Rapper Lexii Alijai Dies at 21: ‘Saddest Way to Start a New Year’ Says Kehlani, as Stars React “You were such a star to me because every word you spoke was true,” wrote singer Kehlani on Instagram, mourning the loss of Lexii Alijai Read in People: https://apple.news/Aa3WHjISTQ8iKvhsmhHD9Cw (Photo: Lexii Alijai/ YouTube)
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RAMBLING ROSE: ‘Happy Holidays To You’
By Rosa Pryor Special to AFRO Hello my dear friends, these are families and folks from the community in the pictures that you see on this page. Some of them you know, some you may not know. We all wish you a very happy New Year. We would like for you to embrace the new […]
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Lizzo Named The Associated Press’ Entertainer of the Year
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Breakthrough singer-rapper Lizzo has been named Entertainer of the Year by The Associated Press. Voted by entertainment staffers of the news cooperative, Lizzo dominated the pop, R&B and rap charts in 2019 with songs like “Truth Hurts” and “Good As Hell.” Though she released her first album […]
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THE RUN DOWN – EDDIE MURPHY ON SNL
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks on EDDIE MURPHY ON SNL and the trending topics in this weeks AFRO American Newspaper.
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STEAM Space for Kids Opens in Petworth
By Camille Davis Special to the AFRO STEM-and-STEAM frameworks are being incorporated in District of Columbia Public and Charter Schools, and Jasmine Byrd’s Party Time STEAMing Engineers is contributing a great deal to the curriculum. As an Educational Researcher, Byrd projects the next generation of leaders to be those with access and early awareness of […]
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‘Jersey Boys’ Offers Holiday Entertainment
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com It might not be a holiday show, but between the current political divide, crowded streets and markets, and all the mixed emotions associated with ushering out an old year and beginning a new decade, Jersey Boys at the National Theatre is the perfect form of entertainment to beat the seasons’ […]
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Just Mercy
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic It’s a story about justice and redemption. A young Harvard-educated lawyer, Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan), could have his pick of law firms. Instead, he heads to rural Alabama to set up a small practice. In the deep south, with all of its confines, he seeks to […]
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Presence & Absence
By Catrice Greer (Courtesy Photo) By Catrice Greer Special to the AFRO In this space, your voice hangs on the dew In this space, your voice paints the walls And our home is new Now that you’re gone Ornaments and tinsel dangling on needles Everything seems like it could fall Any minute A deal with […]
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2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: A star-making year for Majors
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How is a great actor made? For Jonathan Majors, the 30-year-old breakout star of “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” it started in drama school. It swelled with the discovery of August Wilson. It was provoked by teachers who pushed him to look deeper […]
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Review: Jordan and Foxx Shine in Urgent Drama ‘Just Mercy’
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer There’s usually one film that tops lists whenever powerful legal thrillers are debated — “To Kill a Mockingbird,” set in the 1930s. Now comes a film showing how little has changed since then, based on a murder in the same Alabama town where Harper Lee wrote her masterpiece. “Just […]
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Ben Williams’ Hometown Holiday Extravaganza
By AFRO Staff Acclaimed Grammy-winning bassist, composer and bandleader, Ben Williams, will be headlining a worldwide tour ahead of his album entitled I Am A Man to be released on Feb. 7, 2020. Regardless of his success, the Washington, D.C. native will be home for the holidays for his annual Hometown Holiday Musical Extravaganza at […]
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NNPA Presents: The Best Films of 2019
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Look back on the most noteworthy films of 2019, they all display a diverse array of superb talent—in front of and behind the camera. These movies entertained, educated and often inspired us. They challenged our opinions, and made us contemplate our fate to become more aware of the world […]