In a world rife with speculation about Quavo and Lana Del Rey’s relationship, one thing is crystal clear: their collaboration is nothing short of spectacular. Their latest release, ‘Tough’, showcases a daring fusion of Western and hip-hop sounds, highlighting their unique synergy.
The track is anchored by reverb-washed drums, providing a solid foundation as Lana and Quavo’s voices intertwine on the hook. This combination of genres and vocal styles is as beautiful as it is unexpected. The duo had previously teased a snippet of the song on Instagram, where they were seen by a farm fence, holding a gun and ready to shoot, adding to the anticipation.
Accompanying the release is a music video that perfectly captures the song’s aesthetic. Shot and edited in a style reminiscent of old home footage, the choppy, slow-motion visuals, and bright colors evoke the post-VHS era. This visual approach complements the country-inspired guitars, creating a seamless blend of sound and imagery.
Both Lana and Quavo deliver soulful performances, expressing themselves in ways we’ve never heard before. Their collaboration on ‘Tough’ is a bold and refreshing departure from the norm, proving that their creative partnership is a force to be reckoned with.
Check out the song and experience the magic for yourself!
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In Questlove’s fascinating new book “Hip-Hop Is History,” he rewrites hip-hop history to his own specifications. It’s thrilling to read a really thoughtful hip-hop history book written from the perspective of an elite practitioner who’s also a superfan and a historian. One of the first ideas that jumped out at me is how Questlove views hip-hop history: He marks 1982 as a critical juncture but also believes that every five years, there’s a significant change in the culture, enough to mark a new chapter in the genre. I wanted to look deeper and see what happened in those change years to understand what Quest is saying.
1982 was a crucial year marked by the release of two landmark singles — “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force. With these two songs, hip-hop quickly grew more serious as a political force and as a dance-music force. These songs also had more of an epic scope than many of the songs that arrived before them. At this point, the culture was beginning to expand from a small New York subculture into a New York subculture that’s noticed by much of the country.
By 1987, hip-hop was still a growing subculture but it’s clearly national, and as a whole, it’s far more complex than it was five years earlier. This was the year that gave us the debut albums of Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, and Eric B. and Rakim. That group showed us how the music had grown far more political with MCs acting like they’re activists or spokesmen for the Black community. Rakim also marked a new zenith for the complexity of MCing. ’87 also gave us the debuts of Ice T and N.W.A and the major label debut of Too Short. The rise of the West Coast, specifically California from L.A. to the Bay. Now hip-hop was no longer a New York thing.
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This was an era where it mattered where you were from because your place of origin shaped the sound of your music and the details in your rhymes. It was easy to tell the difference where an artist or a group was from by the sound of their music. This was a time when, as Chuck D famously said, rap is Black America’s CNN, as in, it was a way for artists to communicate nationally about the problems of their neighborhoods and the culture there as well, thus giving the rest of the world a way to peer into Compton or the Bronx or wherever you were from.
By 1992, hip-hop was moving toward becoming the dominant music culture in America, and in many ways, the sound of ’92 was totally different from the sound of ’87. In ‘92 the biggest charting songs of the year were “Jump” by Kris Kross, “Jump Around” by House of Pain, and “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-A-Lot. These were super pop songs made for the club with no political intentions whatsoever. At the same time, ‘92 gave us Dr. Dre’s monster album “The Chronic” as well as the debuts of the Pharcyde, Gang Starr, and Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth. This represented MCing becoming more sophisticated and also more refined. Where Chuck D, KRS and Ice T were almost shouting on the mic, Snoop, Guru and C.L. gave us a style that was much closer to talking than yelling.
1997 was dominated by Puff Daddy (now Diddy) and the Bad Boy Records family of artists. The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Life After Death” was the biggest hip-hop album of the year. Also in the top six biggest hip-hop albums of the year: Puff’s “No Way Out” and Mase’s “Harlem World.” Bad Boy produced half of the six biggest hip-hop albums of the year. And the biggest songs of the year included “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down,” by Puff and Mase, “I’ll Be Missing You” by Puff and Faith Evans, “Hypnotize,” by Big, “Mo Money, Mo Problems,” by Big, “Feels So Good” by Mase and “All About the Benjamins” which is credited to Puff but was truly made unforgettable by Big, the Lox and Lil Kim.
I was deep in the N.Y. club scene back in ‘97, and it was normal to be at a club where the DJ was playing a string of Bad Boy records, jump in a cab where the radio was playing Bad Boy records, and then walk into another club where the DJ was already in the midst of playing Bad Boy records. This was an era of epic party records meant for the clubs that were built on simplistic samples. But this was also an era marked by post-battle sobriety: After the Pac vs Big battle ended in their deaths, the culture was very sensitive about not having that happen again.
2002 marked another sharp shift — it was the year of Eminem and Nelly. It was the rise of the Midwest as a dominant force. The biggest songs of the year were Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” “Without Me,” and “Cleaning Out My Closet” and Nelly’s “Hot In Herre” and “Dilemma” by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland. Eminem’s endless trolling was compelling and hysterical but also, he’s the flag-bearer for an increasingly traditional sort of hip-hop focused on beats and rhymes as Nelly was leading a movement to mash up hip-hop and R&B, creating a sound that was more radio-friendly and more crossover-friendly. Other gigantic records this year included Fat Joe’s collab with Ashanti “What’s Love” and Cam’ron and Juelz Santana’s R&Bish smash “Hey Ma.”
And on and on. We do see a significant difference in the sound of hip-hop every five years. Quest even notices that each era has a dominant drug that shapes it — he says hip-hop blossomed in disco’s cocaine era. 82-87 is shaped by malt liquor, 87-92 by crack, 92-97 by marijuana, 97-02 by ecstasy, 02-07 by sizzurp and so on.
Surely there are other important cultural markers that this structure doesn’t recognize like, say, the rise of Run-DMC, the rise of the South, and the impact of gangsta rap, but I like the way Quest views hip-hop as something that’s constantly changing and overall, I’m loving his book.
President Joe Biden said he has no plans to drop out of the presidential race, but that doesn’t mean the American people aren’t thinking of alternative candidates.
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In a CNN poll released July 2, 75 percent of American voters who were polled think the Democratic Party has a better chance of winning in November if Biden is not on the ticket. This comes after Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week where the he repeatedly froze on stage and stumbled over his words.
Biden, 81, is the oldest US president in history, and voters are concerned about his abilities to handle the oval office come November. Former President Donald Trump, 78, is only three years younger than Biden, and if elected, Trump will become the second oldest US president.
Americans are looking for someone younger to fill Biden’s shoes, and there are a few names that keep popping up.
Voters like the idea of Vice President Kamala Harris, 59, going up against Trump for the presidency. This hypothetical matchup saw 47 percent approval for Trump with the vice president only trailing behind by 2 percent, according to the same CNN poll.
In a Newsweek column, former Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan said “After deep reflection over these past few days, I strongly believe that our best path forward is Kamala Harris.” Ryan isn’t the first Democrat to share this opinion. He believes Harris is “ready for the job.”
Two more post debate polls from Puck News and Data for Progress show Harris as the most popular alternative to Biden. As his running mate, Harris has urged voters to choose Biden as she stands behind him in full support. Harris ran for president back in 2020 against Biden, but was chosen as his VP after the Democratic Convention.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, 42, also ran against Biden and Harris in 2020, and even though he has since become part of Biden’s cabinet, some say Buttigieg could make a comeback as an alternative to the incumbent.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testifies before the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of House Appropriations CommitteeImage: Kent Nishimura (Getty Images)
The CNN poll puts the former Indiana mayor at 43 percent of the voter support to Trump’s 47 percent, suggesting that more people are thinking seriously about Buttigieg as an option.
Another name that keeps popping up in the presidential replacement debate is California Governor Gavin Newsom, 56. Like Buttigieg, Newsom also has a 43 percent rating in the CNN poll against Trump. Although Newsom said he will “never turn my back on President Biden,” experts say the California governor might be looking for a national stage.
Newson has been allegedly running a “shadow campaign” for president. With high-profile visits to China and Israel, the governor is putting himself in a position to be part of the presidential conversation. Fox News also held a debate between Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and Newson, suggesting these two could lead in future presidential campaigns.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, 52, says she isn’t interested in replacing Biden, but a recent “Draft Gretch” movement has put her as a top choice against Trump. The CNN poll gives her a 42 percent approval rate, just right below Biden’s 43 percent.
Joe Biden speaks as Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer looks on at an event at Cherry Health in Grand Rapids, MI on March 9, 2020Image: Carolyn Van Houten (Getty Images)
Whitmer said in a statement “I am proud to support Joe Biden as our nominee and I am behind him 100 percent in the fight to defeat Donald Trump. Not only do I believe Joe can win Michigan, I know he can because he’s got the receipts.”
With nearly every elected Democrat, including Whitmer, backing Biden as the presidential nominee, it’s hard to imagine if any of these potential names will come to fruition by November. Democrats are sticking and staying by Biden, despite his overall approval rate declining since he was first elected.
It seems the main objective for Democrats is to keep Trump out of office, and experts say Biden is the best candidate for that job.
The music mogul Diddy finds himself at the center of another lawsuit. Adria English, known in the adult entertainment industry as Omunique, has come forward with disturbing allegations that Diddy forced her to engage in sexual activities in exchange for career opportunities.
According to a report by TMZ, English claims that she first met Diddy in 2004 while auditioning for a modeling job with his clothing brand, Sean John. However, the encounter quickly turned inappropriate. English alleges that Diddy demanded oral sex from her boyfriend and another model as a prerequisite for her employment.
Although her boyfriend refused Diddy’s demands, English asserts that she eventually secured the job by agreeing to become one of Diddy’s go-go dancers. She alleges that this role was used as a pretext to coerce her into having sex with Diddy’s friends. Among those named in the lawsuit is Jacob Arabov, widely known in the hip-hop community as “Jacob the Jeweler.”
English claims that after one such encounter with Arabov, she was photographed with him, capturing a moment she describes as following an alleged assault. Despite her compliance, English says Diddy did not fulfill his promises to advance her career.
The lawsuit targets Diddy, Bad Boy Records, Tamiko Thomas (who is accused of organizing the alleged sex trafficking), Jacob Arabov, and others. English is seeking unspecified damages for the ordeal she endured.
Neither Diddy nor his representatives have commented on the allegations at this time.
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A writer whose work gave voice and vision to the lives of generations of Black women has died. Author and playwright Shay Youngblood, perhaps best known for her semiautobiographical novel “Black Girl in Paris” and similarly reflective, nationally staged play, “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery” (based on her book, “The Big Mama Stories”), died of ovarian cancer on June 11 in Peachtree City, Ga., according to the New York Times. She was 64.
Born Sharon Ellen Youngblood on Oct. 16, 1959, in Columbus, Ga., Youngblood was the only child born to Mary Lee Kemp and Lonnie Willis Crosby, reportedly given the surname of one of her mother’s husbands. She was only two years old when her mother died. With her biological father reportedly absent from her life, she was placed under the care of her maternal grandmother and great-grandmother and raised in the 1960s and ‘70s amid a close, candid, and colorful community of older Black women she would later immortalize in writing as the “Big Mamas.
After earning a bachelor’s degree in communications from Clark Atlanta University, Youngblood joined the Peace Corps, working on assignment in Dominica. Upon her return to Atlanta, the young-twentysomething worked at the longstanding feminist bookstore Charis Books & More. There, Youngblood began her writing career as the store’s founder, Linda Bryant, convinced the reluctant talent to participate in one of the store’s poetry readings. She would also travel to Paris during this decade of her life, working as an au pair and artist’s model, the Times reports.
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Youngblood’s early experiences would become the foundation for her first two novels. “Soul Kiss” published in 1997, chronicled a girl’s search for her absent father following her mother’s death. Her second, “Black Girl in Paris,” followed a 26-year-old Black Southern woman’s adventures during a daring, delicious and sometimes dangerous summer in Paris. Published in 2000, the widely acclaimed novel is now considered part of the pantheon of Black female coming-of-age stories; fellow novelist Paula L. Woods characterized it as “an engaging, unpredictable portrait of an artist as a young Black girl” in a review for The Los Angeles Times.
“Before I left home I cut my hair close to my scalp so I could be a free woman with free thoughts, open to all possibilities. I was making a map of the world. In ancient times maps were made to help people find food, water, and the way back home. I needed a map to help me find love and language, and since one didn’t exist, I’d have to invent one, following the trails and signs left by other travelers.
I didn’t know what I wanted to be, but I knew I wanted to be the kind of woman who was bold, took chances, and had adventures.”
— Shay Youngblood, “Black Girl in Paris”
Combining intellectualism, magical realism, and sexual awakening and exploration, the narrative of “Black Girl in Paris” is peppered with French recipes and reflections on the storied history of Black expats such as James Baldwin, enhancing the novel’s depth and sensualism. Initially adapted into a film released in 2013, the novel is currently being developed into a new screen adaptation by “Queen Sugar” novelist Natalie Baszile and her daughter, Hyacinth Parker.
Youngblood’s reach also extended to the theater. Her 1989 short story collection, “The Big Mama Stories,” which garnered her a Pushcart Prize for fiction, was adapted into a stage play prior to publication; “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery” debuted at Atlanta’s Horizon Theater Company in 1988. Lauded for its portrayal of Black women’s lives and perspectives, Youngblood’s first play has continued to be produced nationally and internationally in the decades since and was even optioned for the screen by Sidney Poitier, though the film was never produced.
“The simple act of centering on the stories of Black women, with barely any references to the men (white or Black) in their lives, is itself an act of resistance,” wrote Chicago theater critic Kerry Reid for the Chicago Tribune when a revival of “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery” was produced in 2017.
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Earning a master’s degree in creative writing from Brown University in 1993, Youngblood won a Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award for her play “Talking Bones” that same year. Among her subsequent accolades, she would win several NAACP Theater awards. Youngblood also authored two children’s books, “Mama’s Home” (2022) and “A Family Prayer” (2023).
In addition to her recognition as a singular talent, Youngblood was also revered for her unapologetic portrayals of Black queer sexuality and love.
“The Black girl writing world is especially small and the Black queer girl writing world is even smaller,” noted acclaimed writer Jacqueline Woodson, who told the Times “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery” “was that mirror of myself in the world in a bigger way.”
Longtime friend and Brown schoolmate Daniel Alexander Jones, a performer, director and playwright, spoke similarly of Youngblood’s play “Black Power Barbie.” Written in the early ‘90s and later published as a 2013 graphic novel, its protagonists are a brother and sister who are the children of murdered Black Panthers and both identify as queer.
“It was a dive into Black queerness … She really made us whole onstage,” said Jones in an interview, per the Times. “She presaged something about the fluidity and multiplicity of identity.”
Youngblood, who was married to Annette Lawrence from 2010 to 2020, was reportedly working on a book about her mother when she died at the home of her friend Kelley Alexander on June 11. According to the Times, she was not survived by any immediate family.
For a long time, the captivating draw of British TV was a well kept secret. However, the streaming takeover has led audiences to discover the deeper, more complex stories often told across the pond. The latest series to capture viewers’ interest is Netflix’s “Supacell,” which has fans wondering what other comedies and…
Fans of “Love Island USA” are in an uproar over the latest bombshell clip from Season 6, featuring Daia McGhee and Kordell Beckham. The unfolding drama has left viewers reeling and social media ablaze with reactions.
The tension began when the male cast members faced a pivotal decision: stay in the original villa with their partners or venture to Casa Amor without saying goodbye. Kordell opted for Casa Amor, assuring everyone he would maintain strict boundaries and refrain from kissing anyone out of respect for Serena.
However, Kordell’s promise quickly unraveled. In a shocking twist, he was caught kissing Casa Amor newcomer Daia McGhee outside of a challenge. This moment alone was enough to ignite fans’ fury, but the controversy didn’t stop there. A subsequent clip suggested that Daia and Kordell might have engaged in sexual activity or at least some intimate physical contact, further enraging the audience.
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Social media platforms have exploded with reactions, showcasing a mix of disbelief, anger, and intense speculation. Here are some of the most notable responses:
kordell possibly having sex with daia is fucked up idc how the kordell coddlers try to spin it. doing all that when serena hasn’t done as much as KISS another guy??? he’s finna be next off my island if he keeps this shit up istg #loveislandUSApic.twitter.com/GtVYSuEZqU
— 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 cam | da baddest in the villa (@seodilf) July 3, 2024
If Kordell really did have sex with Daia on Thursday’s episode, he has to bring her back to the villa. If he doesn’t, it’s going to seem like he used her, so it’s a lose-lose situation. He and Serena are definitely over. He’s fucked. #LoveIslandUSApic.twitter.com/hKm6h8Tmer
The latest developments in “Love Island USA” Season 6 have undoubtedly struck a chord with viewers, sparking intense discussions and emotions online. As the season progresses, fans eagerly await the fallout from Daia and Kordell’s controversial actions.
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Former U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 17th Congressional District, aims to reclaim his seat from Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler in one of the nation’s most closely watched House races.
If Jones, who made history in 2020 as the first openly gay Black American elected to the United States Congress, is successful on Nov. 5, it would mean the return of a distinctive Black and queer voice on Capitol Hill.
A lot is riding on Democrats like Jones this November. Congressional Democrats are hoping he and at least a handful of other Democrats can flip Republican-held seats in districts considered to be toss-ups. If enough GOP candidates lose in November, House Democrats would reclaim the majority and notably elect U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. If successful, Jeffries would make history as the first Black American to hold the gavel.
“It is so critical that we flip the 17th Congressional District and restore a pro-equality majority in the House of Representatives,” Jones told theGrio during a recent sit-down interview. “These are really high stakes, especially if Donald Trump succeeds in returning to the White House. We need a Democratic Congress to keep him in check.”
Jones warns voters about the dangers of a Republican-controlled Congress, a potential second Trump administration, and Project 2025, a 900-page manifesto of policy proposals conservatives aim to enact if Trump returns to the White House in January 2025. The reported “playbook” to “institutionalize Trumpism” includes eliminating programs related to DEI or racial and gender equality and terminating the Department of Education, among other proposals.
“Project 2025 is also just evidence of the fact that a second Trump presidency will be so much worse and more sinister than the first one,” he continued. “He will not be concerned about reelection, for one thing. And he already aims, as he has said in his own words, to terminate the Constitution, to use his words.”
Trump, who recently celebrated a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court granting him broad presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, is an “extremist” running for reelection to “get out of legal trouble” and who would “throw us all under the bus in an effort to maintain power,” said Jones.
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On the campaign trail, the former congressman has painted his opponent, Rep. Lawler, as a “MAGA” extremist who will help Trump and Republicans carry out controversial policies like enacting a national abortion ban. The 37-year-old characterized Lawler as an “extension of Trumpism,” noting that he was a delegate for Trump in 2016 and “got paid to reelect him in 2020,” adding the Republican lawmaker “doubled down on that extremism” by supporting Trump’s 2024 bid and dismissing his 34-count conviction as a “partisan witch hunt.”
However, Jones faces some challenges in his efforts to unseat Lawler and return to Congress. His endorsement of George Latimer, who recently beat U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., in the New York primary over differences of opinion on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, has alienated Jones from progressives, whom he aligned with during his time in Congress.
The decision to endorse the opponent of his former ally led to the House Progressive Caucus PAC and Working Families Party rescinding their endorsements of Jones, who was bested by Anthony Frascone on the WFP’s New York primary ballot.
Jones tells theGrio he is proud of his “pragmatic” and “independent” record in Congress and dismissed any criticisms of his endorsement of Latimer. Bowman, he said, did not have a record of being a “unifying voice” and trafficked in “conspiracy theories,” likely referring to Bowman saying that reports of Israeli women being raped during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 were “propaganda” (Bowman apologized months later).
“The vast majority of my former colleagues understand the importance of moving in a different direction, even if some of the more loud voices have been in their feelings about it recently,” Jones said of his endorsement. “I also am fully cognizant of the fact that we will be moving forward as a unified Democratic Party in this most important election of our lifetimes.”
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Jones said that given the threats of a second Trump administration and Republican agenda, “groups of good conscience” must “come together” and “bridge whatever divides may exist on sort of discrete policy issues for the broader purpose of saving our democracy and defeating MAGA extremism and fascism.”
Democrats must regain power in Congress, he argued, in order to protect and strengthen “the gains that the LGBTQ+ and Black communities have been making over the past many years.”
“So much of what has been happening, including decisions that were pro-equality by the Supreme Court, are now unraveling,” he griped. “They’re being threatened by legislation in State houses around the country and at the federal level, with a new Supreme Court [conservative] majority.”
Jones, who, while in Congress, co-sponsored a bill to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court following controversial decisions by the court’s conservative majority, said Democrats could finally enact a number of bills if they win back the majority. Those include legislation to protect voting rights and the Equality Act, which would enshrine federal protections for LGBTQ Americans against discrimination.
“There’s a lot of division, even within the Democratic Party … on certain issues right now that are of great importance. But we have to see the bigger project here of saving America,” said Jones.
The country is getting ready to celebrate the Fourth of July. For some, it’s a time to remember the birth of our nation. But let’s face it, for Black folks, it’s more about a day off and the perfect excuse to get together with family and friends to eat and drink.
Before your guests arrive, make sure you have everything you need to keep the party going – at least until the fireworks start. To help you get started, we’ve made a list of things that are absolute musts for your holiday cookout.
Rising R&B artist Mariah The Scientist has publicly declared her innocence in a club altercation that took place earlier this year, which involved Cleopatra Dues, one of rapper Young Thug’s baby mothers.
The incident in question occurred on March 29 at Cavo Kitchen and Cocktail Lounge in Atlanta. Cleopatra Dues alleged that she was enjoying her evening when Mariah The Scientist abruptly approached her, ripped off her wig, and launched an unprovoked attack.
Dues, who has never publicly had any known issues with Mariah, expressed her shock and disappointment over the incident. “We never had problems before this,” she stated. “I was just vibing at the club when she came at me out of nowhere.”
Despite the allegations, Mariah The Scientist has maintained her innocence from the start. According to sources, the singer has not made any public statements about the altercation since it happened. However, she has entered a not guilty plea and is preparing to tell her side of the story in court.
TMZ reported that Mariah is looking forward to her day in court, where she will have the opportunity to present her account of the events that unfolded that night. Her legal team is confident that the truth will come to light and clear her name.
Stay tuned for more updates as this story continues to develop.
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