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2024 STRENGTH OF A WOMAN FESTIVAL: Empowering Unity

The heartbeat of New York City quickened over Mother’s Day Weekend as the Mary J. Blige and Pepsi “Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit” unfolded in the bustling streets of the singer’s hometown. Across three electrifying days, attendees were treated to a symphony of inspiration, empowerment, and entertainment, seamlessly weaving together enriching panels, soul-stirring […]

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WATCH: HULU Drops Official Trailer for Onyx Collective’s ‘Queenie’

Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. After a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places and begins to realize she has to face the past head-on before she can rebuild. The series is based

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With ‘Cowboy Carter,’ Black country music fans are front and center, at last

Originally published by The 19th Ten days before the release of her highly anticipated album “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé shared on Instagram that the project began as a result of feeling unwelcome in the country music space. “Because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich

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LISTEN: Interview with Luce Cannon and Charisse Mills of UrbanFlixTV’s “Baddie and the Beast”

Charisse Mills says that rapper/producer Luce Cannon made her feel safe from the first day he approached her mother and asked to buy her a drink. Two years later, he has not wavered. In hip-hop years, that’s an eternity. Cannon, a creative whose been linked to some of the biggest names in the culture, says

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Sean “Diddy” Combs Facing $30 Million Suit, Accused of Sexual Harassment by Producer

Sean “Diddy” Combs was sued Monday in federal court by a producer on his most recent album, who accuses the music mogul of sexually harassing, drugging and threatening him over more than a year. The producer, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, says in the lawsuit that he lived and traveled with Combs from September 2022 to

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Black writers share their favorite books to honor Black History Month

Originally published by The 19th This Black History Month, we’re telling the untold stories of women, women of color and LGBTQ+ people. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. This year’s Black History Month theme, chosen by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, is “African Americans and The Arts.” Black Americans have made

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