We really lived long enough to see @KingJames become the old man version of himself in this iconic 20-year-old @Nike ad campaign.
And somehow he's STILL playing basketball at an insanely high level. 🐐
Arsenio's final episode (1994) had a cypher that included A Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang, Gang Starr, KRS One, MC Lyte, Naughty by Nature, Yo Yo, and more; over 10 years before Jay performed on Kimmel.
Curated and produced by Queen Latifah
Will never forget when Al Green got the Lifetime Achievement Award in ‘08 & Maxwell —after a years-long hiatus— popped out to perform “Simply Beautiful” for his tribute.
Folks were so surprised, they barely recognized him til he started singing because he had cut his hair.
My favorite thing about this performance was right after it happened, Hotep Twitter was like 'why is Solange promoting Twerking instead of educated women' and the dancer turned out to be a chemical engineer, LOLOLOLOL
Class of 3000 was an animated television series on Cartoon Network created by André "3000" Benjamin.
The series revolves around Sunny Bridges, a musician who foregoes his musical career to lecture a class of seven music students attending the Westley School of the Performing Arts in Atlanta, Georgia.
NO WAY!!!!! WAKE UPPP 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
THERES NO WAY WE ACTUALLY GOT THE MICHAEL AND WHITNEY “one day in your life” REHEARSAL FOOTAGE OMGGGG THIS IS THE GREATEST GIFT EVER!!!!!! ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
the way the wb didn’t care who you were. you were gonna get your ass on that wb backlot and sing and dance. everybody had to earn their keep. michigan j. frog and daffy duck made SURE of that 🤭
Fun fact, this soundtrack is from a film that is now lost media! It was directed by and stars Bahamian actor Calvin lockhart, (my cousin yes I’m flexing) and Jamaican composer Boris Gardner. It’s about a Jamaican man returning back to his home to meet famous reggae bands and that’s all we know, along with the sound track.
apparently it was so shocking that almost everyone in the theaters got up and walked out at the time, and it was only released in the Bahamas and Jamaica, but he made it as a reclamation of black creativity and power, aiming to take away the legacy of the word “nigger” and change its meaning.