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i wrote a story that was hard to write
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quick question: do people like happy girls?
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a kendrick collaborator + ATCQ on NYE
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“Black people knew they were Black.”
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in our California, nothing is promised
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we're finding love in this hopeless place
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the legend of janet damita jo jackson
show me a hero—i'll write you a tragedy
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thique w/ operatic drama + a buffalo stance
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garlic shrimp + angel reese + hennessy
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on the road with Cypress Hill
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...and if you are a Black woman artist?
it is so hard to shine bright. we're exhausted.
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Midnight Marauding @ the Palladium
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