Amid outcry from the state police union, a New Jersey university has decided to cancel a commencement speech from rapper Common over a song he wrote a fifteen years ago in honor of Black activist Assata Shakur. Kean University students expressed interest in hearing Common speak at graduation in large part due to his powerful and emotional […]
Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr . is actually creating a Broadway musical according to his life “setting the particular record straight about the beginning of the iconic record label.” The new musical will begin Broadway previews on March 11, 2013, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. It will officially open on April 14, 2013. The Broadway musical will feature many of […]
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Rihanna performs at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday, despite the urging of the human rights group Amnesty International to reconsider performing in the former Soviet republic due to their continued human rights violations. Amnesty International and Sing for Democracy recently sent a letter to recording artist Rihanna, as well as pop […]
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Azealia Banks chose her hometown of New York as the backdrop for her lastest video “Luxury”, produced by Machinedrum from her Fantasea mixtape. Azealia’s dancing on the rooftops, and with the New york city’s skyline behind her that sets the perfect urban scenery for the new Clarence Fuller-directed video “Luxury”, is chic with a brand new […]
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