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Photo: Courtesy of Caitlin Douglas National media have honed their attention on the impact of freezing temperatures in Texas, but residents in Louisiana have been enduring crisis-level weather challenges of their own. Advertisement The state endured sub-freezing temperatures around February 12 and some days after, which have led to burst pipes and unsafe drinking water, leaving residents and businesses in Alexandria, Lake Charles and Shreveport without clean water going on two weeks. A water boil adviser went into effect in those cities for at least a week until this weekend, but some activis...

Watch D'Angelo Duet With H.E.R., Method Man, Redman and Himself in Unconventional Verzuz Team-Up A.D. Amorosi, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail When Verzuz announced on Valentine’s Day that the reclusive R&B superstar D’Angelo, who has been under the radar since his brief tour in support of 2014’s “Black Messiah” album, would come out of his lair to perform with unnamed “Friends” at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater on February 27, the Internet immediately lit up with speculation about who he might lock horns with. The DJ competition series pits one artist or hitmaker against ...

Another year, another Black History Month coming to a close. For the past 28 days, The Root has been celebrating Black Joy and how that looks—whether it’s through art, family, food or music. Panama Jackson, senior editor of Very Smart Brothas, has brought us all the joy through the most iconic and Blackest album covers of our time. Granted, there are probably more than 28 out there, but it would be hard to top this series in all of its Blackness. A slew of my personal favorites made this list—Miles Davis in particular because Sundays were for jazz in my house and this particular album...

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