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Jamila Woods Readies New Album 'Water Made Us' With Lead Single “Tiny Garden”
Jamila Woods dives into tranquility on her upcoming third album Water Made Us. Woods’ follow-up to 2019’s Legacy! Legacy!, the 33-year-old co-executive produced the LP alongside LA-based musician...
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Kendrick Lamar & Janet Jackson to Headline Atlanta’s ONE Musicfest This Fall
Kendrick Lamar and Janet Jackson are bringing their catalogs to the South. Both iconic artists have been tapped to headline Atlanta’s annual hip-hop and R&B festival ONE Musicfest, which returns...
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A Handwritten Note Found in Aretha Franklin's Couch Will Be Considered a...
A family battle over a will written by late soul legend Aretha Franklin has ended. On Tuesday (July 11), reports publicized that a handwritten document, found beneath a cushion of Franklin’s couch, is...
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JPEGMAFIA Sends Nepotism Shade Towards Baby Keem on ‘Scaring the Hoes: DLC Pack’
JPEGMAFIA calls out The Melodic Blue rapper Baby Keem on new EP Scaring the Hoes: DLC Pack with Danny Brown. A B-side to the duo’s collaborative project Scaring the Hoes, JPEG, also known as ‘Peggy,’...
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Okayplayer Staff Picks: Best Albums of 2023 So Far
While hip-hop has thus far been scarce on the music charts, this might just be the year for hidden gems and music that pushes the boundaries of its defined category. The Okayplayer staff returns with...
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Soccer Player Megan Rapinoe Says Dave Chappelle Has ‘Directly’ Led to...
Soccer player Megan Rapinoe didn’t mince words on Dave Chappelle in her new TIME profile. The 38-year-old, who’s a member of Seattle’s OL Reign along with the United States national team, expressed...
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JAY-Z, Kid Cudi, ‘Abbott Elementary’ & More Earn 2023 Emmy Nominations
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations are here, and television heavy hitters have a chance of earning golden statuettes. Announced on Wednesday by actress and comedian Yvette Nicole Brown and...
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Noname Readies New Single, “Balloons,” Her First in Two Years
Just days before her performance at MIKE’s Young World 3 Festival in Brooklyn, Noname is back with some “Balloons.” The upcoming single, which features elusive rhyme-sayer Jay Electronica and R&B...
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Meek Mill Doubles Down on “Free Tory” Statement in Threads Rant Defending...
“Ima leader I’m not suppose to be quiet…” is one of the many Meek Mill Threads posts defending his statements made this past Friday regarding the controversy surrounding Tory Lanez being convicted of...
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Ice Cube Retorts Against ‘Sellout’ Critics After Robert F. Kennedy Photo-Op
Ice Cube is clapping back against critics of his alleged right-wing political views. On Monday (July 10), controversial politician Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared a picture of himself, former Cleveland...
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Watch the Action-Packed First Look At New Donald Glover-Led Show ‘Mr. & Mrs....
Donald Glover has gone from FX to Prime Video in upcoming show Mr. & Mrs Smith. On Thursday (July 13), the streamer unveiled a 10-second first look of the show, which arrives in November. Glover...
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What To Do In NYC This Weekend
With the news that actors are on strike, and huddled up with writers who’ve also been in a monthslong boycott with studios, you may wonder how to responsibly support the industries that entertain us...
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A$AP Rocky, Lil Wayne, DJ Drama & More Appear in New Documentary ‘Mixtape’
In time for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, Paramount+ has announced upcoming documentary Mixtape, which chronicles the rise of physical and digital mixtape culture. Appearing in the film are...
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On the Outside of the Brooklyn Public Library Are Classic JAY-Z Lyrics
Could new music from JAY-Z be in the works? Classic lyrics from the Roc Nation founder have recently sprang up on the exterior of the Brooklyn Public Library’s central location for undisclosed...
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John Boyega & Teyonah Parris Talk 'They Cloned Tyrone,' Jamie Foxx & More
The scenery and lingo sprinkled throughout the upcoming Netflix film They Cloned Tyrone (available to stream on July 21st) embodies the trifecta of sci-fi, mystery, and Blaxploitation that defines it....
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Hollywood Grinds to a Halt as Actors Union Joins The Writers Strike
For the first time in over 60 years, Hollywood has effectively shut down with the Screen Actors Guild joining in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America in a strike against the Alliance of Motion...
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Hip-Hop Legends Salute JAY-Z At Brooklyn Public Library’s ‘The Book of Hov’...
The Brooklyn Public Library central location brought out the best in entertainment during the private opening of the new JAY-Z exhibit, ‘The Book of Hov.’ The exhibit, which opens to the public on...
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Japanese Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki Breaks Hiatus For One Last Film
Japanese animator and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki has released How Do You Live?, his first film in ten years. On Friday morning (July 14), select theaters throughout Japan played the...
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‘BoJack Horseman’ Was Right — Hollywood Is Trying to Replace Actors With AI
BoJack Horseman might have predicted Hollywood’s tech-driven future. A scene from the former Netflix animated series has gone viral, showing the anthropomorphic horse getting scanned so that when he...
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10 New Albums You Need to Hear This Week
Struggling to scale the mountain of new albums and songs hitting streamers every week? Unsure of how to even approach? Well, fret not. Each week, Okayplayer combs the release calendar for essential...
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