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The benefits of consuming olive oil have been known for years – but the evidence about using it for skincare is fairly mixed.
Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, at the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.
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Her new songs are arriving at a moment when country music’s reputation as overwhelmingly white is finally starting to crack.
Miriam Makeba was the first African to win a Grammy, but only when she partnered with a US star, Harry Belafonte.
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African artists with major US industry support have the advantage - now more than ever.
Dre finds comfort in the fantasy that she’ll befriend her favorite pop star.
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What causes people to obsess over celebrities – to the point where they’re willing to do whatever it takes to make contact? Criminology may hold some answers.
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A murderous super fan, Dre is the messy Black female character audiences deserve.
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She doesn’t have the most streams or biggest sales figures but she does have a die-hard fan base.
Beyoncé performs in Dubai in 2023.
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Africa is considered too high risk as a destination for big US pop tours - but Beyoncé could and should break the mould.
Burna Boy promotes his new album Love, Damini in the US.
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With his new album Love, Damini he has conquered the world. But how much of his creative soul does he have left?
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On Renaissance, Beyoncé pays tribute to the queer history of house and disco music.
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It’s not a copyright infringement, it’s a far more complicated and personal issue.
Beyoncé on stage in South Africa in 2018. Her new album is called Renaissance.
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With Renaissance, Beyoncé is again shaping pop culture, honouring black disco pioneers and Africa’s rise.
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Renaissance is Beyoncé’s first solo album in more than five years, and her first fully dance album.
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His rhythmic sounds connected with the diaspora and his collaborations with stars like Drake and Beyoncé elevated his name.
Zambia-born, Botswana-raised hip hop artist Sampa the Great.
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The increased migration of Africans and the global growth of hip hop culture has seen a dynamic new generation of Pan Africanism emerge.
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Both Black Panther and Beyoncé’s Black is King represent a utopian vision of empowerment and connection to Africa.
Beyoncé arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating “China: Through the Looking Glass” on May 4, 2015, in New York.
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From a quiet start to cultural dominance, Beyoncé’s work over the last decade is groundbreaking. But it is also filled with questions and contradictions.
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The history of recorded music has been marked by endless artistic and technological changes. While music labels persist, digital technology has profoundly altered why they exist and how they work.
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Teeming with references to African culture and experience, the couple’s latest work places ‘blackness'at the heart of the Western canon.
This is America.
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Donald Glover’s music video is a multi-layered political statement which aims to kick its audience out of its complacency.
Falling star: Kevin Spacey.
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The moral failures of a creative artist shouldn’t make their work any less valid.