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Defining Culture. #ALLBLACKLIVESMATTER

Brooklyn, NY
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Joined September 2008
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YERRRR We're ready for BLKTOPIA at ESSENCE Fest's Dirty Thirty 2024! Join us and our Essence fam as we continue reimagining the future of Blackness, Black Culture, and community only as we know how. Save the date and don’t miss the moment. Pull up on us! See you July 4- July…
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Cops complain about white people wasting police time calling 911 with irrational fears of Black people
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Precious Lee for Vogue Magazine by Richard Burbridge
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World, Nigeria needs us. Peaceful protests have gone tragically violent as authorities have killed Nigerian protesters. #EndSARS Please use this thread to share resources & links. PLEASE add a trigger warning IF sending any graphic images. Wishing 4 safety. Photo RP: @mefeater
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EMMY'S YOU FUCKED UP (AGAIN)
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Racism is expecting Obama to work for free while letting Trump siphon tax payers dollars through his business:
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LE DOPEST @Rico_nastyy
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Black transgender woman appointed as Editor-in-chief of feminist publication, making History! -
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Happy Birthday to Oluwatoyin Salau. You will not be forgotten. You deserved to see 20 years old, 50 years old, 90 years old. We move with you forever in our hearts.
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Every photo of James Baldwin is the best photo of James Baldwin. This incredible force was born today. We miss you
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Rest In Peace to the beautiful Chi Chi DeVayne. Wishing you and all of your loved ones peace. The world is better for your stay in it.💔
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Brazilian journalist Glória Maria passed away this morning. Since 1971 she was a TV icon, trailblazer and pioneer. Glória redefined what it meant to be a black journalist in television, being a aspirational and respected figure by the whole nation. Rest in Power, Glória! ✊🏿
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Wishing Stevie Wonder an incredible birthday today! 🖤🖤🖤
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@babystorme_ She’s international 🥹🥹
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#BlackGirlMagic #Goth Theresa Theresa @theresafractale Visit for more
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Theres no going back from knowing and seeing what Congolese people are experiencing…..
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This is what 40,000 child slaves look like while working in the cobalt mines of Congo. You don't need to upgrade your cellphone every year, maybe you shouldn't buy that electric car you were thinking about buying and vapes aren't good for our health anyway
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RIP Kim Porter 🙏🏿
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Getting ready to dance with @stonebwoy @ PLANET AFROPUNK LIVE: MIAMI 🤩🪩 Get your tickets now before its too late tickets live @
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We have decided that @zackfox is our favorite rapper. Don't @ us.
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Stevie Wonder: if you have a problem with #BlackLivesMatters "I don’t give a fuck" -->
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Mariah Carey has nothing to prove. Her new album, Caution, is her victory lap around an industry that attempted to dispose of her.
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We are learning more about the situation in Zimbabwe and will share helpful resources, petition links, etc. If you have anything particularly helpful please share here so that we can share with our community!
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🚨 ATTN AFROPUNK FAM 🚨⁠ WE’RE BAAACK! We're only 1 week away from the AFROPUNK BROOKLYN! Who's performance are you the most excited to experience?! ⁠ Get Single Day + Weekend tickets On Sale Now, ticket link in bio. ⁠
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Ariana Grande recently abandoned her mainstream persona and utilized Black culture in her new music video for “7 Rings,” adding her to the list of white performers that seem to need Black culture to maintain their success.
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. @Ava shares her gripping trailer for Central Park Five.
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We love how @chancetherapper is using his platform to educate.
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FAM! Submit your music to be featured in our #INSECUREMUSICCONTEST here --> 🙌🏿🎉 | Open only to legal U.S. & D.C. residents who are 18 years or older. See Off Rules at for complete details #AD
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New Kendrick Lamar album reportedly features D’Angelo, Andre 3000, Q-Tip & more:
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IT'S YOUR TIME BROOKLYN! OUR 2018 LINEUP IS HERE! | TICKETS: | @fatbellybella @tylerthecreator , @intanetz , @Miguel , @JanelleMonae , @officialjaden , @smino , @DanielCaesar , @lolawolfband , @Twinshadow , @OfficialWillow , @IbeyiOfficial & MUCH MORE!
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Wake it up
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Coolest girl in the world. We miss you Aaliyah
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. @Rico_nastyy and @zackfox went off with the memes!
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Black men are healing through yoga and meditation — we gave the platform to eight who are doing the work and telling their stories.
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to pay artists, vendors, etc. fuck you back
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WHy are yall selling Afropunk tickets for $300 it literally used to be free fuck yall
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Can’t wait for the pandemic to end so we can see more of this 🔥🔥🔥 shout out to South Africans
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GUYS! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥a whole fokkkkken mood
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Congrats to @IssaRae , @TraceeEllisRoss , @anthonyanderson , @DonCheadle , @SterlingKBrown , @theebillyporter , @Zendaya , @Trevornoah on the emmy noms! (more to come)
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Thinking about how lucky we are to have @ava .
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Mood 💃🏿🕺🏿
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Woo! Who are these kids? 😍
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this is how we do gardening in the hood according to @FREEDDDEM 🌱
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BRASIL: você é lindo 😘 Obrigado por nos receber, mal podemos esperar para voltar no ano que ve—opa, você não tá ligado? É oficial: o AFROPUNK estará à Bahia em novembro de 2020!! 😝
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Happy 61st birthday to @maejemison <3 The first African American woman to travel in space #BlackGirlMagic
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Yoooo Maybe this romper trend will help men begin to vaguely understand the street harassment women face
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Here's how a Black Non-Binary Kid, @SonicFox dominated @EVO .
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. @ericandre is out here messing with people’s lives
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Visual artist @Mvrjoni wants Black people to feel important through her sculptures.
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Yes! Nina Simone on Blackness 💪🏿 Such a powerful and inspiring lady #InternationalWomensDay
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Welcome to the other Black History Month. All month at 🔥
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Everything we're doing today, @MissyElliott has already done twice 👑
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"We <3 our dark skin!" - @knixandkna
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Thank you Malik B
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The toxic influence of online spaces, coupled with deep-seated societal issues, endangers our children, denying them the innocence and adolescence they deserve. The violence and discrimination that Black women and girls face in digital and offline spaces are alarming, echoing the…
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#AFROPUNKJoburg , we heard you! We are bringing THE AFRICAN GIANT @burnaboy with us to @visitconhill this December 30/31st! Get your tickets at the link in bio NOW! You don’t want to miss this!
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Happy #TransDayOfVisibility ! Art by Kendrick Daye ✨
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SURPRISE! The #AFROPUNKJoburg lineup is HERE! @solangeknowles @thisNAO @Miguel @Rico_nastyy @GoldLink @Zoe_Modiga @GoldLink & more. Tickets at the link in bio. See you there! #AFROPUNK2019 #AFROPUNKWeSeeYou
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CLARKISHA CLAPS BACK is a weekly column that humorously claps back at the world around writer @IWriteAllDay_ , from culture, politics, sexuality, and her personal life. This week's column is about the the racist surprise around Cardi B's intelligence.
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Work it! #BlackGirlMagic
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"America is now what she has always been, Alyssa Milano. It's a white supremacist imperialist nation built on the oppression of minority populations." The latest column from @IamGMJohnson is here.
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A lil bit louder for those who think Black is not punk!!! 📹 @Skatunenetwork
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"Get Ready to "activate" at Planet AFROPUNK Live: Miami. We're excited to welcome @Stonebwoy to headline this Saturday! Due to unforeseen circumstances, @heisrema will not be able to join us this year. We hope to have him back soon! He will always be apart of the AFROPUNK fam!"
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WE’RE BAAACK! AFROPUNK Brooklyn returns September 10th - 11th in Commodore Barry Park. For exclusive access to the AfroPunk Presale on Thursday, June 16th at the Presale price text “AFROPUNK” to (718) 550-6268 before the price increases for the general on-sale tickets.
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Rest In Peace to legendary soccer player, Pele.
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Can we talk about Tevin Campbell and the homophobia that forever affected his career?
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Where are the lies?
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Just announced: @Lupita_Nyongo will now join @ChadwickBoseman onstage at the world famous @ApolloTheater to discuss #BlackPanther with @TheAtlantic national correspondent @TaNehisiCoates !! Watch the stream LIVE on TUESDAY at 7:30pm on our Facebook Page! #BlackPantherApollo
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Praying for Naya Rivera’s safe return! Please put out positive enerhy that she comes back safe to her child ❤️
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People: Are you watching Yasuke in sub or dub? Us: Both
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The Japanese and English voice actors for the new anime series Yasuke The Black Samurai, on Netflix. Jun Soejima & Lakeith Stanfield
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In the Tulsa race riot of 1921, white residents massacred hundreds of Black residents and razed "Black Wall Street" Video via Infamoushgc
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The project marks the third time Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o have collaborated. In addition to "Black Panther", Gurira wrote the play ‘Eclipsed’ which earned Nyong'o her first Tony nomination.
lupita nyong'o & danai gurira announce miniseries adaptation of chimamanda’s ‘americanah' - AFROPUNK

Lupita Nyong’o is keeping busy in the wake of the massive success of Black Panther, announcing plans to reunite with co-star Danai Gurira for the miniseries adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s...

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THIS IS URGENT! #RodneyReed is just days away from being executed by the state of Texas for a crime he didn't commit. We can't allow that to happen! Take action to demand Gov. Abbott stop this execution:
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Because RACISM, prisons are disproportionately Black and brown. And right now, people in prisons are facing a coronavirus nightmare and nothing is being done about it. @MeekMill is demanding governors take action to prevent a prison pandemic JOIN HIM:
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#BlackGirlMagic <3 This lady just turned 100 years old and loves to dance! Video by Daron Popeye Loc Anderson
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HEARTBREAKING: Dezann Romain, a beloved Brooklyn principal died from coronavirus at just age 36.
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It is no secret we have the BEST hosts EVER. Thank you so much to @NomzamoMbatha for helping us make #PlanetAFROPUNK so special. You are a light!!! 🖤 How much do we love Nomzamo y'all 😍😍😍
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Born today - #Prince who turned our world purple. We love you. We miss you.
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FEATURE: 'Queens Of Africa' Dolls outsell Barbie in Nigeria —> http://t.co/3viq6KpPNd http://t.co/f1JC8leawL
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AFROPUNK Brooklyn was a celebration of all types of Black bodies
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. @DojaCat and @Rico_nastyy team up for "Tia Tamara"!
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We are thrilled about our AFROPUNK 2020 LINEUP!!! Oct 23-25🛸 🎟RSVP NOW FOR FREE: 🎟 🔥Song: HOOLIES by @Ninjasonik 🔥 Thank you to @Verizon for helping to make this possible!
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Black artists got animated this week.
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Model and actress Yaya Dacosta at our very first Fancy Dress Ball. #afropunk #fancydressball Photo By Brianna Roye http://t.co/6iFdMGGCrj
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FEATURE: South African Superheroes - 'Kwezi', the new comic book from artist @loyiso_mkize —> http://t.co/RGNxW95gQs http://t.co/XAmWJCpzQU
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Our struggle is intersectional #InternationalWomensDay -->
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The rumors are FALSE. Solange. Is. Coming. See you soon Joburg! ❤️ 🇿🇦
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Happy 69th birthday to the Queen Grace Jones! @miss_gracejones Watch her best Live performances! -->
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Post-apocalyptic African fantasy series is in the works at HBO! -
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😂😂😂 <3 Wait for it! Kids doing the most
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Dreams is up and stuck! @babystorme_ made a boo for the alt baddies 🥵
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we need voting to be just as accessible as joining the illuminati
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Today marks Trans Day of Visibility! It is a time to celebrate trans and non-binary persons while also raising awareness of the community's worldwide oppression. Trans rights are human rights.
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Hey SA fam: After a joint discussion with Burna Boy’s team, we are announcing that he will no longer be part of Joburg’s 2019 lineup. We’ve agreed that now isn’t the right time for him to come. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused to our community.
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Nigeria-based @SilasOnoja 's brilliant paintings are so life-like they look like photographs:
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Forever. Thank you for making us so happy. Chadwick Boseman, you are eternal. 💔
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All MCU fans gather round so we can say a HUGE congratulations to @NiaDaCosta who has been tapped to Direct Captain Marvel 2!!! Nia’s incredible work speaks for itself and we can’t wait to see what she has in store for us! 🎉
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THANK YOU BILL WITHERS. Rest peacefully. We love you. 🖤
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RIP to Malik B of the legendary The Roots. Peace and prayers to all of your loved ones.💔
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Rest in Peace to Malik B of The Roots. "Step into The Realm" from Things Fall Apart was always one of my favorite performances from him.
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So cute and talented 🥹😍
@AnnieLennox
Annie Lennox
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I keep encountering these wonderful versions of “Sweet Dreams”. Here’s the latest discovery! You’re gonna LOVE these gorgeous and massively talented young peeps!
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we absolutely love our IRL angel, @IndyaMoore !
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