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PBS To Air Documentary About The Black Panthers On Tuesday At 9 P.M.
Logo for the documentary about members of the Black Panther party to air Tuesday on PBS.
Tyra Banks Releases Photo Of Baby
Kendrick Lamar Given Key To Compton
Kendrick Lamar with Compton officials as he accepts the key to the city.
Even with all the contro- versy surrounding Beyoncé’s homage to the Black Pan- ther Party during the Super Bowl halftime show, many people may not be fully aware of the history of the BPP.
Filmmaker Stanley Nel- son explores the organiza- tion’s significance to the broader American culture in the documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.
Nelson uses rare archival footage and remarks of the people that were directly con-
nected to the revolutionary movement including Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. He also showcases the po- lice, FBI informants, journal- ists, as well as white supporters and detractors.
The film features Kath- leen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, and dozens of others.
The Black Panthers: Van- guard of The Revolution is scheduled to air February 16th at 9/8C on PBS’ Independent Lens. To check local listings visit pbs.org.
Tyra Banks and her baby boy, York.
Tyra Banks revealed her pride and joy -- showing the world what a top model baby looks like...and he's adorable.
Tyra posted the pic on social media Sunday, captioning it, "This is the Happiest Valen- tine's Day of my life. York, Daddy @erikasla and I send you so much love."
The 42-year-old and her boyfriend, Erik Asla had a lit- tle boy, York, with the help of a surrogate in January.
Zendaya And MC Lyte Comment On Beyonce Backlash
Zendaya and MC Lyte com- ment about the backlash against Beyonce
Black women in music came together on Thursday night for Essence’s annual pre-Grammy soiree that celebrates and hon- ors women in the business.
It was on the red carpet where Hollywood power play- ers discussed the recent back- lash Beyonce has received following the release of her track, “Formation,” during her Super Bowl performance.
“The amazing thing that she did is use this huge platform not only to promote her music but to make a social statement and to do something that was really, really important,” Zen- daya told us exclusively. “I loved it and I thought it was 100% necessary and people are going to be offended by us hav- ing pride and love for ourselves and raising awareness to issues that we have.”
MC Lyte chimed in, “People fail to understand is that you can be a huge pop star, but you still are Black. You still are African American and you still deal with it in certain ways.”
After years of his steadily rise to the top of musical star- dom, Kendrick Lamar has earned an award that is liter- ally close-to-home, the key of Compton.
The TDE rapper was awarded the city key Saturday, and several attendants came to the event to show love. Ac-
cording to Pitchfork, Lamar’s award ceremony featured an “Alright” inspired speech by the city’s mayor Aja Brown. School students were also present to sing Kendrick Lamar’s two critical tracks “i” and “Alright.”
Kendrick Lamar has been nominated for 11 Grammys.
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Truth Or Stunt?: Kanye
Drops Album And Claims
He’s $53M In Debt
Rapper Kanye West claims he’s $53 million in debt — sending out a series of cryptic tweets Saturday night before releasing his new album on- line.
After the performance on Saturday Night Live, where Yeezy sang two new songs, he dropped “The Life of Pablo” on Tidal, crashing his Web site. The “Gold Digger” singer, who debuted his third clothing line in collaboration with Adidas last week, is worth an esti- mated $100 million. His real- ity TV star wife, Kim Kardashian, adds at least $85 million to his fortune.
Kanye West drops album on Tidal, also claims he is in debt. Hosts fashion show in Madison Square Garden.
Under Pressure, Grammy Academy Will Pay
Tribute To Maurice White
Stevie Wonder will honor late Earth, Wind & Fire leg- end Maurice White at the Grammy Awards, Monday night, (tonight) following pres- sure from the music industry to diversify its all-white tribute lineup.
Music insiders were furious that tributes to David Bowie, Glenn Frey, and Lemmy from Motörhead during Monday’s telecast, White and Natalie Cole were set to be banished to a video-tribute package with others who had died in the past year.
To make matters worse, rap group Run-D.M.C. will re- ceive a lifetime achievement award — but it won’t be tele- vised.
There’s a history of [the Grammys] not acknowledging Black artists,” according to in-
The late Maurice White will be memorialized during the Grammys after pressured to do so.
siders.
But the Grammy academy
finally bowed to pressure over White, and over the weekend added Wonder and a cap- pella group Pentatonix to perform a one-minute tribute to White.
Lady Gaga will perform a 10-song medley for her Bowie tribute.
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