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Beyoncé, Shatta Wale, Major Lazer – ALREADY (Official Video) from #BlackIsKing via @lisafordblog
I haven’t posted Beyonce’ in a while on this website, but damn the Queen killed it with her new film, Black Is King, playing on Disney+. The art, the colors, the costumes, the storyline, the African musicians, the dancer, everything is so perfect. The mixture of Hip Hop and African music was a gamechanger for me. And this video features the multi-talented Nigeran artist, Shatta Wale…an excellent collaboration choice. It’s just pure art. Every single scene, shot, moves is perfectly executed and has a big meaning. Beyonce’ took a crazy amount of time to perfect this and you can clearly see it. I love love love love it. Vulture writes,…
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HERMAN CAIN Dies From the Coronavirus
Ok can we take COVID seriously now? Are we done playing politics with this pandemic? Washington (CNN)Herman Cain, a onetime Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, has died from coronavirus, according to an obituary sent from his verified Twitter account and Newsmax, where he was launching a television show.Cain, 74, was hospitalized earlier this month, and his Twitter account said earlier this week he was being treated with oxygen in his lungs. It is unknown where Cain contracted the virus.As a co-chair of Black Voices for Trump, Cain was one of the surrogates at President Donald Trump’s June 20 rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma — which saw at least eight Trump advance team staffers in attendance test positive…
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Megan Thee Stallion Is Doing Well. She Speaks on IG Live (VIDEO) via @lisafordblog
Megan Thee Stallion says she is safe and sound after being shot in both feet and having surgery to remove the bullets. She states that the ordeal of being shot was a scary time for her and she is recovering and healing with help of the real friends in her life. LA Times writes, “In an emotional Instagram Live video on Monday, the “Savage” hitmaker and “Hot Girl Summer” mastermind elaborated on the “super scary” experience, which left her with bullets in both feet and required surgery to repair the damage. She also criticized people who told “fake stories” and jokes about the situation, while others showered her with love and support.” Lisa Ford’s…
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BLIMES & GAB – “Feelin It” Music Video (from TikTok & the TV show INSECURE) #ThrowbackThursday via @lisafordblog
Just thought we’d show these young ladies some love during lockdown for #ThrowbackThursday, just in case you haven’t heard the song or saw the video for Feelin it by Blimes & Gab. While Blimes & Gab were on their way up (and still are), understandably, the Covid pandemic has slowed things down a bit for them. Medium writes, “Over the past few years, Blimes Brixton and Gifted Gab have watched their rap dreams blossom. As West Coast duo Blimes and Gab, the two have been cosigned by Method Man, worked with major brands such as Converse and Pandora, and graduated from small-venue performances to festival stages like Austin City Limits and the…
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NICK CANNON Demands Full Ownership of Billion Dollar Show, ‘Wild N’ Out’ READ his Full Statement via @lisafordblog
Source: Hipmagazine.org In lieu of Nick Cannon’s firing from ViacomCBS, Nick says that Viacom chose to ban all advertisements that support George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Viacom’s media networks, include Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Spike, BET, CMT, TV Land, + more. Lisa Ford’s crime novella, South Beach Suicide, on sale now at Amazon. Click Link.
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ICE CUBE “A CONTRACT WITH BLACK AMERICA” READ Now via @lisafordblog
Click the link below to read the contract with Black America delivered by rapper, actor, entrepreneur, film producer, and legend ICE CUBE. This Contract With Black America was designed to start the hard conversations. It was made to be perfected and debated. Add comments and suggestions so we can create a better contract with America that will help create a better and more perfect Union. https://t.co/3VXjGSH6Uc — Ice Cube (@icecube) July 1, 2020 Lisa Ford’s crime novella, South Beach Suicide, on sale now at Amazon. Click Link.
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J COLE – Snow On The Bluff – New Song! LISTEN via @lisafordblog
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In the words of Marvin Gaye, can someone please tell me what the fck is going on? Marvin didn’t actually say it that way, but I am. I’m writing this blog post to document the current times and how I feel about it. First and foremost we are all experiencing a global pandemic that has already killed over 118k Americans. And there are people who still aren’t taking COVID19 seriously…but that’s another story for another blog post. Then there’s the murder of George Floyd which is/was the catalyst for the recent Black Lives Matter protest that we are seeing across the world right now. I’m in tears because I’m tired.…
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DA 5 BLOODS – A Spike Lee Joint – DROPS TODAY- Trailer WATCH- NetFlix via @lisafordblog #da5bloods
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