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Tamia - Leave It Smokin'
Queen Naija - Medicine
Daniel Caesar ft. H.E.R. - Best Part
Gallant - Doesn't Matter
Mary J. Blige - Only Love
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Tamia
Sat, Oct 20
Las Vegas, NV
Sun, Oct 21
San Diego, CA
Tues, Oct 23
San Francisco, CA
Fri, Oct 26
Brooklyn, NY
Sat, Nov 03
Pittsburgh, PA
Peabo Bryson
Oct 28 – 31
Blue Note Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Nov 1 – 2, 4
Blue Note Nagoya
Nagoya, Japan
Nov 8
Sound Board at Motorcity
Casino & Hotel
Detroit, MI
Nov 10
9thAnnual Weekend of Jazz
Kiawah Island, S.C.
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(CNN)Stan Lee, the colorful Marvel Comics patriarch who helped usher in a new era of superhero storytelling -- and saw his creations become a giant influence in the movie business -- has died.
He was 95.
Kirk Schneck, an attorney for Lee's daughter, tells CNN the comic giant was taken by ambulance from his Los Angeles home on Monday morning to Cedar's Sinai Medical Center, where he later died. The cause of death is not yet known, according to Schneck.
Lee began his career at what was then Timely Comics in 1939. Over the years he was a writer, editor and occasional illustrator. But, bored with the output, he was preparing to leave the company when history took a sudden turn.
For many years, the business had been dominated by DC (then National) Comics, creators of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern.
In the late '50s, DC started reimagining its heroes -- kicking off what comics historians call the "Silver Age" of the business -- but those figures were still, largely, otherworldly and two-dimensional, living in made-up places such as Metropolis and Gotham City.
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As Chris Brown continues to trek across the country on his “Heartbreak On A Full Moon Tour” with support from 6lack, H.E.R., Rich The Kid, and Jacquees, Live Nation released a behind-the-scenes clip of the action-packed show.
Supporting acts Jacquees and H.E.R. speaking about the tour, Chris Brown, and how he has influenced them as artists and R&B as a genre today. “I think he’s one of best performers of our generation,” H.E.R. said. “I’ve been looking up to Chris my whole life, I love watching him perform,” Jacquees added.
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Rihannawas not interested in taking a bow at the 2019 Super Bowl—and Colin Kaepernickreportedly had something to do with it.
The 30-year-old professional quarterback sparked headlines, controversy and backlash back in 2016 after he opted to kneel during the United States national anthem in peaceful protest of police brutality and racial inequality taking place around the country. The move immediately incited debate, with critics like President Donald Trump calling for anyone who took a knee to be fired.
Kaepernick, currently a free agent, filed a grievance against NFL owners in October 2017, arguing that the NFL and its owners "have colluded to deprive Mr. Kaepernick of employment rights in retaliation for Mr. Kaepernick's leadership and advocacy for equality and social justice and his bringing awareness to peculiar institutions still undermining racial equality in the United States."
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It’s a grown and sexy steppers affair on Case‘s surprise new single “Make Love.” The first release off the crooner’s forthcoming album Therapy, finds him connecting with music icon Teddy Riley and fellow R&B star Tank.
Written and produced by Riley and J-Sol, the breezy song features the hitmakers in courtship mode, as they profess their desire for a passion filled night with their respective lovers. Case opens the romantic collaboration sharing his admiration for “every inch” of his lady and how he wants her from “head to toe.”
Tank handles the second verse confessing that he’s been fantasizing about his woman all day and he hopes to lay her down. “All day I’ve been waiting, to get with you, next to you,” he sings. “Slide closer to me / You got what I need / Girl, I need to see your body on me.”
Teddy Riley joins in on the chorus and bridge, expressing how he wants to “make love all night.”
“Make Love” is the first single off Case’s upcoming album Therapy, due out September 21. The LP follows 2017’s Love Jones Vol. 1 EP and 2015’s Heaven’s Door.
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H.E.R. ANNOUNCES FALL NORTH AMERICAN “I USED TO KNOW HER TOUR”
H.E.R. will be back on the road with a new headlining tour this fall. Expected to be in support of her much-anticipated debut album, the “I Used To Know HER Tour” will find the songstress traveling across North America from November through December 2018.
Kicking off Nov. 10 in Atlanta, the trek will make stops in 21 cities including Philadelphia, New York, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, and more before closing out Dec. 20 in San Francisco. Rising R&B singers Bri Steves and Tone Stith will join the tour as opening acts.
Pre-sale tickets are available today via Spotify, and the general public sale begins on Friday, September 14.
With over one billion combined streams to date, the release of the breakthrough H.E.R. Volume 1, H.E.R. Volume 2 – The B Sides, and recently released I Used To Know Her: The Prelude, H.E.R. has quickly established herself as one of modern music’s most fascinating new voices. After captivating audiences with her medley performance of “Focus” and “Best Part” with Daniel Caesar on the 2018 BET Awards and commanding the stage on her own sold-out headlining domestic and international tours, in addition to Chris Brown’s “Heartbreak on a Full Moon Tour,” anticipation continues to grow for the release of H.E.R.’s official debut album, signifying that the future is bright for the young R&B star.
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Tinashe is bringing her moves to “Dancing With the Stars.”
The pop/R&B singer will reportedly join Season 27 of ABC’s dance competition series, according to E! News.
Tinashe is not the first pop star to put on her dancing shoes. Past “DWTS” contenders have included Brandy, Mya, Zendaya, Christina Milian, Tamar Braxton, Normani, and Nicole Scherzinger, who won the Mirrorball trophy in 2010.
The 25-year-old released her sophomore album Joyride in April. She recently dropped a couple of loose tracks, including “Throw a Fit” and “Like I Used To,” and is reportedly working on a mixtape called ‘Nashe.’
The full cast of “DWTS” was announced on “Good Morning America” on Wednesday (Sept. 12). Season 27 premieres Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. ET.
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photo credit: Solaiman Fazel
by Cherise Johnson
NEW YORK, NY – As her State of the World Tour wraps up, Janet Jackson gears up for the release of her next single, “Made For Now” featuring multi-platinum Raggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee this Friday (August 17).
The record will serve as Janet’s first single release in two years, following 2016’s “Dammn Baby” off her eleventh studio album Unbreakable and the birth of her son with Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana.
Ms. Jackson teased the singles release with an announcement to her Instagram. “From my lips…#MadeForNow with @daddyyankee 8/17,” she captioned.
Produced by Harmony Samuels, “Made For Now” is described as being inspired by the iconic pop singer’s love of music from around the globe and the music video was shot in Brooklyn by Grammy Award-winning director Dave Meyers. The visual is scheduled to be released the same day and features a neighborhood dance party filled with international dancers hailing from Ghana, Nigeria, Grenada, Trinidad and the U.S. – all hand selected by Janet herself.
Jackson will perform “Made For Now” for the first time live alongside Daddy Yankee on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35 p.m. EST, Friday (August 17) evening.
“Made For Now” is available for pre-order on iTunes and pre-save on Spotify here.
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Students in six Columbia, South Carolina schools are probably thanking Beyoncé and JAY-Z right now. School officials announced a half-day closing on Aug. 21 due to anticipated high traffic for the On The Run II concert.
Officials with the Richland 1 School District say they're worried about school buses being caught in heavy traffic due to the show if the schools are dismissed at their regular time. The OTRII tour is being held at the University of South Carolina’s 80,000-seat football stadium on Aug. 21. No other schools in Richland 1 district will close for a half-day—they'll dismiss at their regular time.
The North American leg of the tour kicked off in Cleveland on July 25 and will wrap on Oct. 4 in Seattle. Already, the tour has been eventful. While they were across the pond touring Europe earlier this summer, they released their acclaimed joint album, Everything Is Love, featuring the lead single, "Ape Shit" which was filmed in the Louvre in Paris.
Earlier this week, Bey made headlines again when her gorgeous Vogue cover was revealed, featuring her looking natural and at peace, as she expounded on motherhood, being a black woman and her issues with body image.
"There are many shades on every journey," she said in the interview. "Nothing is black or white. I’ve been through hell and back, and I’m grateful for every scar. I have experienced betrayals and heartbreaks in many forms. I have had disappointments in business partnerships as well as personal ones, and they all left me feeling neglected, lost, and vulnerable. Through it all I have learned to laugh and cry and grow. I look at the woman I was in my 20s and I see a young lady growing into confidence but intent on pleasing everyone around her. I now feel so much more beautiful, so much sexier, so much more interesting. And so much more powerful."
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AT LONG LAST
A new offering from the incomparable voice of Peabo Bryson… STAND FOR LOVE
Peabo Bryson has established a career as one of the premier male vocalists in contemporary music of the last quarter century. Possessing a beautifully rich, almost operatic voice, this two-time Grammy Award-winner has survived and prospered despite the passage of time and changes in popular musical trends.
With twenty albums to his credit, Peabo Bryson has enjoyed an unprecedented, across-the-board level of international success, Bryson has the distinction of being the first artist in music history to have separate records topping four different charts.
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Ella Mai's 'Trip' Hits Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
“Trip” improves on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, which combines radio airplay, sales and streaming data into its tabulation, chiefly thanks to gains at radio. The single climbs 4-2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart via a 9 percent boost to 26.5 million in audience in the week ending Oct. 14, according to Nielsen Music. |
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Trevon Marcel is a 23 year old independent rap artist from Opelika Alabama. Faced by the adversities of life as an inner city kid Trevon battled with depression from witnessing domestic violence in the home and loosing a close relative due to unnecessary gun violence that left him with lots of anxieties and unanswered questions. Instead of becoming a product of his environment Trevon choose to unleash his frustrations behind the mic inside the recording studio. Flowing on the mic and spitting lyrics about his life experiences is where he is able to escape his anxieties and release his tension. All his music is storytelling. Check out his flow.
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Ask Kesha!
Call TYRONE!
Dear Kesha,
I’m in a situation and do NOT know what to do!
My husband and I have been happily married for four years now.
He has an eight-year old son from his previous marriage with his child support MONEY HUNGRY ex-wife! My husband currently pays over $800 per month in child support and is also very involved in his son day-to-day life in addition to paying child support, as he should and takes A LOTof pride being a father going over and beyond the call of duty but it’s NEVER good enough for her!
She recently petitioned the court to increase her child support to $1600 per month because she “heard” my husband had been recently promoted at work!
Out of frustration, I vented to one of my girlfriends about the situation and the BOMBSHELL she dropped on me was EXPLOSIVE! Ironically enough my girlfriend used to work with my husband ex-wife some nine years ago!
She advised, it was always rumored my husband THEN wife was said to be having an affair with a guy in their office and may have gotten pregnant by him but no one was never knew for SURE!
Fast forward to a few months post this revelation, I may have SECRETLY swabbed my husband and eight year old stepson for a DNAtest considering the magnitude of the rumor, timeline AND the FACT their marriage dissolved due to infidelity on her end!
Unfortunately…the DNA results weren’t favorable…for my husband EX_WIFE! They returned advising my husband is 99.999% NOT the father of this of this child he has believed for past eight years was his OWN!
Should I or shouldn’t I TELL my husband of my secret mission and my results?
Call his ex-wife and let her KNOW “I Know What You Did Nine Summers Ago!” have the proof and she needs to call TYRONE?
Or choose NOT to devastate my husband and stepson and CONTINUE to allow his MONEY HUNGRY FAKE BABY MAMA take us to the cleaners with her child-support increases?
HELP!
Signed,
Confused and READY all at the same time!
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by Rochelle Lucas
EMPLOYERS CAN MAKE THE WORKPLACE A HEALTHY PLACE
Good Eating, Good Drinking & Exercise - The Answers to Good Life
Healthy eating and proper exercise can enhance workplace performance. Employers can contribute with the development of thoughtful practices that encourage employees to engage in healthy activities.
Employers can establish programs within the work space that would create and improve partnering and group interaction. There is a special dynamic that develops when employees share diet tips, food dishes, recipes and in general fruits and vegetables that can be distributed throughout the office and can be appreciated within the work environment. Technology has opened the door for creativity and sharing that has never been offered previously. Hassle-free information is just a click away.
Employers can contribute by designated a specific time and day that they will provide health information professionals to be available to their employees in order to keep them apprised of new and cutting edge information about food, exercise and beverages.
The employer can establish a once a week Farmer’s Market on site of the workplace for employees to purchase and consume healthy foods for themselves and their families.
Employers can install an alkaline water machine in their facility to offer water that contains a high ph balance for their workforce.
Employers can create healthy competition within the work space. By working with the health care providers that provides medical insurance for their employees, the employer can create a program where the staff can monitor their steps, cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose levels. All personal medical information will only be handled by health care providers and with the written permission of the employee.
Employers can provide extra time mid-day for workers to participate in walks, cycling, yoga, eliminate stress activities, exercise and other activities that will enhance body movement.
Employers can provide monetary or gift incentives for the winners of specific competitions. For the employer, the goal is to improve job performance, longevity and fewer critical illnesses which lead to loss of work hours and stress on others. Some programs are free to California Health Care Providers.
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