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Kevin Benoit

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Kevin Benoit is the editor of Parlé Magazine. He founded the magazine while in college and continues to run it today. Follow him on IG: @parlewithme Read more articles by Kevin.

Music

‘TM103: Hustlerz Ambition’ – Young Jeezy album review

From “What I Do” to “F.A.M.E.”, Young Jeezy’s TM103: Hustlerz Ambition is composed of anthems that bang hard through the speakers and is bound to keep Jeezy a known commodity…

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Op-Ed

BAYTL… Gucci Mane and V-Nasty’s album review

The first high profile collaboration between a mainstream rapper and a member of the New Guard, Gucci Mane and V-Nasty’s BAYTL bears the scars that one would expect from such…

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Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amy Winehouse Album Review

They say that once a person departs from this Earth, that we give their body of work a closer, more touching look. That perhaps is the case, but with Amy…

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My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act I) Mary J. Blige album review

Mary J Blige’s My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act I) engages the listener from start to finish. Blige seems to have learned from the tattered bits and pieces displayed on…

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Books

Checkmate – Tiece Mickens Book Review

CHECKMATE by Tiece Mickens tell the story of main character Monty Banks and at the age of 23 he is successful sex for hire escort but the only thing he…

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Rihanna Talk That Talk album review

Talk That Talk is seductive and sassy, with a touch of piercing rhythms. It is as if Rihanna is content inhabiting a playground of techno beats, up-tempo Caribbean numbers and…

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Op-Ed

Getting Tested… What If I Am Positive??

When you think of HIV what comes to mind? Do you think of Magic Johnson and seeing him throughout the years living with the disease? Do you think of stories…

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Op-Ed

Take Care… Drake album review

There’s something about Drake’s Take Care that just doesn’t seem to display what Thank Me Later displayed. While it was known that Drake went on a journey to make it…

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Books

This Can’t Be Life Shakara Cannon Book Review

THIS CANT BE LIFE is the debut novel from Shakara Cannon and tells the tale of three good friends Talise, Stacie and Simone and the very good character development by…

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David E. Talbert’s “What My Husband Doesn’t Know” Returns for its Fall Tour October 6th!

Prolific and renowned playwright David E. Talbert embarks on the Fall leg of his highly acclaimed play “What My Husband Doesn’t Know” starring Morris Chestnut, Michelle Williams (Destiny’s Child), Ann…

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