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Capella Grey drops holiday album, ‘Nah It’s Brick: A Holiday Vibe’

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Johnny Nunez/WireImage Capella Grey dropped a new album just in time for Christmas.  The eight-song project, Nah It’s Brick: A Holiday Vibe, includes features from Lady London, DreamDoll and others.  After teasing on Instagram, the New York native released the project on his SoundCloud account and alerted fans the album would be available on major streaming platforms soon.  It includes tracks titled “Ultimate Gift,” “Wavy New Years” and…

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Shonda Rhimes to honor Emmett Till’s story with new passion project

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Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times Television producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes is taking on a new passion project. The TV titan, known for hit shows like Bridgerton and Scandal, is teaming up with the Emmett Till Interpretive Center to preserve the history of Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was kidnapped, beaten and lynched in Mississippi in August 1955…

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ICYMI: Latto, Jeezy host Christmas giveaways, Meek Mill gets emotional about probation reform bill and more

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Latto, Jeezy, Lala Anthony and Jayda Cheaves are among the celebrities who hosted Christmas giveaways December 16 and 17.  — Latto organized her third annual Christmas in Clayco event and donated over $350,000 worth of gifts to children from the Atlanta neighborhood she grew up in. — Jeezy and his Street Dreamz Foundation, in partnership with Amazon, delivered bikes, scooters, laptops and other gifts to children in…

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Nicki Minaj scores third #1 album with ’Pink Friday 2′

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Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Nicki Minaj has yet again produced an album worthy of the #1 spot on Billboard‘s Top 200 Albums chart.  Nicki’s fifth studio project, Pink Friday 2, marks her third album to go #1, following Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded in 2012 and her debut LP, Pink Friday, in 2011. Upon its release on December 8, Nicki’s 41st birthday, the 22-track project earned 228,000 equivalent album unit…

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Taraji P. Henson says ‘The Color Purple’ represents Black culture, but is a film for everyone

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Alon Amir The cultural impact of The Color Purple, with its Black characters who break free from oppression, makes it an important film in the Black community, says Taraji P. Henson, who stars as Shug Avery in the 2023 film adaptation.   The themes of resilience and overcoming adversity, as well as this adaptation’s overarching focus on joy, makes the movie relatable to…

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Krayzie Bone gives details about life-threatening health scare

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Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Three months after Bone Thugs-N-Harmony‘s Krayzie Bone suffered a near-death health scare, he is opening up about what the moment was like.  In his first public interview with Spin, he details his experience being diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis — a rare chronic disease caused by inflammation — and how he almost lost his life because of it.  He…