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Black Bluegrass Music: The Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Genuine Negro Jig”

• December 5, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Love, Memoir, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Women
Tags: "Bonnie and Clyde", "Cornbread and Butterbeans", "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", "Hit 'Em Up Style", "Tain't Nothin' to Me", "The Beverly Hillbillies", African Americans, Antagonism, Apollo Theater, Asleep at the Wheel, Autoharp, Black Banjo: Then and Now, Black Women, Blacks, Blu Cantrell, Bluegrass, Broadway Musical, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Country Music, CW, Dolly Parton, Dom Flemons, Fiddler, Flatt and Scruggs, Genuine Negro Jig, Gospel Choir, Guitars, Hammer Dulcimers, Hank Williams, Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!), Jefferson Airplane, Joe Thompson, Johnny Cash, Jugs, Justin Robinson, k.d. lang, KSOL, Lesbians, Lower Class, Music, Nasal Twang, Opera, Papa John Creach, Patsy Cline, People of Color, Poet, Queen Latifah, Racism, Rhiannon Giddens, Slide Guitars, Something Else, Southern Whites, Telluride CO, The Apollo Theater, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Coasters, The Eighties, The Seventies, The South, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson

Nelson George Gives Us The Black Presence in Barcelona, Spain

• October 13, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, European History, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World, Travel, Women
Tags: African Americans, Afro-Europe.com, American Airlines, Barcelona, Black Atlas.com, Black Entertainment Television, Black Women, Blacks, Domestic Travel, Espana, Europe, Expatriates, Hip Hop, International Travel, Judi Oshowole, Milan Italy, Music, NAACP Image Awards, Nelson George, Queen Latifah, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Spain, Travel, Travel Blogger, United States

Queen Latifah with Rev. Al Green: “Simply Beautiful”

• July 14, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Love, Music, Music Videos, Television, Women
Tags: "Simply Beautiful", Al Green, Neo-Soul, Queen Latifah, Reverend Al Green, Soul

Chris Brown Wasn’t Fakin’ Those Tears

• June 28, 2010 • 9 Comments

Posted in Alice Walker, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Gossip, Mental Health/Psychology, Rihanna Fenty, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Please Please Please", "The Temple of My Familiar", Abuse, African Americans, Awards Show, BET, BET Awards, Black Women, Blacks, Breaking Down, Chris Brown, Comeback, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Faking It, Grief, Growing Up, James Brown, Love, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Publicized, Queen Latifah, Rihanna, Rihanna Fenty, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Taraji P. Henson, Tears

Queen Latifah’s Promotional Appearances for “Just Wright” on Letterman and for CBS News

• May 14, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Fashion, Film, Gossip, Health, Queen Latifah, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Just Wright", "The Late Show with David Letterman", "The Late Show", African Americans, Black Couples, Black Love, Black People, Black Relationships, Black Women, Blacks, Book, CBS News, Common, Film, Film Promotion, High Heels, Love, Perfume, Queen Latifah, Romantic Comedy, Sex, Single Black Women

Queen-Sized Model in Banned Lane Bryant Ad: ABC Can’t Handle the Truth

• April 23, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Ashley Graham, Big Beautiful Women, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Fashion, Health, Love, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Womanism, Women
Tags: "American Idol", "The New York Post", ABC, Advertisement, Ashley Graham, Banned, BBW, Big Beautiful Women, Commercials, Fifteen Minutes, Fox, Jiggle, Lane Bryant, Marilyn Monroe, Marketing, Mo'Nique, Plus Size Women, Queen Latifah, Queen Size Women, Rupert Murdoch, Self-Acceptance, Self-Respect, Size 14, Size 16, Viral, Viral Commercials

Star Jones Undergoes Heart Bypass Surgery

• March 22, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Gossip, Health, Race, Sexuality, Television, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Pink Flamingoes", African Americans, Barbara Walters, Blacks, Cardiac, Cardiac Bypass Surgery, Divine, Gastric Bypass Surgery, Mo'Nique, New York, Queen Latifah, Senator Edward Brooke, Sexiness, Star Jones, The View, Thoracic Tumor, Voluptuousness, Weight Gain, Weight Loss

Trailer: “Just Wright ,” Starring Common and Queen Latifah; Coming to Your Screens in May

• March 11, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Black People, Class, Film, Love, Queen Latifah, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Precious", "Something New", African Americans, Baller, Basketball, Basketball Player, Blacks, Common, Debra Martin Chase, Healing Touch, Moroccan American, Natural Healing, Pam Grier, Paula Patton, Physical Therapy, Queen Latifah, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Sanaa Hamri, Shakkim Compere, Sports Medicine

As Predicted, Mo’Nique Wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar (w/Update)

• March 7, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Film, Mental Health/Psychology, Mo'Nique, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Precious", "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire", "Skinny Women Are Evil", "The Mo'Nique Show", Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress, BET, KTLA, Mary Jones, Mo'Nique, Monique Imes, Nikki Parker, Oscars, Queen Latifah, Red Carpet, Typecasting

Saturday Night Music: The Queen is Back, Queen Latifah Live on Regis & Kelly, September 8, 2009

• September 12, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Music, Queen Latifah, Television, Women
Tags: "Cue the Rain", African Americans, Blacks, Dana Owens, Kelly Ripa, Morning Talk Shows, Queen Latifah, R & B, Rapper, Regis & Kelly, Regis Philbin, Singer

Michael Jackson’s Final Months: Anonymous Gay Sex and Drugging?

• June 30, 2009 • 25 Comments

Posted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Health, Love, Michael Jackson, Music, Nonfiction/Essays, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Doc Hollywood", Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Anderson Cooper, Angelina Jolie, Anonymous Gay Sex, Anti-Depressants, California, Christian, Debbie Rowe, Demerol, Dilaudid, Dr. Howard Samuels, Drug Cocktail, Eddie Murphy, Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John, Emotional Blackmail, Enforced Heterosexism, Gay, Genetics, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Generation, Hypermasculinity, Ian Halperin, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Jehovah's Witnesses, Joe Jackson, Jordie Chandler, Lisa Marie Presley, Lupus, Marriage, Michael Jackson, Middle-Class, Neil Patrick Harris, Painkillers, People of Color, Queen Latifah, Rachel Maddow, Randy Jackson, Repressed Sexuality, Sensuality, Sir Elton John, Sober Coach, Stimulants, Vitiligo, Wanda Sykes

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