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The power of Beyoncé is about to change music… again

Beyoncé's long-awaited seventh solo album, Act I Renaissance, is due out Friday, July 29. This is not a drill! Beyoncé is releasing her seventh solo studio album, titled Act I Renaissance, on Friday, July 29. It marks Bey's first solo album in six years, following her momentous visual album Lemonade. "BREAK MY SOUL," the lead single off the forthcoming LP, is doused in dance music influences and samples the 1990 […]

todayJuly 27, 2022

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Lizzo’s ‘Special’ is a giddy burst of affirmation and joy

Grammy-winning artist Lizzo enjoyed a major breakthrough in 2019 with her album Cuz I Love You. Now she's back with Special, which features one of the summer's most inescapable songs "About Damn Time." The album features songs about love, affirmation, friendship, empowerment, and confidence. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

todayJuly 21, 2022

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In ‘Rap Sh!t,’ women in rap strive and thrive

In the premiere episode of the HBO Max comedy Rap Sh!t, executive producer Issa Rae's first major project post-Insecure, Shawna (Aida Osman), a socially conscious rapper, fervently announces her retirement from the rap game. Never mind that she's a relatively unknown 20-something artist who's barely stepped foot in the game to begin with – after dropping out of college to work with a producer, she's found only fleeting, minor viral […]

todayJuly 21, 2022

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A small Wisconsin town is honored as the state’s first Black-founded community

Peter Baker walks near the clubhouse at Lake Ivanhoe on Saturday, April 16, 2022. Angela Major/WPR LAKE IVANHOE ,Wis. -- Peter Baker says he will never forget his first visit to Lake Ivanhoe. It was 1966. He was 9 years old and his friend brought him up from Chicago on a fishing trip. They caught dozens of fish, mostly bluegills and crappies. "We went home and I ran in the […]

todayJuly 7, 2022

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Nonwhite Americans are eating less meat. Vegan activists of color explain why

Toni Okamoto started Plant-Based on a Budget to show people how affordable plant-based eating can be. Toni Okamoto Toni Okamoto became overwhelmed with frustration after she watched family members suffer severe health consequences from the food they ate. Her aunt suffered multiple amputations from Type 2 diabetes prior to dying, and her grandfather had multiple heart attacks before dying in a bypass surgery. She also saw how their financial situations […]

todayJuly 4, 2022

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Jazz renegade Theo Croker returns to his Jacksonville roots

Theo Croker performs at Jacksonville Jazz Festival, October 1, 2021Kim Reed/Courtesy of Artist Few musicians live in the present moment, at the convergence of what came before and what's up ahead, with more panache than Theo Croker. A trumpeter, producer and composer rooted in the jazz lineage, he's also within the vanguard of a peer group blending hip-hop, electronic music and contemporary R&B. The synthesis shines throughout his recent albums, […]

todayJuly 1, 2022

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Usher: Tiny Desk Concert

This year, NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts — both from home and from behind our beloved Desk. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we've never seen before, and of the Tiny Desk's unique way of showcasing that […]

todayJune 30, 2022

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How Elizabeth Cotten’s music fueled the folk revival

Left-handed, Elizabeth Cotten turned the guitar so the bass strings were at the bottom, therefore "backwards." She used her thumb to play the melody and her fingers for the low notes. John Cohen, courtesy Deborah Bell, New York/National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution As a Black woman playing fingerstyle guitar, Yasmin Williams has been hailed as a "hero for a new generation." She says she often felt like an anomaly- until […]

todayJune 30, 2022

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The promise and peril of crypto for Black investors

Cryptocurrencies have plunged about 56% in value in the past three months. And while many people have lost money, various surveys (here, here, and here) suggest that Black investors in particular may be feeling the fall. So what's drawn Black investors to crypto, and what does the current crypto crash mean for the idea some crypto-bulls have promoted—that these risky digital assets can be a driver for racial equity and […]

todayJune 29, 2022

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