On Performances, People-Pleasing, and Personal Transformations
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On Performances, People-Pleasing, and Personal Transformations

Rihanna has stolen the entire show this week, starting with her baby shower (aka the Super Bowl) and then her new British Vogue cover and interview. And she’s living rent free in my head right now because the conversations that followed Fenty Bowl have me thinking about a lot of …

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AwardsMusicPopular

On Confidence, Courage and Color

Awards season is in full swing, and you KNOW the Grammys from this past weekend has been all over the interwebs. I wasn’t gonna watch it, at first, but I decided to anyway because well: FOMO. 🤦🏾‍♀️ And IDK about your timeline, but the live-tweets from my Twitfam are too …

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Professional Troublemaker Spotify Playlist
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Listen to the Professional Troublemaker Playlist (& More)!

Happy Monday to all my people! Every day we get closer to March 2, I get more and more excited. I cannot believe we are almost to the publication date. This book is the best work I’ve done yet, and I can say confidently that it is even better than …

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RantsandRandomness
MusicPodcast

Step Toward Your Destiny (with Tiwa Savage) – Episode 46 of Rants & Randomness

My people! Welcome to this week’s episode of Rants & Randomness. Today I’m talking to Tiwa Savage, if you don’t know Tiwa you’re about to fall in love with her and her music. In addition to her amazing studio albums, she co-wrote and sang “Keys To The Kingdom” from The …

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About Hypocrisy of Christians
CultureFaithMusic

About the Hypocrisy of Fellow Christians and Making Demons of Other Faiths

I am a child of God. I am a woman of faith. I am a Christian. And I have been all my life. I come from a Christian family, and our matriarch was my grandmother, who had a mainline to God. I wear a crucifix around my neck. I pray …

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Beyonce Makeup Black is King
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Beyonce’s ‘Black is King’ is a Masterpiece

When Beyoncé dropped The Gift in 2019, in conjunction with the live remake of “The Lion King” she blessed our ears with a heavily afrobeats album, partnering with some of West Africa’s finest musicians, in Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage, Mr. Eazi, Burna Boy. Every song was a vibe, some were …

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Uncle Production
Famous folksMusic

About Teddy Riley, Babyface and the Failed Uncle Production

I have been laughing my whole ass off at the jokes about Teddy Riley and I don’t think this will stop being funny for a LONG TIME. Or ever. There are so many lessons here. * This is a transcript of the video I posted. Yesterday was the Uncle Production: …

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CultureMusicTop Posts

This is America: Donald Glover’s Video is a Gripping Read

In times of great crisis, we create great art. Donald Glover’s video for his latest single This is America is great art. It’s not because it’s trying to be overly subtle to where only art connoisseurs can defuse the meaning. It’s that it trusts us to pick up what it’s …

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CultureMusic

Beychella is Proof That Beyoncé is the Greatest Performer Alive. I’m Not Arguing

Beyoncé Giselle of House Knowles. First of her name. Snatcher of Edges. Killer of Stages. Exemplar of Excellence. Citizen of Creole Wonderland. Legendary Black Girl. Wakandan Council President. Queen. I gotta up my intake of B12 (Biotin) and re-order my supply of Jamaican Black Castor Oil. Beyoncé stays coming for …

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Famous folksMusic

#NoEdgesLeftBehind: Important Lessons from Remy Ma’s Nicki Minaj Diss Track ShETHER

I was minding your business on this quiet Saturday when Remy Ma derailed all my plans by dropping ShEther. It is her manifesto of shade, directed at Nicki Minaj. I am here, as a witness, to the annihilation of Onika Maraj, in the hands of Reminisce Mackie. I stand before thee, …

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