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America Has a Problem: What the Beyoncé Bowl and Kendrick Halftime Show Can Tell Us About Black Artists Embracing “American” Culture Wesleyan Argus Source link
Over the past decade that I’ve been penning “Black Eye,” this Black American has honored Black History Month every February with an article extolling its value, even in Japan. However, at this very moment, America finds itself embroiled in yet another battle over race, history and identity. And so, the one month the country reluctantly […]
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America has a long history of trying to erase Black contributions while simultaneously capitalizing on them. It whitewashes textbooks, defunds diversity initiatives, and shifts policies to limit opportunities for Black communities, all while profiting from Black culture at every turn. But what those in power fail to realize—what they have always failed to realize—is that […]
The smile — mirthful, mischievous, utterly without mercy — was when you knew: Kendrick Lamar was enjoying this. As the headlining act of the halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX, the 37-year-old Compton-born rapper spent the first 10 of his 13 minutes on the field of New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome pretending that he wasn’t […]
Feb. 9, 2025, 10:20 p.m. ET During the Super Bowl’s halftime show, the cut of Kendrick Lamar’s jeans served as the biggest surprise.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times Could it be that the lasting impact of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show will be … the return of bell bottoms? At halftime of a fairly dull […]
Kendrick Lamar’s smash “Not Like Us” has been a lot of things since its release less than a year ago: a Drake-slaying diss track, a No. 1 single, a West Coast unity anthem, a Kamala Harris rally singalong, a World Series fight song, a bar mitzvah dance floor party-starter. At the Grammys over the weekend, […]
During a venomous back-and-forth barrage of diss tracks last year, the rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar accused one another of phoniness, hypocrisy and abuse. But while fans anointed Lamar’s chart-topping single “Not Like Us” the battle’s knockout blow, Drake saw the song’s punchlines invoking pedophilia as something far more insidious — and with real-world consequences. […]
Drake’s war of words with Kendrick Lamar, through a vicious back-and-forth of diss tracks, generated some of the biggest headlines in rap this year. And now it has landed in court. On Monday, lawyers for Drake filed legal papers in New York and Texas accusing the Universal Music Group — the giant record company behind […]
COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) — In his latest music video “Not Like Us” Kendrick Lamar returns to his hometown, featuring the iconic Tam’s Burgers No. 21, a staple in the Compton community. “We saw the music video and we love Kendrick and so we just wanted to come to support the local business,” said Pasadena resident […]