By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Earlier this month on June 7, Prince Rogers Nelson, known to the world as Prince would have been 61 years old had he lived. Although the Minneapolis native has ascended from this physical plane, his spirit and his music is transcendent, incomparable and endures through generations. In fact, there are […]
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Missy Elliott Inducted to Songwriters Hall of Fame
By NNPA Newswire Iconic rapper and songwriter Missy Elliott has become the first female hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Elliott, 47, was inducted into the prestigious academy Thursday night in a New York City ceremony by her longtime friend and fellow rapper Queen Latifah. Among fans who offered congratulations were […]
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Cutting Edges
By Imani Wj Wright, Baltimore Resident “The Barbershop Series” exhibition features the work of renowned Baltimore artist, puppeteer and museum educator Schroeder Cherry, Ed.D. The series pays homage to one of the most enduring African American economic and cultural institutions, using bold colors, movement, symbols and visual metaphors. Each piece is a multimedia collage emulating the […]
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Documentary Emphasizes Power of Forgiveness
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com June 17, 2015, a Bible study at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church turned into a bloody crime scene. June 17, 2015, nine innocent people in their safe place of worship were brutally killed simply because of the color of their skin. On June 17, 2019, four years […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
Celebrations in Baltimore Doni Glover, Radio Personality and Journalist is celebrating 25 years of his Media Career and is being honored with a “Wine Sip & Roast” , on June 25, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the Winthrop House, 4100 N. Charles Street. See him on (Doni Glover Show on My TV Baltimore, Sundays 3:30 […]
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Ava Duvernay’s “When They See Us” Blasts Netflix Viewership Records
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor “When They See Us” has been the most-watched series on Netflix in the U.S. every day since it premiered on May 31,” according to Netflix’s Twitter account on June 12. Though Netflix does not release specific viewership numbers, the internet channel is a worldwide portal for content that […]
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Tension Developing In Aretha Franklin Will Dispute
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A fight is emerging over whether a son of Aretha Franklin could be put in charge of the late singer’s estate after a 2014 handwritten will was found under cushions in her suburban Detroit home. Attorneys for the estate said in a court filing Monday that “there is […]
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Economic Reggae: Jamaican Bank Sells Recovery With Songs
By KATE CHAPPELL Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s central bank thinks the country’s economy is doing very well and it is using an instantly recognizable symbol of the island to get this message to the people: reggae music. In the bank’s latest video, reggae artist Tarrus Riley uses his throaty vocals to praise […]
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Raven-Symone Plans on Motherhood, Her Degree & Directing TV
By Allison Kugel, Special to the AFRO Raven-Symone’s alter ego, Raven Baxter, has been a staple on The Disney Channel since the child actor turned Hollywood renaissance woman debuted her famous character on the hit show, That’s So Raven, in 2003. Back then, Symone’s alter-ego played a teenager who could see into the future, and […]
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The Notorious B.I.G. Lives On
Brooklyn, NY – The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Office of the Majority Leader, Laurie A. Cumbo, hosted the official event celebrating the street co-naming of Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace Way, located at the intersection of Saint James Place and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, where the late rapper was born and raised. […]
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Kirk Franklin’s Top Song
Songwriter and producer Kirk Franklin’. New York, NY – Fourteen-time GRAMMY® Award winning artist, songwriter and producer Kirk Franklin’s new album LONG LIVE LOVE (Fo Yo Soul / RCA), which was released on May 31st, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Album’s chart, at #2 on the R&B Albums chart and at #20 on […]
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AFRO Exclusive with Taraji P. Henson
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In the Black community, mental health is often treated as the elephant in the room that no one really wants to talk about. Between “praying the pain away,” worrying about “airing dirty laundry,” and thinking therapy is for “privileged people,” many in communities of color keep mental and emotional […]