By Stephon Johnson Acclaimed and celebrated author bell hooks passed away Dec. 15 at the age of 69. According to her niece Ebony Motley, as reported by the Lexington Herald Leader, hooks had been battling an unknown illness. Motley also said that hooks was surrounded by close friends and family as she died. hooks (whose real […]
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Robin Thicke Spotlights HBCU Dance Teams in Video
Still riding on the wave of his summer hit “Blurred Lines” that spent weeks at No. 1 on Billboard charts, R&B singer Robin Thicke is turning heads again with his latest video for his new single “Give It 2 U.” The song, which features rappers Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz, is making its way up […]
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Ted Curson, International Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 77
Ted Curson, a Montclair, N.J.-based trumpeter who gained international fame as a free jazz contributor playing with Cecil Taylor and leading his own bands, died on Nov. 4 in his Montclair home. He was 77. The cause was heart failure, as stated by his wife Marjorie. When Curson was not performing, he was promoting the […]