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The Week In Rap: Chance the Rapper’s Take Over, Sho Baraka Responds To The Lifeway Decision, New Music from Lecrae and More!

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on February 19, 2017 at 10:40pm

Chance the Rapper’s God-centric Grammys Performance Was an Important Reminder of the Role

It was a moment to celebrate a part of black culture that rarely gets its props in the mainstream.

Chance the Rapper thanked God like a trillion times in his acceptance speech for Best New Artist at Sunday night’s Grammys. Then he took the Grammys to church with a passionate, gospel-filled performance that featured a poppin’ choir, Kirk Franklin, and Tamela Mann. It was a rousing, meaningful on-stage

November 5, 1831: Nat Turner Is Tried, Convicted & Sentenced To Death In Virginia

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on November 6, 2016 at 11:02pm

Nathaniel “Nat” Turner was a slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831, he gathered free and enslaved supporters in Southampton County, Virginia.

Turner’s rebellion resulted in 60 white people killed. The response from white people was at least 200 black deaths.

Nat Turner was on the run for 2 months, until he was captured October 30, 1831.

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First Self-Made Black Female Millionaire ‘Madam C.J.’ Walker Still Inspires African-American Beauty Entrepreneurs Today

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on February 12, 2015 at 9:13pm

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A’Lelia Bundles is the great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker and author of her biography, “On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker.” “As one of the pioneers of modern hair care and cosmetics, Madam Walker is still an inspiration to a lot of people going into the business,” Bundles says.
(Photo: Frank Espich/The Star 2007 file photo)

In the early 1900s, Madam C.J. Walker turned her homemade recipes for hair and scalp-care products into a business empire that made her

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The Week In Rap: Chance the Rapper’s Take Over, Sho Baraka Responds To The Lifeway Decision, New Music from Lecrae and More!

November 5, 1831: Nat Turner Is Tried, Convicted & Sentenced To Death In Virginia

First Self-Made Black Female Millionaire ‘Madam C.J.’ Walker Still Inspires African-American Beauty Entrepreneurs Today

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