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Why Your Brain Loves Love Island

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Why Your Brain Loves Love Island

If you’re anything like me, you’re picky about what you watch. I steer clear of anything that doesn’t deepen my understanding of the world in some way. My watch list is full of documentaries spanning history, murder cases, nature, culture, and white failure (FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened is my comfort movie).But over the last few years, my close friends and I have collectively obsessed over shows like […]

todayJuly 10, 2025

The 2025 Essence Festival Put New Orleans’ Rich Food

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The 2025 Essence Festival Put New Orleans’ Rich Food

New Orleans is known for a few things, but somewhere at the top of the list is its food. Local cuisine is one of the most cited reasons for New Orleans’ booming tourism trade, and it has some of the most recognizable regional dishes in American cuisine. If you’re going to NOLA, you’re going for the gumbo, the jambalaya, the po boys, and the beignets. With a Creole grandmother, it’s […]

todayJuly 10, 2025

Our Review Of Buffalo Trace’s New ,500 Bourbon

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Our Review Of Buffalo Trace’s New $1,500 Bourbon

They don’t make bourbon like they used to, but what if they did? It’s a simple question, one posed by a group of American whiskey luminaries, now dubbed the “Distiller’s Council,” back in 1996, and now, in 2025, we finally have the answer. Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Distiller’s Council is the newest bourbon from Buffalo Trace, but what makes it so unique is that it draws its inspiration from the […]

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Nicki Minaj Blasts Jay-Z, Roc Nation, Megan Thee Stallion in Social Media Rant

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Nicki Minaj Blasts Jay-Z, Roc Nation, Megan Thee Stallion in Social Media Rant

Nicki Minaj exploded in a series of posts on social media, blasting Jay-Z, Roc Nation and Megan Thee Stallion. After news broke that Megan and Roc Nation’s motion to have a lawsuit thrown out was denied by a federal judge on Monday (July 7), Nicki took the opportunity to mock the news via her Instagram.A cameraman is suing Megan (real name Megan Pete) and her management; saying that he was […]

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‘Sound Check’ With Jeremy Hecht: Tech N9ne

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‘Sound Check’ With Jeremy Hecht: Tech N9ne

This week’s Sound Check With Jeremy Hecht is also a Sound Check with Tech — as in Tech N9ne, the Midwestern indie stalwart whose tongue-twisting rhymes have upheld the standard for lyrical excellence for the past 25 years. The Kansas City native takes on the challenge of choosing between carefully selected songs to display his taste, and once again, Jeremy has the unenviable task of guessing Tech’s desert-island fave, all […]

todayJuly 10, 2025

Why Does Nicki Minaj Hate Jay-Z So Much?

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Why Does Nicki Minaj Hate Jay-Z So Much?

Nicki Minaj wants ALL the smoke with Jay-Z. On Monday (July 8), the Queens, N.Y., MC went in on the rap icon on X in a bitter tirade. But what's Queen Barbz real beef with Jigga?Why Does Nicki Minaj Despise Jay-Z?Nicki Minaj's beef with Hov appears to be over money. At least publicly. After previously calling out the Roc Nation founder for allegedly not getting paid for her stake and role in promoting Jay's […]

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‘Together’: Everything To Know

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‘Together’: Everything To Know

Alison Brie and Dave Franco have been married for years at this point, and here and there, their acting careers overlap and they work on projects together. The latest puts an extreme twist on relationship, as Together is a supernatural horror film exploring themes of co-dependency. The film is a major one for Michael Shanks, as he wrote it and it’s also his directorial debut. It hasn’t been stress-free for […]

todayJuly 9, 2025

A Look Back At The Legend’s Legacy

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A Look Back At The Legend’s Legacy

Just days ahead of a headlining performance at the Essence Festival of Culture, New Orleans rap legend Master P announced that the set would be his last. After over three decades of setting the standard for independent rap hustle with his label No Limit Records and classic songs like “Ghetto D” and “Make ‘Em Say Ugh,” the man born Percy Miller will hang up his mic to accept a position […]

todayJuly 9, 2025