The crowd watches as The Roots take the stage at the 2021 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival on August 12, 2021. (Photo Credit: Antoine DeBrill)

Recap: The Roots Turn BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival All The Way Up

Thursday night, the 43rd annual BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival continued with an exhilarating benefit performance by legendary hip-hop band The Roots, presented by Live Nation. The evening kicked off with R&B singer/songwriter Felicia Temple, who serenaded the crowd with her sultry vocals and smooth melodies. The songstress connected with the audience immediately, sharing that while…

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Black AIDS Institute Responds to DaBaby’s Rolling Loud Comments

The Black AIDS Institute issued a statement below in response to the hurtful homophobic and stigmatizing HIV comments made by rap artist DaBaby during his performance at the Rolling Loud festival. We recently witnessed inaccurate and hurtful comments directed towards our community. As the nation’s only HIV organization focused exclusively on ending the epidemic in Black America,…

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