By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor Family, friends and fans of slain rapper Kirsnick Khari Ball, better known by his stage moniker “Takeoff,” finally received answers today. Police arrested and charged Patrick Xavier Clark with murder on Dec. 1 for the shooting that claimed Takeoff’s life in the early morning hours of Nov. 1. According […]
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Pooled: A Gospel Musical Drama premieres at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts
By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO This holiday season, “Pooled: A Gospel Musical Drama” comes to the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts. The play is brought to audiences by playwright Moses T. Alexander and Li V Mahob Productions. Pooled follows Delsin Jacobs’ arrival to the Pool of Bethesda and his single-minded determination to […]
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‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer-actor Irene Cara dies at 63
By Mark Kennedy, AP Entertainment Writer Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance … What a Feeling” from 1983’s “Flashdance,” has died. She was 63. Her publicist, Judith A. Moose, announced […]
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Baltimore Museum of Art hosts new exhibit, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO The Baltimore Museum of Art recently hosted a packed auditorium as journalist, author and the Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson discussed her book, “The Warmth of Other Suns” and its impact. The manuscript details the impetus and effects of the Great Migration, one of the largest mass relocations in […]
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Smithsonian African American Museum to honor Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther costume in new exhibit
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia A new exhibition debuting next spring at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will celebrate Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther hero costume. “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” opens on March 24, 2023, and features the late actor’s iconic gear. Black […]
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Baltimore entrepreneurs integrate technology and fashion
By Kara Thompson, Special to the AFRO What is the solution for a jogger who runs at night and fears being hit by a passing car? What can help athletes who want to play on a basketball court without risking the injury of a bad slip and fall? Where do medical professionals, searching for an […]
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Tina Turner musical shimmies into Charm City
By Ama Brown, Special to the AFRO The Hippodrome Theatre has hosted the national touring cast for the hit Broadway show TINA – The Tina Turner Musical all week. The show opened on Nov. 15 and will close on Nov. 20. Audiences were wowed by the costumes, lighting, music and powerful voices that rang throughout […]
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New York Film Festival that Centers the Black Experience turns 30
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO The African Diaspora International Film Festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary in New York City in style — with its largest film festival ever. The film festival, running November 25 through December 11, boasts 89 documentary and fiction films from 44 different countries on seven silver screens. […]
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Fans praise slain rapper Takeoff at Atlanta memorial
By Sudhin Thanawala, The Associated Press Fans celebrated the musical legacy of slain rapper Takeoff on Nov. 11 at a memorial service in Atlanta, near where the artist grew up, that drew Justin Bieber, Drake and other big names in the music industry. Takeoff, part of the Grammy Award-nominated trio Migos with uncle Quavo and […]
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Beyoncé ties Grammy record after leading nominations with 9
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé has propelled herself into the highest Grammy echelon: The star singer claimed a leading nine nominations Tuesday, making her tied — with her husband Jay-Z — as the most nominated music act in the history of the awards show. Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” reeled […]
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Local officials join students and staff of City Schools for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” screening
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO The youthful energy inside of Baltimore’s famed Senator Theatre was infectious. Applause, “ooohs,” “ahhhs” and occasional laughter rang out inside the the building. More than 300 students and staff from Baltimore City Public Schools and historically Black college institutions filled the historic theater for a private screening of […]
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Kanye West’s Donda Academy closes following rapper’s controversial remarks
By A.R. Shaw, BlackPressUSA Kanye West continues to face backlash for his views following controversial remarks. His Donda Academy recently announced that it will close for the 2022-23 school year. Donda Academy, an unaccredited Christian school in Simi Valley, California, has about 100 students and tuition is $15,000 a year per student. Before students could […]