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Jay-Z has embarked on an event with The Roots for "The Roots Picnic," a two day music festival that also featured other musical acts.  The 56 year old rapper and businessman showcased a new look to the sold out crowd!  He's unraveled his freeform locs and debuted an afro on the first day of "The Roots Picnic" which began on May 31st in Philadelphia, PA.   Jay-Z's natural hair journey evolved when he decided to grow out his hair for starters locs during the era of he and Beyonce's, Everything is Love album.  On the album cover, he was seen sporting a TWA (teeny weeny afro).   The powerhouse duo stood in front of the acclaimed and revered Mona Lisa painting which is situated in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.  The photo itself, much like a work of art, could be interpreted in a number of ways.  Were they declaring their net worth as a couple-- much like the value of the Mona Lisa? Or was it a declaration of the significance of the couple's...

Naomi for Vogue Brazil, May 2016 Naomi Elaine Campbell was born in the South of London to Afro and Chinese Jamaican parents on May 22nd, 1970. Her father abandoned her family while her mother was carrying her but she had the support of her grandmother, mother and aunts growing up.  Her talents in the performing arts were displayed at an early age.   Naomi and her mother, Valerie She spent a great deal of time in Rome, Italy while her mother performed as a professional dancer.  Naomi appeared in the music video for Bob Marley's "Is this Love" song when she was just eight years old.  Her mother, Valerie, later enrolled Naomi in the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts where she learned the art of ballet beginning at age 10.  While shopping in London, she was discovered by a scout named Beth Boldt after which she appeared on the cover of British Elle Magazine at the young age of 16. Naomi Elaine's career within the modelling industry was not an easy one. ...

It was just a another day in a scissor happy beautician's world when a hair stylist from 717 Hair Studio refused to straighten her client's natural hair.  The client came into the salon with mid-back length afro textured hair.  The beautician proceeded to give her client a long winded speech about her opinions on the state of her hair.  In the midst of tooting her stylist horn and bragging about her years of experience, she stood over her client and spewed a great deal of negativity towards her hair.  As she proceeded with her speech, she was quite hands on as she expressed that her hair was the worst she's ever seen.  At one point, she began to exclaim that "As woman of color, we hold onto length and you don't realize that you're holding onto the length but it's not healthy. So you're holding onto dead length." The stylist's behavior became even more distasteful after she took a section of the client's hair, flipped it up so that it stuck ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson, a civil rights era icon and former District of Columbia senator, passed away on February 17 th during Black History Month.  Jesse Jackson’s life is a prolific example of the essence of fighting the good fight and faithfully succeeding in doing so. Jackson became a major influence during the civil rights era when he joined Martin Luther King Jr’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in the early 1960s.  He marched right alongside other civil rights leaders utilizing the non-violent approach to achieve justice and racial equality for all. The idea of boycotting businesses as a way to cause effect began with Jesse Jackson. In our modern times, equal opportunities exist for black individuals and other people of color but this was not always the case. During this decade, Jesse encouraged others to boycott white owned businesses to aid them in understanding the importance of hiring black people.   Civil rights founding father, MLK Jr. had his ...

During black history month, we honor our black and African American historical figures, known and unknown, who fought for freedom and equal rights for the black community.  If it weren’t for people like Martin Luther King Jr, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, W.E.B. Dubois, Ruby Dee, John Lewis, Shirley Chisholm and Thurgood Marshall, black owned businesses and many of the rights that we have today would not even exist. We take this time to honor our unsung heroes who continue to fight for the rights of black individuals here in America and abroad.  Black History month shouldn’t be limited to a mere month. It deserves at least an entire year. The United States of America wasn't always a country where the rights of racially diverse individuals existed or were respected.  Slavery may seem like an ancient and barbaric notion today but the reality is that it was a very real and harsh system that was once legal in America.  There has been a push by some who seek to end co...

Beyonce is making an iconic return to the Meta Gala after 10 years when she last attended the Manus x Machina themed event in 2016.  She will be hosting the 2026 Met Gala on May 4th alongside Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour. This year's theme is centered on "Costume Art" and curated by Andrew Bolton. The theme focuses on the "centrality of the dressed body" within the Metropolitan Museum of Art's notably vast collections.  Central to this theme is the understanding that fashion has a direct connection to the bodies that it is displayed on. This is the first exhibition that will be featured in the museum's permanent Conde Nast galleries.  Beyonce is no stranger to the Costume Art world as her mother, Tina Knowles created the Wearable Art Gala to benefit the Wear Art Can Occur (WACO) theater Center. During the annual event, guests also dress in elaborate, creative fashion according to the annual theme. While Beyonce and her co-hosts and co-c...