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Aja Monet performs a Tiny Desk concert at NPR Music in Washington, D.C.

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Aja Monet: Tiny Desk Concert

Credit: NPR Djembe. Drums. Piano and bass. A sweeping groove beckoned, welcoming us into the world of surrealist blues poet, Aja Monet. Transformed into a lush garden, the Tiny Desk blooms with the stanzas, sounds and legacy of jazz poetry. Monet's poems cast unflinching eyes towards love, justice, accountability and the joy and healing of daughters and sons of the Black diaspora. At times, her words — gentle gut punches […]

todayDecember 1, 2023

Sean "Diddy" Combs has stepped down as chairman of Revolt, following multiple allegations against him of sexual assault. Here, Combs accepts the global icon award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs temporarily steps aside as chairman of Revolt TV network

Sean "Diddy" Combs has stepped down as chairman of Revolt, following multiple allegations against him of sexual assault. Here, Combs accepts the global icon award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.Photo Credit: Daniel Incandela Sean "Diddy" Combs has temporarily stepped down as chairman of Revolt — the TV network he co-founded in 2013, a spokesperson for the record executive confirmed […]

todayNovember 29, 2023

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Sampha: Tiny Desk Concert

Credit: Photo: Keren Carrión When Sampha first performed at the Tiny Desk in 2017, it was just him and his keys. But for this second round, he had a very specific vision to execute. Accompanied by a spirited four-piece band who double as his background singers and percussionists, each member relishes in making music in multiple, creative configurations. Sampha Lahai Sisay's music is known for its sheer vulnerability in tackling the […]

todayNovember 29, 2023

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‘If you have a face, you have a place in the conversation about AI,’ expert says

Dr. Joy Buolwamini (Naima Green) Computer scientist Joy Buolamwini was a graduate student at MIT when she made a startling discovery: The facial recognition software program she was working on couldn't detect her dark skin; it only registered her presence when she put on a white mask. It was Buolamwini's first encounter with what she came to call the "coded gaze." "You've likely heard of the 'male gaze' or the 'white […]

todayNovember 28, 2023

"I'm better than ever," Brown says. "It just took some time for me to get back to being me again." Peter Beste

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Danny Brown’s clean slate

"I'm better than ever," Brown says. "It just took some time for me to get back to being me again." Peter Beste Age has always been embedded into the narrative of Danny Brown's music. He was a late bloomer in the industry who once titled an album Old. These days, he's relishing his adulthood, welcoming the accumulated wisdom it brings and hoping to impart that wisdom on younger artists who […]

todayNovember 20, 2023

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Brittany Howard is going to make her dreams come true

Bobbi Rich/Courtesy of the artist By the standards of the 2020s, when younger audiences metabolize music so quickly that performers need to keep a constant flow of memeable, streamable content coming, Brittany Howard's been laying low. Since wrapping the tour promoting her 2019 solo album Jaime and commissioning remixes of it from peers, she's resurfaced only a handful of times leading up to the announcement of her second solo album, […]

todayNovember 20, 2023

Ibram X. Kendi speaks during the Netflix film Stamped From the Beginning. Netflix

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‘Stamped From the Beginning’ is a sharp look at the history of anti-Black racism

Ibram X. Kendi speaks during the Netflix film Stamped From the Beginning. Netflix The Netflix documentary Stamped from the Beginning kicks off with a provocative question from antiracism advocate, author and professor Ibram X. Kendi: What is wrong with Black people? As a succession of Black academics express wonder and surprise at the question — rolling it over in their mouths while they think about it, like tasting a bitter […]

todayNovember 20, 2023

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Healing the ‘Invisible Ache’ behind the suicide crisis among Black men and boys

If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Actor Courtney B. Vance was a young actor on Broadway in the 1990s when he received a call from his mother that would tear his world apart: His father was dead, she said, by suicide. Years later, Vance's godson, a promising college student, would also […]

todayNovember 16, 2023

The result of the improvised sessions that led to New Blue Sun is subtle but daring. Mainly because it flies in the face of everything we've come to expect, and selfishly demand, as André 3000 fans. Kai Regan/Courtesy of the artist

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Interview: André 3000 reveals why his new solo album has no bars — and no boundaries

The result of the improvised sessions that led to New Blue Sun is subtle but daring. Mainly because it flies in the face of everything we've come to expect, and selfishly demand, as André 3000 fans. Kai Regan/Courtesy of the artist At a certain point in the winding lifespan of André 3000's musical journey, there came a time when we as fans began to worry less about his lack of […]

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