Matching. A tradition I love in my culture. And @robertsweetinglife and I, along with the rest of my family, were so happy to share in it for my cousin, @crdaxci wedding. Chuks. Chukwuemeka. We all love you so much, and are endlessly proud of you and always have been; for your always GOOD heart, intelligence, and the man and human you have become. What a beautiful two days you gave to us. Wouldn’t have missed it for the world:). Wishing you and your amazing wife(aayyyyeeeee!!!!!), Emily every happiness on your journey. The whole event was absolutely stunning. Love you so much. What a time we had you guys!!! #summerlovin #familytime
Matching. A tradition I love in my culture. And @robertsweetinglife and I, along with the rest of my family, were so happy to share in it for my cousin, @crdaxci wedding. Chuks. Chukwuemeka. We all love you so much, and are endlessly proud of you and always have been; for your always GOOD heart, intelligence, and the man and human you have become. What a beautiful two days you gave to us. Wouldn’t have missed it for the world:). Wishing you and your amazing wife(aayyyyeeeee!!!!!), Emily every happiness on your journey. The whole event was absolutely stunning. Love you so much. What a time we had you guys!!! #summerlovin #familytime
Matching. A tradition I love in my culture. And @robertsweetinglife and I, along with the rest of my family, were so happy to share in it for my cousin, @crdaxci wedding. Chuks. Chukwuemeka. We all love you so much, and are endlessly proud of you and always have been; for your always GOOD heart, intelligence, and the man and human you have become. What a beautiful two days you gave to us. Wouldn’t have missed it for the world:). Wishing you and your amazing wife(aayyyyeeeee!!!!!), Emily every happiness on your journey. The whole event was absolutely stunning. Love you so much. What a time we had you guys!!! #summerlovin #familytime
Celebrating with JOY my mother’s heavenly birthday today. I’m listening to songs that make me happy when I think of her, and eating a Milk Chocolate Dove Bar ice cream because they were one of her favorite desserts. Most of all, I’m celebrating her life and just how grateful I am she was born; she was the spunk and the light I wanted and needed in a mom. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Mommy! I love you. Your Zozo. 💜💜
Love yourself. Without question. Catch the message. ❤️ #Repost @crwnmag
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A reading on #selflove from the book of Whoopi. CRWNMAG Beauty Bible on the way.
Birthday Behavior 😜🎂
Birthday Behavior 😜🎂
Birthday Behavior 😜🎂
Birthday Behavior 😜🎂
A triumphant feat worthy of the talented artist, @violadavis Congratulations on this deserved EGOT status! 👑👑 #Repost @niecynash1
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Yassssss friend!😭🎉💫 @violadavis
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Viola Davis has achieved the rare and elite EGOT status after winning a Grammy Award for the audiobook of her memoir “Finding Me.”
Get the details at the link in our bio. #rp @variety
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My new Residence :). Honored to share in this incredible story, and grateful to link arms with this remarkable team. #Shondaland @shondarhimes @beersbetsy @netflix @shondaland
Trendsetter, record breaker. A creative, a talent, and an evolutionary artist with endless revolutionary RANGE. The greatness shines bright and is entirely deserved. Massive. Queen 👑👑 @beyonce #32andcounting #Repost @nytimes with @use.repost
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After 88 career nominations, Beyoncé won her 32nd Grammy on Sunday, for best dance/electronic music album, giving her the record for most Grammy victories. Sir Georg Solti, a Hungarian-born conductor who was the previous leader, won his last award in 1998, the year after his death.
@beyonce’s fourth win of the night — after taking home best R&B song for “Cuff It” and two awards at the preshow ceremony — came in a category that showed the breadth of her two-decade career: “Renaissance,” her tribute to Black and queer dance music, beat work by Bonobo, Diplo, Odesza and Rüfüs du Sol. Earlier, her No. 1 single “Break My Soul” had won in best dance/electronic recording, while “Plastic Off the Sofa,” from the same genre-spanning album, won best traditional R&B performance.
The R&B singer and pop superstar had entered the night already the most awarded woman in Grammy history, and tied with the producer Quincy Jones, who has 28 wins, for second most overall trophies. Alison Krauss, the bluegrass singer and violinist who was nominated twice on Sunday but lost both awards, has 27, as does Chick Corea.
Tap the link in our bio to see the full winners list and to read our live coverage of the Grammys. Photo by Chris Pizzello/@apnews
Go, Shorty. It’s your birthday! #birthdaygirl
132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. Production has started on #TheResidence from Shondaland. Coming to Netflix.
132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. Production has started on #TheResidence from Shondaland. Coming to Netflix.
132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. Production has started on #TheResidence from Shondaland. Coming to Netflix.
132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. Production has started on #TheResidence from Shondaland. Coming to Netflix.
132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. Production has started on #TheResidence from Shondaland. Coming to Netflix.
132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. Production has started on #TheResidence from Shondaland. Coming to Netflix.
132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. Production has started on #TheResidence from Shondaland. Coming to Netflix.
Incredible final days. Amazing friends and women, talented forces of nature each of them, @ugomaebilah @busayonyc @deziegirl @dakoreea and @lolaogunnaike thank you for warming the soul with your light ✨☀️. Love you ladies. Special thanks to the good folks @claymarcelworld who always make my travel experience simply smooth, from start to finish. Nigeria, you always have my heart. Back to you soon. Daalu. 💚🇳🇬 #naija
A legendary activist and artist, Mr. Harry Belafonte gave to us a blueprint of how to effectively blend art and social change. A dynamic voice for generations and a hero to most, Mr. Belafonte risked both his career and life for the still-to-be-realized dream of a better world. A life well lived indeed. May he forever rest.
A repost from @nytimes below:
#Repost @nytimes
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Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a major force in the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 96.
The cause was congestive heart failure, said Ken Sunshine, his longtime spokesman.
At a time when segregation was still widespread and Black faces were still a rarity on screens large and small, Belafonte’s ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. He was not the first Black entertainer to transcend racial boundaries; Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and others had achieved stardom before him. But none had made as much of a splash as he did, and for a few years no one in music, Black or white, was bigger.
Born in Harlem to West Indian immigrants, he almost single-handedly ignited a craze for Caribbean music with hit records like “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” and “Jamaica Farewell.” His album “Calypso,” which contained both those songs, reached the top of the Billboard album chart shortly after its release in 1956 and stayed there for 31 weeks. Coming just before the breakthrough of Elvis Presley, it was said to be the first album by a single artist to sell more than a million copies.
Read more about the life of Harry Belafonte at the link in our bio. Photos by @karstenmoran and Bob Henriques/Magnum Photos.
A legendary activist and artist, Mr. Harry Belafonte gave to us a blueprint of how to effectively blend art and social change. A dynamic voice for generations and a hero to most, Mr. Belafonte risked both his career and life for the still-to-be-realized dream of a better world. A life well lived indeed. May he forever rest.
A repost from @nytimes below:
#Repost @nytimes
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Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a major force in the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 96.
The cause was congestive heart failure, said Ken Sunshine, his longtime spokesman.
At a time when segregation was still widespread and Black faces were still a rarity on screens large and small, Belafonte’s ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. He was not the first Black entertainer to transcend racial boundaries; Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and others had achieved stardom before him. But none had made as much of a splash as he did, and for a few years no one in music, Black or white, was bigger.
Born in Harlem to West Indian immigrants, he almost single-handedly ignited a craze for Caribbean music with hit records like “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” and “Jamaica Farewell.” His album “Calypso,” which contained both those songs, reached the top of the Billboard album chart shortly after its release in 1956 and stayed there for 31 weeks. Coming just before the breakthrough of Elvis Presley, it was said to be the first album by a single artist to sell more than a million copies.
Read more about the life of Harry Belafonte at the link in our bio. Photos by @karstenmoran and Bob Henriques/Magnum Photos.
A lesson in dreaming by Madame President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. #womenshistorymonth
#Repost @kennedymotivate
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IF YOUR DREAM DO NOT SCARE YOU, THEY’RE NOT BIG ENOUGH – ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF
#reels #instareels #instagood #dream #dreambig #ellenjohnsonsirleaf #harvard #viral #trending #liberia #motivation
