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Fantasia, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks featured in ‘Elle’s Women in Hollywood issue

Adrienne Raquel Elle has released its 2023 Women in Hollywood issue, naming Fantasia, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks among the list of nine influential female entertainers.  Deemed “The Phoenix” in the December/January issue, Fantasia opened up about moments in the past when she felt she didn’t want to sing anymore.  “I just was like, ‘Why are my albums not going number one? Why…

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Victoria Monét to receive ‘Variety’s Triple Threat Award at 2023 Hitmakers event

Lovett Music, Inc./RCA Records Victoria Monét has been added to Variety‘s class of 2023 Hitmakers who’ll receive awards at the upcoming ceremony on December 2.  She’ll be honored with the Triple Threat Award for her achievements as a singer, songwriter and performer. Monét’s most recent accomplishments include seven Grammy nominations for her hit song “On My Mama” and its…

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Michael Jackson scores third YouTube video with 1 billion views

Chris Walter/WireImage Nearly 15 years after his death Michael Jackson‘s music still reigns supreme.  The music video for his 1983 #1 hit “Beat It” just entered the Billion Views Club on YouTube, making it the King of Pop’s third video to achieve the milestone.   “Beat It” joins “They Don’t Care About Us” and “Billie Jean,” which now has 1.4 billion views. …

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Rapper Rah Digga ties the knot

Johnny Nunez/WireImage Congratulations are in order for rapper Rah Digga, who recently tied the knot with her partner Troy Weeks. “Alas, WE HAVE ARRIVED!!!” the rapper, born Rashia Fisher, captioned a wedding photo on Instagram The image of her and Meeks, sitting in a Rolls Royce dressed in all white, is from a second of two weddings Rah said the couple shared.  She first said…

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Latto curated her own XXL rap cypher; here’s the women she tapped to join

Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images Latto‘s idea of bringing together a few women in hip-hop for a rap cypher came to life with XXL‘s Cypher Lab. The “Big Energy” rapper called on Flo Milli, Monaleo, Maiya The Don and Mello Buckzz to join her in a ring where they each exchanged rap lyrics over sounds by Pooh Beatz. In her XXL cover spread, she said she chose each rapper because #1,…