitch black and all of a sudden you hear—
“ I just wanna get your ATTENTIONNNNNN”😭😭😭
I’m turning up IMMEDIATELY!!
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I need her, Jackèe Harry, and Jennifer Lewis in a project ASAP.
I wanna see them all CUT UP😂
Yasssssss
@KekePalmer
👏🏽❤️
Our
#SoulTrainAwards
host is stunning, hilarious and most importantly, A MOTHA 💁🏽♀️💅🏾🥰
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A circle of enablers is NOT the same thing as a support system.
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Y'all....what if Beyoncé put some free concert tix in one of those boxes?????
Can you IMAGINE? Like you thinking you just gon get the album, a cute lil shirt and a poster and then BOOM.
Floor seats to the Renaissance Tour😭👏🏾
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Issa admitting that she’s unsure if she’s on the right path is real AF.
Like even with the best of planning, the reality is we’re all really just winging this shit.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t and we have to pivot. Whew..
#InsecureHBO
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Oh she’s NOT PLAYING. And she hasn’t been for years.
But to hear that she almost walked away from The Color Purple(!!!!!!!)😭
They better stop playing with Taraji and Black women period.
🎥:
@sagaftraFOUND
moderated by
@angelique814
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Let’s check the board, some men are mad at:
Janelle Monae
Meg Thee Stallion
Tracee Ellis Ross
And now Keke Palmer
If y’all don’t get outta women’s business and stop being the weakest link, omg.
Y’all are so misogynistic and fragile, my God
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Teyana, Keke,Tia Mowry, Miss Tina, Lupita, Lori are all back on the market.
Streets finna look real fine in 2024.
Men really FUMBLED in an INCREDULOUS way this year, it’s unfathomable
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Took Trader Joe’s Lobster Bisque and used it as a base for shrimp and lobster pasta🤤😋
Added some spinach, sun-dried tomatoes and Parmesan and I gotta say—10/10 would recommend!!
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Living Single with my Insecure Girlfriends😅👏🏾
Jan/Feb 2024
@Essence
issue with the icons Erika Alexander, Tracee Ellis Ross and Issa Rae. Proud of the team for this one! Shot by Micaiah Carter
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I hate that Alissa Ashley felt like she had to say something but Im glad she did.
One thing I love about life is that at any given moment, you can start anew and/or redirect your focus/passions/interests.
And you don’t need anyone else’s permission to do so, you can just DO IT.
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It’s something about men from New Orleans that just sits right with my spirit and my [redacted]
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Depending on my mood and how much alcohol I've had, i'm either Latto, Usher or Kevin Hart at the function💀😂
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That is Pauletta’s child, honey. Denzel fight back!! Lol
We love a mother son duo ❤️ // 🎥: bholidaytheatre via TikTok
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Tyler Perry housing Meghan & Harry while they gained their footing back here in America is so far THEE BIGGEST plot twist of 2021.
I did NOT see that coming.
Tyler Perry??!
🗣TYLER PERRY
#OprahMeghanHarry
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……all I know is y’all better keep it cute talking about Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles today.
And by cute I mean supportive and encouraging.
Keep it cute or put it on mute.
Dassit.
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Having seen American Fiction several times now, I can’t but help but see the direct ties from points in his speech to exact movie points & how the film is actually a good example of what he’s conveying here + what he/the cast have been saying all awards season
I’ll explain…🧵
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Rap Sh!t.
South Side.
Swagger.
Riches.
The Wonder Years.
Raising Dion.
The Get Down.
Love Is__
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Grand Crew
Truth Be Told.
I could keep going.
They all deserved more than they were given😒
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I JUST KNOW Sean Bankhead put his whole Bank-badussy in that choreo!!! Can't wait for this😭👏🏾👀
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Ran into my man Jonathan Majors in passing at ABFF Honors tonight
Me: Hey Jonathan, good to see u again
JM: *stops, stares, grabs my hand* Hey darlin’
JM: *it suddenly clicks, eyes light up* HEYYY! You good? You need anything?
Me: *giggles* No, Im good
Yall I lubb him, omg🥹
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Like forreal.
Ronreaco Lee was THAT boyfriend. I had crushes on young Merlin Santana and young Cress Williams (IYKYK)
But I used to think Tyreke was the best boyfriend on the planet. I was so happy for Tia but it should’ve been ME😅💛
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Just saw why Mike Todd is trending and I—
God wasn’t nowhere in that🤢
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You know who I love reading good news about no matter the time of day??
Issa Rae.
*deep, happy Negro spiritual sigh*
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OH YES MISS MAMAS😍
Baby this is Keke Palmer and THIS is how you give va-va voom with the hair, the waist, the décolletage.
And the tweed texture. EXQUISITE.
Also, can we talk about the face card??!
#MetGala2023
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May I also present to you, Miss Anok Yai.
Once again—she’s taking it👏🏾 As she does every year, but this year especially because DO YOU SEE HER?!
Ethereal goddess at its finest😍
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Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, John Boyega, Sheila Atim, Gina Prince-Bythewood—Im SO SORRY😔
#Oscars2023
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This show did SO MUCH for me as young girl, my goodness.
There was NO ONE cooler than Raven Baxter on television. NO ONE😭
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Kendrick said “meet the Grahams” and started picking apart Drake’s family tree one by one like Whitney💀
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Speaking of ethereal, let’s give it up for OUR ARIEL: Halle Bailey.
She’s giving Old Hollywood Glamour a run for its money, hunny and looking like a literal Angel floating on clouds.
Who is doing it better??! I’ll wait.
We all wanna be part of her world😍🤍
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Kendrick having a pop up show on Juneteenth in LA is EXACTLY what we need to kick off summer right.
Y'all boutta hear a crowd screaming "THEY NOT LIKE US" all the way from THE MOON👏🏾😅
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(I really hope all the Taraji discourse stays being centered around Black actresses and actors. Not “WOC.” BLACK with a capital “B.”)
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“Then they tell me we dont translate overseas. Im tired of hearing that my entire career, 20+ years in the game
And I hear the same thing. And I see what you do for another production but when it’s time for us—you dont have any money
They play in your face”
WAKE IT UP TARAJI🗣️
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WATCH OUT WORLD—Yara Shahidi is GROWN NOW.
And she’s absolutely KILLINGGGGGG THIS CARPET.
Do y’all see her?’😍😍 Zoey Johnson could NEVER.
1000/10
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The stories in the QT’s are the EXACT reasons why I won’t settle. Princess treatment only👏🏾🥂
We’ve had enough stories of women dealing with bottom tier men. Let’s hear princess treatment stories only.
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SHARP. PRECISE. SILHOUETTES. Cheek bones OUTTA THIS WORLD. When does Teyana Taylor not slay?!
I love, love, a tweed moment. Whew hunny—DEW KNOT PLAY WITH PETUNIA😍👏🏾
#MetGala
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These photos of Daniel Kaluuya from THR and ESSENCE are TOP-TIER🤌🏾👏🏾😍
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What a wonderful week in Black History:
-Viola Davis becomes an EGOT
-Beyoncé becomes the most Grammy winningest artist of all time
-And now LeBron James breaks Kareem Abdul-Jabar’s record to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer 👏🏾✊🏾
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People saying women should learn how to spot early signs of abuse/abusive behaviors in men (like they can’t/don’t camouflage their true intent VERY WELL but okay🙄)…
But also—and hear me out—maybe, just maybe:
Men just SHOULDNT BE ABUSERS??!
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Next we have Quinta “Never Seen A Carpet She Didnt Slay” Brunson.
She’s giving every bit of “You see It. Ion Have to Say It” realness. 10s across the board.
And that hair?? ELITE.
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Here we go—and my earlier sentiments still stand.
CARESHA PLEASE😍
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When Cardi B steps—she STEPS. Her fashion game legit needs to be studied at this point bc she rarely misses.
That’s how you do it😍👏🏾 Those flower details in the skirt and the bump on the hair give me LIFEEEE!!
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One thing Janelle Monáe is good for is giving us A MOMENT and once again—she DELIVERDT.
The homage is extra and on-point. She does it like no other👏🏾
#MetGala2023
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Good morning.
I’m just letting y’all know right now: if Angela Bassett don’t win tonight—we ride at dawn.
#Oscars
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Between this, Get It Sexxy, that new Doechii/JT (Alter Ego), Cardi’s Enough, Saweetie’s Richtivities—the summer is going to be FAN-F**KING TASTIC for the girlies/gworlies👏🏾
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Pls Remember:
SHAUN KING IS A FRAUD, STOP GIVING HIM MONEY
SHAUN KING IS A FRAUD, STOP GIVING HIM MONEY
SHAUN KING IS A FRAUD, STOP GIVING HIM MONEY
SHAUN KING IS A FRAUD, STOP GIVING HIM MONEY
SHAUN KING IS A FRAUD, STOP GIVING HIM MONEY
SHAUN KING IS A FRAUD, STOP GIV—
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Still waiting to see a full pic but we gon head and add Miss Caresha to this because the WAY SHE ATE😍
I have no notes. Like wowowowow, she ain’t have to do it to’em like dis
#MetGala
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Her foot is on the GAS!!
At the height of her being Cookie Lyon, she should’ve had a clothing line deal, a brand deal for actual cookies etc.
The fact that her old team had nothing set up immediately after??? Whew….
Taraji letting the choppa fly on this press tour…
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My headline game brazy, I'm not gon'even hold you😂👏🏾
It's the Remix to Eviction: R. Kelly's Music Channels Get Removed From YouTube
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No Black women at all for Best Actress
-No Viola
-No Danielle Deadwyler
No Best Directing nod for Ryan Coogler or Gina Prince-Bythewood either😒
#Oscars2023
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I just want yall to know, she’s breadcrumbing their breakup and I give them 3-6 months before she’s back on TV and blaming him
Amy Robach Tearfully Tells T.J. Holmes 'I Have Chosen to Love You' as She Admits Missing Their TV Careers
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The last 3 recent music video choreography that’s been stuck in my head:
Up-Cardi B
Wild Side-Normani
Now, On My Mama-Victoria Monet
Wanna know what they all have in common??
SEAN MF’N BANKHEAD🔥👏🏾
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*Clears throat*
Just ahead of tonight’s episode of
#AbbottElementary
, I got the chance to talk with Tyler James Williams aka “Substitute Greg” about his new role and what we can expect as the season goes on!!
Tap in 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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Insecure series finale tomorrow.
And lemme just say: the TL finna be insufferable.
It’s been a fun time ride with you guys.
See y’all tomorrow at 10pm
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Millennials, unphased by todays news bc we’ve lived through so many historical moments all before age 35
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“When you play, that’s God in that organ.
When you sang, that’s God in yo throat.
When you write, that’s God in that pen.
That...that’s ANNOINTING.”
A WORD CHILE.
#TheClarkSisters
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@WrittenByHanna
Excuse me ma’am but can you delete this. This was my cousin who died in a house fire a year and a half ago, it’s very disrespectful.
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If “the Devil thought he had me” was a video💀👏🏾😂
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Harry: I”’m so proud of us. I’m so proud of my wife. We did what we had to do.”
Meghan: This is really just the beginning in way. Greater than any fairytale you’ve ever read.
I KNOW THATS RIGHT
#OprahMeghanHarry
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Jon B: “Give it up to my man Donnell Jones”
My brain:
Don’t say it.
Don’t say it.
Don’t say it.
Don’t say it.
Don’t say it.
Don’t say it.
Don’t say it.
Don’t say it.
Don’t say it.
Me: 🗣”SWEEEEDO-DEEDOO-DEEEDOP-DEE DEE I DONT MEAN TO HURT YA BABYYYY”
#SoulTrainAwards
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These split screen shots are just *chefs kiss*
That juxtaposition of the each parents roles/responsibility.
Lawrence popping bottles while Condola cleaning baby bottles. Smh
Whew chile.
#InsecureHBO
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Vanessa is giving us WAYYY more than we could have ever imagined right now.
Bless her Jesus, wow man 🥺
#ForKobeAndGiGi
#KobeFarewell
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