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In 1993, Ice Cube's “It Was a Good Day” became one the anthem of the summer. That same year, though, Queen Latifah released a single from her album Black Reign that spoke to a similar tune ...

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Derek Watkins was the well-dressed man in the photo, who everyone would later come to know as Fonzworth Bentley. Watkins was born and raised in Southwest Atlanta and went on to attend his father's ...

Prince needed Diamonds and Pearls, his 13th studio album, to be a hit. His 1990 film, Graffiti Bridge, was a colossal flop that ended his movie career. Its soundtrack album of the same name did ...

Early in 2017, the story of the boys from Boston was told in BETs The New Edition Story mini-series this week, igniting a wave of nostalgia for old fans and generating interest for newcomers; and ...

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