Erykah Badu offers part two of her self-directed music video trilogy for “Out My Mind, Just in Time”, the final track from 2010′s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh). Ms. Badu explained the multiple movements and says to expect the third video before year’s end. Videos for Movements I and II are included below. Continue
Before releasing her third album, Estelle has teamed up with DJ Don Cannon to offer fans AOM: The Prequel, which will be released on Monday. “Remember Me” is the first track from the collaboration, but there’s still no official word on when we can expect All of Me.
Rapper Nicki Minaj graces the art and fashion issue of W magazine as an 18th century courtesan by famed photographer/artist Francesco Vezzoli.
Vezzoli transformed Nicki into four (see photos below) of the most famous courtesans in history: Marquise de Montespan, Comtesse du Barry, Madame de Pompadour, and Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov. He says of the shoot: Continue
On Sunday (Oct. 16), President Barack Obama dedicated the Martin Luther King Memorial after touring the monument with First Lady Michelle Obama, their daughters, Sasha and Malia, and family members of Dr. King.
The event included speeches from noted individuals including Congressman John Lewis, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, among others. Musical and spoken tributes were also made by Mary Mary, Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin (SEE PERFORMANCE VIDEO BELOW) and more.
“An earthquake and hurricane may have delayed this day, but it was a day not to be denied,” the president said, opening his dedication:
For this day, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s return to the National Mall. In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it; a black preacher with no official rank or title who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams and our most lasting ideals, a man who stirred our conscience and thereby helped make our union more perfect. Continue
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