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Biz Markie, the ‘Clown Prince of Hip-Hop,’ Dead at 57 “Just a Friend” rapper struggled with health issues related to decade-long battle with Type 2 diabetes DANIEL KREPS & JASON NEWMAN   Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Biz Markie, the pioneering rapper, producer, and beatboxer whose jovial goofiness, boundless, off-kilter creativityContinue Reading

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Bunny Wailer, last surviving founder member of the Wailers, dies aged 73 Reggae artist and three-time Grammy winner found worldwide fame alongside Bob Marley in the early 1970s Signature sound … Bunny Wailer performing in 2016. Photograph: Getty Images   Bunny Wailer, the co-founder and last living member of Jamaican reggaeContinue Reading

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  Mahershala Ali and John David Washington sat down for a chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors. For more, click here.  Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”) and John David Washington (“BlacKkKlansman”) have catapulted into the awards season conversation with two searing films about race in America. Both movies are based on true stories. Ali, who won theContinue Reading

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7 UGLY TRUTHS BEHIND THE NEW MUSIC INDUSTRY   Written by Omari MC The older I get, the more I realize people really aren’t too fond of the truth. As kids most of us are always taught to tell the truth, don’t lie, cheat, or steal. (I’m sure these sound familiar)Continue Reading

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What Is Ayahuasca? Experience, Benefits, and Side Effects What it is Uses Benefits Risks Bottom line You may have heard stories of people traveling to foreign destinations to experience taking Ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew. Typically, these anecdotes tend to focus on the immediate effects that take place during an AyahuascaContinue Reading

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CHEIKH ANTA DIOP (1923-1986) POSTED ONJUNE 14, 2008BY CONTRIBUTED BY: ANNA MICKLIN Cheikh Anta Diop, IFAN laboratory, Dakar, 1976 Photo by Jake Scott, Fair use image Distinguished historian and Pan-Africanist political leader, Cheikh Anta Diop was born in Diourbel, Senegal on December 23, 1933 to a Muslim Wolof family. Part of the peasant class, his family belonged to the African Mouride Islamic sect.Continue Reading

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6 Biggest Takeaways From Kanye West’s Interview on Nick Cannon’s Podcast ‘Cannon’s Class’ Nick Cannon summoned none other than The College Dropout star Kanye West when he announced, “Class is in session!” for his latest Cannon’s Class podcast episode. In a 44-minute interview on Tuesday (Sept. 1), Cannon sat down with the multihyphenate near West’s Wyoming ranch forContinue Reading

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14 Most Memorable Quotes From Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk’s fight club was made into an awesome movie with Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Here are the best quotes from the classic. BY BEN SHERLOCKJUN 18, 2020 Fight Club was the movie that defined a generation of young men. It might notContinue Reading

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Psychedelic Toad Venom Is the New Trendy Hallucinogen by Jena Hilliard | October 11, 2019 ❘ Trendy New Psychedelic Toad Venom Takes the US By Storm Comparable to the likes of ayahuasca, psilocybin mushrooms, and mescaline, a new mind-altering drug is hitting the US psychedelic scene – toad venom. The drug comes from a rare species ofContinue Reading

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Master P Talks ‘No Limit Chronicles,’ Building Generational Wealth in the Black Community (Exclusive) By Latifah Muhammad‍ 12:29 PM PDT, July 24, 2020 Master P wants to inspire and encourage economic empowerment. The music mogul’s rise to the top of the rap game is the focus of the BET docuseries No Limit Chronicles, debuting Wednesday, July 29. The five-episodeContinue Reading

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The monochromatic short displays the luxury fashion giant’s upcoming collection along with stirring recalibrations of gems from Ms. Hill’s catalog. Ms. Lauryn Hill is the latest to score a campaign spot for Louis Vuitton’s upcoming SS21 collection. Appearing alongside her band and daughter Selah in the 20-minute clip, Ms. Hill reimagines reveredContinue Reading

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Talib Kweli says “interlopers and culture vultures” are blocking the next Black Star album The rapper also added the album has been finished for “over a year”. The return of Black Star, Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey‘s rap duo, is being blocked by “interlopers and culture vultures” who are stopping them from working withContinue Reading

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Oliver Stone thinks Hollywood has gone crazy. By David MarchesePhotograph by Mamadi Doumbouya Beginning in 1986 with the release of his films “Salvador” and “Platoon,” Oliver Stone kicked off a decade-long run of remarkable success. Many of the controversial and stylistically brash films that he made during this era were box-office hits and establishedContinue Reading

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Angry All the Time for No Reason? This Might Be Why By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Associate Editor   Maybe you feel angry regularly. You’re irritable, short-tempered and grouchy. Maybe you snap (or want to snap) at everyone around you — because your anger feels like a tsunami. It’s bound to crashContinue Reading

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Why Is Gucci So Expensive? Here’s the Answer  Liz Flynn  10 Months Ago Just the mention of the name “Gucci” elicits the sense that an item is going to be expensive, and for some, out of their price range, but for those who can afford to buy the very best, it’sContinue Reading

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HANNA-BARBERA CARTOONS William Denby Hanna and Joseph Barbera have had a powerful and lasting impact on television animation. Since the late 1950s, Hanna-Barbera programmes have been a staple of television entertainment, and many of the characters originally created by Hanna and Barbera for the small screen have crossed into film,Continue Reading

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Baldwin’s Nigger (1969) was Horace Ové‘s first film. Shot in a plain and simple verité style in black and white, the film represents a triumph for the filmmaker in presenting dialogue between black people as if no white people were present. This allows the speakers and audience to deal with issues without the need toContinue Reading

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These American cities will soon be under water Michael B. Sauter and Thomas C. Frohlich 24/7 Wall Street The steady rise in global surface temperatures is largely attributed to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. With rising temperatures, the world’s ice has been melting and sea levels have been rising. As aContinue Reading

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The US government is considering a TikTok ban, says secretary of state 52 The comments follow months of rising tensions over China By Makena Kelly@kellymakena  Jul 7, 2020, 11:32am EDT Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US is considering a ban on Chinese social media apps like the popular video-sharingContinue Reading

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From Picasso To Basquiat: The African Bridge Rakaa (Iriscience) Follow Jan 29, 2013 · 5 min read There are very few artists who have transcended both traditional stylistic parameters and critical close-mindedness to achieve world recognition and inspire a movement. Two such artists are the legendary Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso, whoseContinue Reading

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Song You And I (1981/Live In Long Beach, CA) Artist Rick James Licensed to YouTube by UMG (on behalf of UNI/MOTOWN); CMRRA, EMI Music Publishing, SOLAR Music Rights Management, and 1 Music Rights Societies Song Give It To Me Baby (1981/Live In Long Beach, CA) Artist Rick James Licensed toContinue Reading

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“Music is meant to inspire/To elevate and to take you higher” “Luv Letter” Before her untimely death at the age of 54 on the day after Christmas 2010, Teena Marie, known as “Lady Tee,” the Ivory Queen of Soul, wrote, produced, arranged and sang on 13 albums that have sold 2.5Continue Reading

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The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, initiating a major cultural and political shift. Although hippies also gathered in major cities across the U.S., Canada and Europe, SanContinue Reading

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WHAT IS CRACK COCAINE? (Photo credit: DEA/drugs) Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.1 It comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white. Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makesContinue Reading

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Nascar failed to fight racism for 72 years. Don’t praise its support of Bubba Wallace yet Nascar If Nascar hadn’t been so keen to take the path of least resistance in the past, its only black driver would never have been forced down his hard road Andrew Lawrence  @by_drew TueContinue Reading

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Dave Chappelle defends humor, reflects on ‘terrifying’ comeback in Mark Twain special Erin Jensen USA TODAY Dave Chappelle received the Mark Twain Prize for Humor for merit in October, but his admiration for the craft is also noteworthy. It’s on display in Tuesday’s PBS special (9 EST/PST, times may vary), which includes footageContinue Reading

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(1963) MALCOLM X, “RACIAL SEPARATION” POSTED ONJANUARY 22, 2013BY CONTRIBUTED BY: BLACKPAST Malcolm X, Martin Luther King press conference, March 26, 1964 Public Domain photo by Marion S. Trikosko, Courtesy Library of Congress (2003688131) On October 11, 1963, Malcolm X gave a speech at the University of California, Berkeley, in which heContinue Reading

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So, how can we trust nutritional science? By knowing how to spot a lie. For the most part, scientists work in pursuit of  greater knowledge and truth. They are a group of people who have dedicated their lives to solving problems, curing disease, and saving the planet. But, science is somethingContinue Reading

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Benny Hill is one of the world’s most successful comedians. THE BENNY HILL SHOW has been seen on over 130 television channels throughout the world. His is a language that entertains the world. Benny made his live television debut in a revue called HERE’S MUD IN YOUR EYE and recognisedContinue Reading

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Dave Chappelle’s Netflix Special: Three Key References to Know As he addresses police brutality, the death of George Floyd and nationwide protests in “8:46,” the comic examines overlooked subjects. Dave Chappelle in his new special.Credit…Netflix By Melena Ryzik June 12, 2020 Dave Chappelle released a lacerating new special, “8:46” — theContinue Reading

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“Look, Europe aint no Continent. You got AFRICA, ASIA, ANTARCTICA, AUSTRAILIA, and the AMERICA’S all starting with “A”. Then “EUROPE”, Dat SHIT aint separated by a body of water. They made that bullshit up!!! Paul Mooney is keepin’ it real funny Comedian Paul MooneyBy MARK DE LA VINA, CORRESPONDENT | Mercury NewsPUBLISHED: AprilContinue Reading

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There was police brutality and there was atrocity, and the press was just as atrocious as the police. Because they helped the police to cover it up by propagating a false image across the country. If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are beingContinue Reading

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George Floyd: Nick Cannon shares powerful ‘I Can’t Breathe… Again!’ video after joining protests in Minneapolis ‘F*** the elite and the top three per cent,’ he raps Roisin O’Connor @Roisin_OConnor Monday 1 June 2020 08:53 Nick Cannon has shared a spoken word video on his social media accounts that speaks out againstContinue Reading

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Did Man Who Armed Black Panthers Lead Two Lives? By RICHARD GONZALES • OCT 3, 2012 All Things Considered ShareTweetEmail  VIEW SLIDESHOW 1 of 9 Huey Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966 in Oakland, Calif., with Bobby Seale. This 1970 photo shows Newton in Philadelphia’. RUSTY KENNEDY / AP In the mid-1960s, the BlackContinue Reading

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The Last Poets: the hip-hop forefathers who gave black America its voice Music It is half a century since the Last Poets stood in Harlem, uttered their first words in public, and created the blueprint for hip-hop. At an intimate open house session, they explain why their revolutionary words areContinue Reading

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LL Cool J shines a bright light on racist police brutality as he delivers a rapid-fire rap about George Floyd and other high-profile cases By KEVIN KAYHART FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 03:49 EDT, 1 June 2020 | UPDATED: 13:04 EDT, 1 June 2020 He’s a legendary pioneer of the Rap/Hip-Hop genre who’s never been at aContinue Reading

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  Bob Marley at 70: legend and legacy The reggae superstar would have been 70 this Friday. His friend Vivien Goldman asks how a hard-working activist came to represent feelgood partying, and salutes his enduring influence Vivien Goldman Thu 5 Feb 2015 13.54 ESTLast modified on Mon 3 Dec 2018 10.37 EST  Bob MarleyContinue Reading

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The Ultimate Guide to Bitters What are they good for? Bitters and aromatics library Bitters 101 How to make your own Safety and caution Bitters alternatives If you buy something through a link on this page, we may earn a small commission. How this works. Not just for cocktails Bitters isContinue Reading

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The 1995 movie Panther depicted the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense as a vibrant but ultimately doomed social movement for racial and economic justice during the late 1960s. Panther‘s narrative indicted the white-operated police for perpetuating violence against African-Americans and for undermining movements for black empowerment. As such, this film represented a rareContinue Reading

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Fela Kuti: Chronicle of A Life Foretold When Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died in August 1997, Nigeria lost one of its most controversial and inspirational cultural figures. Here, the Africa-based writer Lindsay Barrett maps the extraordinary trajectory of Fela’s life, detailing the emergence of his patented brand of Afrobeat, his anarchic lifestyle,Continue Reading

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The Most Intense Moments from Kanye West’s TMZ Live Meltdown Turns out Kanye has some bad opinions on slavery. BY ERIKA HARWOOD MAY 1, 2018 BY JONATHAN BRADY/AP IMAGES. Kanye West has taken his thoughts from Twitter to the small screen today, taking over an episode of TMZ Live with Harvey Levin alongside conservative commentator Candace Owens. West touched on someContinue Reading

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Can Orgasms Reduce Stress? Why Climaxing Is A Powerful Stress Reliever, According To Science By RACHEL SANOFF June 19, 2015 Not only do they feel good, but the benefits of the female orgasm for your mind and body are pretty spectacular. Did you know that orgasms can regulate your period by “sending blood toContinue Reading

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Setlist: 1. Let’s Go Crazy 00:20 2. Delirious 06:23 3. 1999 09:14 4. Little Red Corvette 15:05 5. Take Me With U 18:44 6. Yankee Doodle Dandy 23:41 7. Do Me Baby 27:34 8. Irresistible Bitch 32:25 9. Possessed 34:21 10. How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore 38:46 11.Continue Reading

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Coronavirus: What is Madagascar’s ‘herbal remedy’ Covid-Organics? UN health agency has urged people not to try untested remedies for COVID-19 after Madagascan president promotes ‘cure’. 5 May 2020   President Andry Rajoelina took a sip at the launch of Covid-Organics [Henitsoa Rafalia/Anadolu] As COVID-19 spread across Africa and leaders putContinue Reading

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‘Coachella: 20 Years In The Desert’ Documentary Bows Via YouTube Originals On Former Opening Day If the world were normal, the opening of the 21st Coachella Music & Arts Festival would be taking place today at noon. For reasons everyone knows, that won’t happen until at least October, presuming health conditions permit. ButContinue Reading

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Study: Cannabis Could Prevent COVID-19 Infections The Fresh Toast , Benzinga Contributor   FOLLOW  May 16, 2020 2:51pm   3 min read   Comments By The Fresh Toast‘s Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Marijuana could regulate the main gateway COVID-19 enters host cells in patients, new research concludes. New research into preventive measure and possible treatment toContinue Reading

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Interesting Facts About PayPal Co-Founders December 14, 2017 – by Anuj Vohra – Leave a Comment One of the worlds largest online payment companies PayPal had 13 co-founders who created billion dollar company. These all 13 co-founders are billionaires! History eBay bought PayPal in July 2002 for $1.5 billion. Generally, in startups, founders are notContinue Reading

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Beautiful Jim Key and the former slave who taught him to count and use the alphabet Pete Monaco, The Eighth PolePublished 9:38 a.m. MT March 25, 2019 Beautiful Jim Key (Photo: Public Domain) William Key was born into slavery in 1833 and grew up on his owner’s farm in Shelbyville, Tennessee.Continue Reading

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Something Phenomenal: Waking at about 3:40 am? by Lois Wetzel | Jan 1, 2020 | Ascension / Current Changes, Consciousness, Meditation, Spiritual Teachings Waking at 3:40 am and the Initiation Practice: This is interesting. Yes. I DO awaken at about 3:40 am each morning. I get up and go into the living room, lie on the couch, andContinue Reading

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20 of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history By Owen Jarus – Live Science Contributor, All About History March 20, 2020 Plagues and epidemics have ravaged humanity throughout its existence, often changing the course of history. An influenza ward at a U.S. Army Camp Hospital in France during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.Continue Reading

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Beneath Antarctica’s Ice, Intriguing Evidence of Lost Continents By Stephanie Pappas November 13, 2018   Beneath the Antarctic ice lie the remnants of “lost” continents. (Image: © Vipersniper/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A new map reveals the remnants of ancient continents lurking beneath Antarctica’s ice. The map shows that East Antarctica is made up of multipleContinue Reading

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Become a powerful force for change The principle that human beings possess naturally endowed universal rights is the basis of the American form of government and inspiration for democratic movements throughout the world. Rights are considered the guardian principles of human dignity and justice. Yet, as precious as they are,Continue Reading

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Marcus Aurelius on Worry and the Thoughts of Others March 21, 2018 SpencerPhilosophy The great Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121AD – 180AD) is recognized for his philosophical meditations, setting him apart from many rulers of that age. Last of the Five Good Emperors, his death was considered the end of theContinue Reading

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Tribeca partners with AT&T and IMAX to launch summer movie drive-in series Kicks off June 25th By Julia Alexander  May 6, 2020, 5:49pm EDT   Movie theaters across the country are closed, but some drive-ins are seeing a resurgence in the wake of social distancing practices. Now, Tribeca Enterprises (the company behindContinue Reading

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Microwaves Are Bad For You: 5 Reasons Why Microwave Oven Cooking Is Harming Your Health Aug 10, 2013 11:38 AM By Lizette Borreli@lizcelinebl.borreli@medicaldaily.com   Your next microwave oven prepared meal could instantly zap you into bad health. Mk2010 Reaching for a frozen entrée from your freezer, reading the simple directions on the back,Continue Reading