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In September 2023, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage on the lawn of her Washington, D.C. residence to have fun 50 years of hip-hop. Guests included rap immortals and powerlifters like Slick Rick, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, Fat Joe, Common and Lil Wayne. “Hip-hop is the ultimate American art form,” Harris told the group. “Hip-hop now shapes nearly every aspect of American popular culture and reflects the incredible diversity and ingenuity of the American people.”

Of course, the event now looks as if a lifetime ago. It happened before Joe Biden shocked the political landscape on July 21 by becoming the primary sitting president to drop out of the reelection race since President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 and endorsed Harris as the primary Black woman and first South Asian American to move the presidential ticket; before Harris introduced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate and before she launched her campaign with the support of Beyoncé, whose anthem “Freedom” became official candidate theme song.

The message was very clear when Megan Thee Stallion and former Migos rapper Quavo appeared at sold-out rally in Atlanta for Harris in front of 10,000 ardent supporters, telling the group that Harris “stands for business.”

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“You can’t understand the fight against gun violence unless you’re in the field or in the heart of it,” Quavo said. The rapper has been working with Harris since his nephew and bandmate Takeoff was killed in 2022. “One thing I’ve learned from working with Vice President Harris is that she’s always got her back. From inviting me to the White House last year to talk about these solutions, to passing some of the biggest gun safety laws today.”

The convergence of hip-hop and politics hasn’t been this apparent since Atlanta’s Jeezy and rhyme giant Nas declared,My president is black!” during candidate Barack Obama’s seismic 2008 presidential campaign. The historic election of the primary black president transcended political showmanship. It signaled the emergence of the primary hip-hop president.

Rapper Jay-Z He campaigned for Obama in 2012. and was a frequent guest on the White House with Beyoncé, who sang the national anthem during Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. They also supported presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during her own historic 2016 campaign. As for Harris, she has the support of a strikingly diverse group of hip-hop artists and producers, including Love for special tasks, Lil Nas XLil Jon and Plies who he said Harris had “Trump, MAGA, Republicans and mainstream media so shocked.” And while rapper Cardi B has said she won’t vote in the upcoming election unless there may be a ceasefire in GazaFrom the start of the presidential campaign, she opposed misogynistic attacks on Harris.

“I’ve always known how people are when it comes to women, but disrespecting them?” Cardi B said of Harris in late July during a Spaces session on X. “Listen, if you don’t like her as a politician, that’s your business. But if you don’t respect her because she’s a woman? That’s very disgusting,” adding, “The way you disrespect her, that’s what makes me like her.”

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As documented in the Andscape film The seeds of this unlikely political union date back to President Ronald Reagan’s 1985 Inaugural Ball, where legendary actor Jimmy Stewart introduced performance by the legendary New York City Breakers. Ironically, it was Reagan’s devastating policies against the black and Latino communities that accelerated the event of hip-hop as crucial musical and cultural art type of the last decade.

“Too $hort, Ice-T, Toddy Tee, Public Enemy,” executive producer and narrator Jeezy said. “Those are just a few rappers who are exposing what Reagan’s so-called war on drugs did to the places where hip-hop lived.”

For a lady who stands on the shoulders of Shirley Chisholm, the primary African-American woman and the primary woman to hunt a major-party nomination for president of the United States, that connection has sometimes been tenuous. On Aug. 14, rapper and criminal justice reform advocate Meek Mill questioned Harris’ record during her tenure as San Francisco’s district attorney from 2004 to 2011.

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“I want to ask Kamala Harris questions about her past as DA, even if she had to be tough. All I hear about her is rumors,” the 37-year-old rapper said published on XFormerly generally known as Twitter. “I would ask her 3 questions about black and brown men going to prison and her views and try to help her understand from a survival perspective that she may never have had to face!”

A Facebook post that was shared greater than 200,000 times ahead of the November 3, 2020 election said: Harris Puts 1,500 Black Men Behind Bars on Marijuana Charges as District Attorney Dispels Charges. Harris actually oversaw 1,956 marijuana convictions. Only 45 people ended up in state prison.

While nobody can dispute Meek Mill’s sincerity — In 2017, he was sentenced to 2 to 4 years in prison for violating his probation on a firearm and drug-related misdemeanor dating back to when he was 19, and he was released on appeal before being pardoned in January 2023 — talk that has only emboldened some hip-hop artists to support former President Donald Trump.

Lil Pump, Waka Flocka Flame, Kanye West and Sheff G are only a number of of the rappers who’ve publicly endorsed the Republican nominee. Sexyy Redd faced criticism after telling podcast host Theo Von in October 2023 that some black people supported Trump “when he started bailing black people out of prison and giving people this free money.”

“We love Trump” Sexyy Redd said“We need him back in office. We need him back because, baby, those checks. Those stimulus checks. Trump, we miss you.” (For context, the Biden administration delivered $1,400 stimulus checks to most Americans in 2021 through the coronavirus pandemic. Sexyy Redd also appeared to withdraw her support for Trump, saying: she didn’t support anyone.)

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Ice Cube made headlines in 2020 after rejecting a call from Harris’ camp, and has since develop into a favourite of conservative pundits like political commentator Tucker Carlson and podcaster Joe Rogan. Fivio Foreign and Kodak Black recently released a surprise pro-Trump track, “ABOARD THE 47RD.”

“,” rapped Kodak Black, whose 46-month sentence for forging documents used to purchase a gun at a Miami gun shop was commuted by Trump in 2021.

Harris, nevertheless, shouldn’t be losing sleep. The Howard University graduate and Oakland, Calif., native, who can recite the lyrics to Sugar Hill Gang’s 1979 breakthrough “Rapper’s Delight” by heart and I used to be listening to a fellow Oakland MC Too $hortquickly becoming a milestone in hip-hop culture.

This week, the joyful spirit of hip-hop’s return was at home on the Democratic National Convention on the United Center in Chicago as Harris officially accepted the Democratic nomination. Common performed his latest song, “Fortunate,” with Pete Rock on the second night of the convention, telling the group, “I thank God for this moment where Kamala Harris will change the world for the better with love, hope and grace.”

DJ Cassidy breathed latest life into the often solemn ceremony of Roll Call delegates for every U.S. state and territory, playing a spread of songs combining different genres featuring hip-hop gems from Jay-Z, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg to House of Pain and Kendrick Lamar.

Grammy Award-winning industrial producer and creator Lil Jon represented Georgiareversing the “from the window to the walls” chant from his classic East Side Boyz and Ying Yang Twins song “Get Low” by shouting to the group, “VP Harrissss … Gov. Walzzzz!”

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It was a reminder that Harris, 59, was still in college when Run-DMC’s 1986 album ushered in hip-hop’s golden age. After all, are you able to imagine Trump dancing to Q-Tip’s “Vivrant Thing”?

Maybe not, but it surely doesn’t get any more hip-hop than that.

Keith “Murph” Murphy is a senior editor at VIBE Magazine and a frequent contributor to Billboard, AOL and CBS Local. The veteran journalist has appeared on CNN, FOX News and A&E Biography and is the creator of the lads’s lifestyle book, XO Manifesto.


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Taraji P. Henson played in the upcoming thriller Tyler Perry

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Tyler Perry Studios is preparing for the next release of the film – and that is one other thriller. This summer, Taraji P. Henson, Teyana Taylor, Sherri Shepherd and others are to look in the upcoming thriller of Perry “Straw”.

According to Netflix“Słomiana” concerns the “Lonely Mother, whose world spreads in chaos, when her day goes from evil to worse to catastrophic, when she tries to take care of her sick daughter. Pushed to the edge through the world, which seems indifferent to her existence, is forced to face impossible elections in a society that does not offer her safety net.” Taping her character Janyah as a single mother was something she could confer with from experience.

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“Janiyah is a woman who doesn’t have much in life, but she has a lot of love for her child,” said Henson Entertainment every week. “I’m a lonely mother, so I understood her journey and her struggles. She is a lonely mother who tries to utilize the cards which have been given in her life best.

Noticing how the film “shows how easy it is that people in a difficult situation can be disregarded or deprived of civil rights by a system that is to protect them,” added Henson:

“If likelihood is high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high it’s possible it’s possible likelihood is high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high you almost actually can possibly possibly possibly be a fighting single mother, you likely can in no way times pay for this extraordinary lunch, and kids who cannot afford this extraordinary lunch, get a separate lunch. And you already know what is happening then? Children begin to hassle your child. As parents, they feel the pain of our youngsters deeper than them, so it meant for her.

The film, which based on Henson is crammed with “crazy twists”, which could surprise the viewers, was reportedly shot inside 4 days, while the actress worked on one other project.

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“Thinking that we shot in four days when I was still working on” Night Fight Night “,” Henson explained. “But that is what I like in Słrier Perry; he’s fast, and I’ll even be fast. He knew he had a limited time with me. He used it accurately … The topic is a bit dark, so I used to be once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once glad that I used to be once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once living only in the world of this character for 4 days, because this energy is transferred, and just somewhat little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little little bit of a follow you. I used to be once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once glad when it happens, and I’m very different from one other character.

“Straw” takes place at Netflix on June 6.

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2025 San Francisco Art Fair Extated Creativity, Equity and Community Connection – Essence

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Photo loan: Drew Bird, Courtesy of Art Market Productions

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From April 17-20, thirteenth edition San Francisco Art Fair He brought an electrical pulse to the Fort Fort Fort Pavilion, attracting over 22,000 participants from throughout California and more. Of the 88 galleries and 45 participating partners, this 12 months’s event celebrated the creative spirit of Bay Area through dynamic exhibitions, programming, including and deepened involvement in constructing community.

Organized by Art Market Productions, Branch A21, began with a live VIP preview, through which over 4,500 guests participated. Collectors, curators, artists and similar ones gathered to take up a job which is able to define the weekend. Local favorites, paying homage to PT.2 Gallery, Jessica Silverman and Micki Meng, offered outstanding presentations, while exhibitors for the primary time, including Anthony Meier and Madsen, spoke daring statements with programming, which they raised regional talents. Sales reports showed significant activity throughout the least levels-from $ 500 local images $ 45,000, Rojas, sold by Jessica Silverman Gallery-Inventory, each healthy collector’s commitment and adaptation to trends emphasized contained contained contained throughout the Art Basel X UBS Art 2025 report.

In addition to selling the heartbeat of this 12 months’s fair, there was programming. Panels, performances and projects of public art emphasize how art intersects with justice, identity and local traditions. One of probably essentially probably probably essentially probably probably probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially essentially probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially probably probably probably probably probably probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably probably probably probably essentially probably essentially probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably probably probably essentially probably essentially essentially probably probably probably probably probably probably probably probably probably essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially probably probably essentially probably essentially probably probably probably probably essentially probably probably probably probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially essentially probably probably essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably probably essentially essentially probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially probably essentially probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably probably probably essentially essentially probably probably probably probably essentially essentially essentially essentially essentially probably essentially essentially probably probably the most powerful moments got here throughout the Saturday panel “Art and Impact in the East Bay”, through which the artist and cultural strategist Favianna Rodriguez emphasized the urgency of practice based on the goal.

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“I really believe in the power of art,” said Rodriguez. “If we are thinking about artists in the whole story – Nina Simone, Frida Kahlo, James Baldwin – helped change the way we think. At the moment it is important that the artists wonder what really depends. Regardless of whether it is an environment or reproductive rights of women, or takes care of LGBTQ or your health care, we need artists to show us what is possible.”

This forward -looking way of considering lasted to the Sunday panel on the Nexus SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, a rapidly developing platform organized by African diaspora museum To emphasize the work of black artists in San Francisco and Oakland. Together with the second edition on the horizon, Nexus is gaining momentum each as a vacation and a call to act – with a purpose to deepen the visibility of black visionaries.

2025 San Francisco Fair Fair Extated Creativity, Equity and Community Connection
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Moderated by Abram Jackson, the panel contained powerful voices, including the last word word word word director of Monetty White, Lava Thomas artists and George McCalman and galleryist Jonathan Carver Moore. Together, they unpacked the double need for representation and infrastructure, citing Nexus as a bridge – not only between artists, but between the past and the long term. Together with the 20 th anniversary of the Museum on the horizon and the upcoming exhibition, Energia around Nexus seemed expansive and confirming.

“This year at the Art Fair in San Francisco it was important for us at Art Market Productions to create real spaces to combine – especially for the black creative community, which is such an important part of the Bay Area artistic scene,” said Kelly Freeman, director of Art Fair. “Thanks to Nexus and Black Brunch Club, we were able to combine artists, collectors and supporters in a way that seemed personal, significant and solemn. These meetings that remind us of why cooperation is important in art – and why it is so important to strengthen the voices that shape the future of the bay.”

The Black Brunch Club, which took place contained contained contained throughout the showroom of the Fair Collector, closed SFAF 2025, nevertheless it was a smaller act than it was a vacation. This served as a reminder that black creativity won’t be only aesthetics – it’s a pedigree, life line and a lens for the long term.

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Other outstanding sessions throughout the fair included printing workshops of the Museum of Craft and Design Museum, satirical lecture by Marc Horowitz on the absurdist history of art and a movable panel on motherhood and artistic practice with the participation of Silverman and the artists of the C. Tut and Libby Black. On Friday, a well -displayed conversation on “investing in black art for home” referred to how collecting is possibly each an act of protection and personal transformation. A non-public party took place the the equivalent evening Jay collection, autographWhere did the guests like music together with wine Gifts. The meeting was organized to extend awareness for further triennale, a brand latest platform introducing contained contained contained throughout the spring of 2027, which is able to have time visual art in northern California.

Throughout the weekend, public projects paying homage to Creativity Non -Profit San Francisco studied interactive entry points for beginners and experienced collectors. Meanwhile, organizations paying homage to Berkeley Art Museum and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts emphasized institutional cooperation and interregional story.

“This year’s fair has confirmed what we always know – that Bay Area has a resistant and deeply engaged art community,” said Freeman in a press release. “The enthusiasm in the pavilion was electric – from the quality of the works presented in significant conversations taking place at stands and programming. We are proud to provide a platform that raises this creative ecosystem and invites important voices in folds.”

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Ayesha Curry under the fire for admitting “the lack of athletes” before she married Stepha, when fans say that she humiliates the NBA star

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The revelation of Ayesh Curry about her teenage dating rule bored the debate about whether the public statements of the culinary entrepreneur sometimes obscure the achievements of her husband of the NBA Super Gwiades.

Referred in an interview with the Christian broadcast network, wherein she turned to the strict policy of “without athletes” before meeting Stephen Curry as a teen, she caused mixed reactions of fans who wonder if such sincere disclosures unintentionally undermine the refined public pendant of the war warrior.

Ayesha Curry was again on the first pages of newspapers, after the renovated video depicts her, explaining her comments “without athletes”, which she wrote as a teen. (Photo: @ayeshecurry/instagram)

During the conversation from March 2025, with the host Efrem Graham Ayesh, she considered the irony of her former attitude, recognizing how her younger I made broad generalings about sports personality.

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“And it’s so funny!” She said: “When you are a teenager, you don’t necessarily think about what you are saying and you tend to generalize, and as (you) a change, you put different people into different boxes.”

Adding: “And so embarrassing at the bottom that this is capital letters, such as” without athletes! They are so smug! “And what kind of generalization is that? “

A 36-year-old mother of a four-person one explained how Stephen’s meeting questioned her prejudices. Looking back, she principally knew him all her life – for the first time she met the future NBA champion when she was over 20 years – and described their meeting as a divine intervention.

“And so I feel that that is the way it’s God, don’t judge the book by the cover, because I met my husband – well, I met my husband (when) I used to be once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once once 14 years old, but I went on a date with my husband at the age of 19 or (he was) my friend, and he was a exact opposite of this.

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CBN YouTube viewers expressed Mixed reactions to interview.

“Could the embarrassing Steph stop? How to close,” commented one of the viewers, blowing her up for saying things that, he believed, he casts dirt on her husband’s image.

Another support offered: “I am glad that he now has its own marriage and relationship!” Referring to the thought that she just just won’t be comfortable in her relationship.

But many comments applauded her, recognized her strong faith, and likewise celebrated their family.

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The third person noticed: “The man thinks about curry, he was not in the drama on the pitch and outside and has a beautiful family.”

Another added: “Everyone is incredibly beautiful, they just shine with a good spirit. Basketball Obama …”

This just just won’t be the first time Ayesha met with criticism of her public comments.

Earlier she caused controversy, discussing her feelings that she didn’t pay the attention of men compared with how her husband is bombarded with women’s admiration.

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During the previous interview, she expressed uncertainty about women thrown in Stephen, while she felt invisible to other men, comments that were later criticized for being inappropriate for a married woman.

Despite the periodic slack, Currys maintained a sturdy public presence when their family increased in front of the eyes of the fans.

Their oldest daughter, currently 12-year-old Riley, for the first time captured her heart as a premature toddler who interrupted the press conferences of the NBA finals of her father 2015. Recently noticed on the game Warriors, which stands almost as high as her mother with an area of ​​5 feet-8, transformation of Riley from Sassa 3-year-old, who quoted Big Sean lyrics in the composed teenager, caused fans to surprise during a fraction of Time.

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The curry family now covers Ryana, 9, Canon, 6 and Baby Caius, who ends 1 this month. During her journey Ayesh built her own empire as the creator of the cookbook, television personality and entrepreneur, while Stephen continues his dominance in basketball at the age of 37.

Explaining their family’s approach to public life, Ayesha emphasized the authenticity.

“I think we are trying to keep it really. And we try to be nice people,” said CBN. “People look at our family, but I think it is important that everyone knows that no one is perfect, and we are just trying to live at the moment.”

While critics can perceive Ayesh’s apparitions as embarrassing against Stephen, the 4 -time NBA champion seems distrustful.

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His recent birthday tribute to his wife showed his unwavering devotion: “Where are we starting to describe what you mean, our family, all who have been blessed enough to meet you. You light a room,” he wrote.

Indeed, despite the sporadic storms in social media and perceived excessive objects, Currys carried out almost 13 years of marriage with no much scandal, maintaining their status of one of the most admired pairs of basketball.

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