When we think about meditation and its techniques, we may think about breathing techniques, yoga positions and more. In his latest interview with Angie Martinez, Rapper J. Cole talks about his method of meditating and how he uses it for his anxiety. “Really the only thing I consistently do is I do my breathing,” he says. “I try to do
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When I decided to create this branch on my website, it was to give a platform for up-and-coming artists to tell the world about themselves and their music. The opportunity to build their portfolios of write-ups for their music. Ven is an artist who’s music I really enjoy, because it is close to a sound that I have always listened
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It has been months since Kanye’s infamous rant during his Saint Pablo Tour in which he calls out both Jay-Z and Beyoncé for not being there for him in his time of need. Time of need being his wife’s robbery in Paris. He even included that his children has never met the couple’s oldest child, Blue Ivy. Was it
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Does dating a celebrity have it’s benefits? Growing up as a teenager, I always had a crush on some hot boy of the moment. Whether it was Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Romeo from Immature/IMx, or even Lil Fizz from B2K, my girlfriends and I would swap posters and magazines in exchange for small talks about our imaginative dream life with our
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“Last night must of been so crazy..” It was, as I went to see an old friend perform here in NYC for the first time in almost four years. Austin Brown, the son of Mrs. Rebbie Jackson-Brown vibed out to a symphony of fans in a small and very intimate setting in the heart of Manhattan. Rockwood Music Hall,
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I have to admit that the whole black feminists against Kendrick Lamar debacle is getting a little tiresome. Tiresome because if anything, Kendrick has been rooting for us, his people since he first came out on the scene. It is clear that root of the problem isn’t the fact that Kendrick Lamar is dating a light skin bi-racial black woman,
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So I was strolling on my timeline on twitter and came across a very interesting tweet, a tweet from a good friend of mines, Michael Monroe‘s magazine Contrast twitter account. Contrast Magazine covers a lot of things from Music, Hollywood, Pop Culture and everything in between. Most recently, the magazine released an exclusive from stylist to the stars and
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This past Saturday (March 25) Sean the Don, Big Sean turned the big 29! From signing to G.O.O.D. Music, Def Jam Recordings and then Roc Nation in 2014, Big Sean has made moves big like his first name. I haven’t really jumped onto the Big Sean train until his debut album “Finally Famous” back in 2011, but since then
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As a woman, do you feel like you are asking for too much? Sometimes I do. I feel like I am asking for too much and it IS a hard pill to swallow. I have come to the realization that it is not that I am asking for too much, but the person I am asking it from can’t offer
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I never really had much information or much exposure to information on mental health and the effect it has in the African-American community. I never really experienced it first hand, at least I didn’t realize that I have until after seeing what signs to look for. May is Mental Health Awareness month. It is a time when people who live
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