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ABOVE PHOTO: Guests tour the International African American Museum on Friday, June 23, 2023, in Charleston, S.C.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) By Aaron Morrison ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C.  — When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved…

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ABOVE PHOTO: DR. DRE ATTENDS THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART’S COSTUME INSTITUTE BENEFIT GALA celebrating the opening of the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” exhibition on Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York. Dr. Dre will need to make room in his trophy case for another prestigious award. The American Society of Composers, Authors…

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ABOVE PHOTO: BIG POKEY PERFORMS DURING THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR Z-RO at The House of Blues in Downtown Houston on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who performed under the name Big Pokey and is credited with elevating the city’s hip-hop scene, died Sunday, June 18, 2023, after collapsing during a show…

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ABOVE PHOTO: ZENDAYA, LEFT, AND PHARRELL WILLIAMS attend the Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2023-2024 ready-to-wear collection presented Monday, March 6, 2023 in Paris. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)  By Thomas Adamson ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Unveiling a new chapter in its illustrious history, Louis Vuitton made an indelible mark on Paris Fashion Week’s men’s shows as they premiered…

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As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary, an event held at World Café Live last Friday looked at the impact the art form has had during that time. ABOVE PHOTO: From (l-r) Tiffany Bacon, spoken word artist Ursula Rucker, Philadelphia emcee Queen Jo, singer Tylan, radio personality and co-founder of Black Music Month Dyana Williams and…

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PRNEWSWIRE ATLANTA — Bounce TV, the popular broadcast and multi-platform entertainment network serving African Americans, will recognize Juneteenth with the premiere of an exclusive new documentary, “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black and White” on Monday, June 19, at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT. Celebrating the life of one of the most unheralded civil rights…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com By Maria Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — More change is afoot at the Grammys. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that three new categories will be added to the awards show in 2024: best pop dance recording, best African music performance, and best alternative jazz album. In…

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ABOVE PHOTO: ACTOR TREAT WILLIAMS poses for a photo in Pasadena, Calif., on July 13, 2002. Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” died Monday, June 12, 2023, after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) ASSOCIATED…

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ABOVE PHOTO: THIS IMAGE RELEASED BY BOND THEATRICALS SHOWS NAOMI RODGERS AS TINA TURNER during a performance of the national tour of Broadway’s “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical.” The production makes its California debut this week, then continues its multi-year national journey, visiting 37 more cities across North America. There are also productions running…

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By Raymond Jones Separated by time and oceans, echoing the traditions of ancestors from West Africa, Yoruba culture lives and thrives in the form of the ODUNDE festival in Philadelphia.   Over 100,000 people attended this year’s ODUNDE, celebrating another year of African and African American culture. It is the largest African-centered festival in the…

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