By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Even though The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is technically not on the National Mall geographically, it is still one of the most important museums in the District. Over the past few years it has housed some important exhibitions pertaining to the African and African American Diaspora. Just think of […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
By Rosa Pryor, Special to the AFRO Hello everyone, Happy New Year to you all. I am hoping that this year will be much better than the last for us all. God has blessed us to see another year and we pray for the soul of families and friends who did not make it. I […]
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With Dr. Dre Behind Him, Anderson .Paak is Feeling Epic
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Getting Dr. Dre to produce his entire album had Anderson .Paak feeling like “the prodigal son,” as he put it, since it’s rare that you’ll find Dre overseeing an entire music project these days. “To see him so inspired and genuinely having fun with […]
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`The Show’ Is a Showcase For Home Grown Talent
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Megan Rochon, an actress and producer is all too familiar with one of Baltimore’s essential rules; if you didn’t graduate from high school here there are certain customary “restrictions” placed on claims of Baltimore citizenship. Although she didn’t graduate from a Baltimore high school, she is fully invested in the […]
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Women Are Changing the Face of the Once Male-Dominated Funeral Industry
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia For many, when there’s mention of singer Monica Brown, her hit songs like “The Boy is Mine,” and “Miss Thang,” might come to mind first. For others, her stellar acting career with small and big roles in “New York Undercover,” “Living Single,” and the 2018 reality television […]
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Jamie Foxx Makes Video Decrying Violence in Mississippi City
By The Associated Press NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — An Academy Award-winning actor is among those calling for an end to violence in a southwest Mississippi city. Larry Hooper, principal of the ninth grade school in the Natchez-Adams school district, says Jamie Foxx made the 17-second video after talking to the mother of an 18-year-old shooting […]
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After A Decade Of Dormancy, Chaka Khan Blooms Again
By The Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — If Chaka Khan were a flower, she’d be a perennial. “Because I go dormant and then I…” Khan stops and gracefully lifts her arms together, then slowly brings her hands apart, like a tulip emerging in spring. “I’ve done it many, many times,” explained the singer, perhaps […]
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Forest Whitaker Files For Divorce From Keisha Nash-Whitaker
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forest Whitaker has filed for divorce from his wife of 22 years, Keisha Nash-Whitaker. The 57-year-old “Black Panther” actor cites irreconcilable differences in the divorce filing Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The brief document says the exact value of the couple’s assets and debts are […]
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Chris Brown Charged With Monkey-Related Misdemeanors
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Brown has been charged with monkey-related misdemeanors. The Los Angeles city attorney’s office confirms Thursday that the 29-year-old singer was charged last week with two counts stemming from his possession of a pet capuchin monkey without a permit. Brown posted a picture to his 44 million […]
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D.C. Council Passes Bill to Benefit Performing Artists
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com In 1917 the great musician Duke Ellington and his band earned $100 per night entertaining audiences on U St. in Washington, D.C. By today’s standards that would equate to $2000 which would cover paying the band, the venue, and himself. It was then, as it is today, passion not […]
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Jolley’s Use Jazz to Make A Holiday Impact in D.C.
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com There are those who need the spirit of Christmas time to feel jolly. But when your passion is jazz music and you can practice your passion professionally with your brother and some of today’s accomplished mainstream contemporary artists, each day is a jolly one for sure. Such is the life […]
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AfroPop Producer On Bringing the African Diaspora to the Living Room
By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO Seeing the need for more programming that reflected the fullness of the Black diasporic experience, filmmaker Duana Butler and Co-Executive Producer Leslie Fields-Cruz, decided to do something about it. They created the series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, a unique program which combines travel and cultural exchange with […]