Artist Shares Their Queer Identity Journey on The Red Table Talk Electrifying multi-hyphenate singer, songwriter and actress Janelle Monáe has come out as nonbinary. On the internet’s newest obsession “The Red Table Talk,” an online talk show hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Andrienne Norris, Monáe opened up about her gender identity being […]
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On March 27, 2022, Chris Rock while hosting the Academy Awards made a joke surrounding actress Jada Pinkett Smith’s baldness, likening her to the 1997 protagonist G.I Jane. Rock, in front of a group of peers, famous actors, celebrities, and the millions of folks watching at home stated “Jada I love you. GI Jane 2…can’t
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Tyler, the Creator has always been a trendsetter. From his provocative beginnings as the eccentric, foul-mouthed musical backbone of the Odd Future collective to his unstoppable run of one mixtape and six albums in only twelve years – in which he’s won two Grammys for consecutive projects and produced all but one song –Tyler has always had
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Chlöe Bailey from the singing sister duo Chlöe x Halle has returned with another hit single, “Treat Me,” released April 8 2022. With lyrics like “Exceptional/ You know anything less is unacceptable” and “Confessional, I’m skeptical/’Cause being on my level is difficult/ You better wake up and put me on a pedestal,” Bailey is showing the
I arrived at about 4:05 p.m., already a few minutes late, at the corner of Maryland Avenue SW, peeking around each corner to find a sufficient parking spot. Frustrated, I drove around in circles, rather squares, to find a parking space that didn’t have one of those famous confusing parking signs that allow for 2-hour
Only a little time has passed since the infamous slapping or should I say assault of Chris Rock by Will Smith. Like Rock, I am still trying to process what I and millions of others witnessed on that infamous night at the Oscars. My mind is still stuck on the moment toward the end of
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Ariana Debose is showing the world just what a young Black Queer woman is capable of with her historic Oscar nomination and win. The second woman to win an Oscar for the same role, Debose took home the award for best supporting actress for her role as Anita in Stephen Spielberg’s “West Side Story” Sunday,
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In the United States, where more than forty million Black people are represented by the measly eleven percent of Congress and three percent of the Senate that’s Black, representation matters. At a glance, it might seem acceptable for just eleven percent of Congress to represent just thirteen percent of Americans. A closer look leads one
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Last time we checked out the AL East division, and as we take this tour towards the west, we stop in the AL Central. Last year the White Sox reigned supreme for the first time in 13 years. Now they are hungry to repeat the trip and have a lengthy postseason. But they will have
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After taking a couple of shots of D’ Usse to take the edge off, we walked a couple of blocks up from where I parked my car near Union Market. It was a slightly breezy Monday night, and as we approached, my friend CJ whispered, “I don’t know about my outfit, the colors kind of
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