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For nearly 40 years, Ziggy Marley has carried one of music’s most powerful legacies without sounding weighed down by it. While reggae is often highlighted for the nostalgia, Ziggy continues…

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[INTERVIEW] The Man Behind the Movement: Who Is Vincent Paterson?

Vincent Paterson doesn’t just choreograph movement—he engineers cultural memory. From shaping the visual language of pop’s most explosive era to redefining how stories move across stage, screen, and stadium, his…

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[INTERVIEW] Nao Yoshioka: Soul Without Borders; Learning to Sit Beside the Shadow

Nao Yoshioka doesn’t sound like someone who “studied soul”—she sounds like someone who chased it until it had no choice but to answer back. Born in Japan, she didn’t inherit…

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[INTERVIEW] Satya: Memory in Motion, The Sound of What Stays

Satya doesn’t enter a room—she takes it over. Raised in Oakland, she comes from a place where sound isn’t background, it lingers like something that stays on you. Her work…

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[INTERVIEW] Ralph Johnson: Inside the Groove — Rhythm & Fire

With Questlove already reframing the legacy of Earth, Wind & Fire for a new generation through his still untitled documentary, Ralph Johnson steps in from inside the machinery itself with…

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[INTERVIEW] Rising Star Bailey Tippen Opens Up About Role on “Beauty in Black” Season 3

Bailey Tippen stole the show in her breakout role as a Sylvie in Beauty in Black, Tyler Perry’s hit Netflix series. At only 22, she’s already worked with some of…

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[INTERVIEW] Yvette Michele: Not a Return—A Reminder of Where It Started and What Still Remains

There’s a certain kind of record that doesn’t just come back—it pulls you back with it. Not in a throwback way. Not in a “remember when” loop. But in that…

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[INTERVIEW] Jai’Len Josey: Love Ain’t Linear — Breaking Love Cycles in ‘Serial Romantic’

Jai’Len Josey doesn’t ease you into Serial Romantic—she pulls you in by the Heart & Strings and lets everything play out exactly how it’s supposed to. It starts intimate, almost…

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[INTERVIEW] Dior Sovoa On His New Haircare Line, & What He Learned From Mariah Carey

Dior Sovoa has been one of the leading hairstylists in the game for years, but he’s so much more than that. He’s also a businessman and a storyteller. His career…

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[INTERVIEW]: Veronica: Music, Movement & Theater — From ’90s Club Culture to a Full-Circle Creative Life

Veronica Vazquez—known simply as Veronica—came out of the Bronx with a voice built in the clubs, made for the dance floor, and rooted in real R&B soul. In the mid-to-late…

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[INTERVIEW] Ziggy Marley: Brightside State of Mind and the Healing Power of Music

[INTERVIEW] The Man Behind the Movement: Who Is Vincent Paterson?

[INTERVIEW] Nao Yoshioka: Soul Without Borders; Learning to Sit Beside the Shadow

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[INTERVIEW] Satya: Memory in Motion, The Sound of What Stays

[INTERVIEW] Ralph Johnson: Inside the Groove — Rhythm & Fire

[INTERVIEW] Rising Star Bailey Tippen Opens Up About Role on “Beauty in Black” Season 3

[INTERVIEW] Yvette Michele: Not a Return—A Reminder of Where It Started and What Still Remains

[INTERVIEW] Jai’Len Josey: Love Ain’t Linear — Breaking Love Cycles in ‘Serial Romantic’

[INTERVIEW] Dior Sovoa On His New Haircare Line, & What He Learned From Mariah Carey

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[INTERVIEW]: Veronica: Music, Movement & Theater — From ’90s Club Culture to a Full-Circle Creative Life