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4:43, Every Woman's Letter To That One That Cut The Deepest

4:43, Every Woman’s Letter To That One That Cut The Deepest

Jay Z’s 4:44 album hasn’t blared through our earbuds for more than just a few days and has already gone platinum. Not to mention, the rapper’s latest body of work has sparked some incredible follow up pieces – like that of Candice Benbow’s “4:43.”

You may be familiar with the writer and educator through the #LemonadeSyllabus and #SeatSyllabus hashtag. In response to Beyoncé and Solange’s…

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Ashlee Bankz

No matter where you are in you are in your relationship, Ashlee Bankz has a record for you. With a dope beat cuddling her pen game, the Chicago MC is firing up the summer with her new release, Leave A Message.

Something like a personal, emotional release, Ashlee Bankz opened up in a way she hasn’t through her music thus far. Despite its personal connection, the rapper isn’t getting overly…

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Jacqueline Barimah Is Making Waxing A Trendy Thing

Jacqueline Barimah Is Making Waxing A Trendy Thing

Ladies, there’s nothing quite like that first time. Specifically, that first time experiencing hot wax drip on any surface of your body – whether it be the brow, upper lip, arm pit, or lower body – and experiencing the sensation of that thin piece of paper tear upwards.

If you just shuffled in your seat a bit, yeah, we’ve all been there.

It’s certainly not a favorite part of my feminine…

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Nia Kay, Humble. Different. Interesting.

Nia Kay, Humble. Different. Interesting.

Nia Kay is not your average teenager. The Chicago native is a quick-spittin’ rap artist who has a mission to empower through her rhymes – shying away from today’s mumble rap.

“I can’t really say the music now is inspiring me because it’s like you can put anything to a beat and they’re in love with it because of the beat. You don’t know the lyrics anymore. Dreezy was just saying it should be a…

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Entrepreneurial Confession: I Am Not The 5A.M. Riser.

Entrepreneurial Confession: I Am Not The 5A.M. Riser.

Today is the day I publicly apologize to myself. For nearly two years I have been chastising myself for not creating a routine that starts at 5a.m.

See, I’ve read endless interviews and articles for all genres and types of entrepreneurs, hustlepreneurs, freelancepreneurs, and all have one thing strongly in common: a morning routine that kicks into high gears when the sun is just thinking of…

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Working At A High School Ruined "13 Reasons Why" For Me

Working At A High School Ruined “13 Reasons Why” For Me

Working with students kind’ve ruined 13 Reasons Why for me.

As a high school step coach, I am in a similar role of school counselor Mr. Porter – played by actor Derek Luke. I am a mandated reporter, simply put, if a child says something that I know will have consequences of violence to others or themselves my job is to pick up a phone and ring the alarm.

So yes, that scene where Clay (Dylan…

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Entrepreneur Confessional: I Am Impatient

Entrepreneur Confessional: I Am Impatient

Some days I just don’t feel like it.

I pop up before my alarm with full intentions on being Instagram-worthy productive to hit a mental block by mid-morning. It ain’t even noon yet and I feel like crossing the short distance between my bed and desk to flop onto my pillows and take a nap I haven’t even earned yet. #EntrepreneurProblems

I left a full time job over a year ago and have been in…

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Cinco De Mayo Approved: Margarita Recipes To Get Your Sip On

Cinco De Mayo Approved: Margarita Recipes To Get Your Sip On

If you’re a tequila connoisseur, you might not know exactly what Cinco de Mayo represents but you are looking forward to celebrating and indulging in every tequila cocktail.

Quick history lesson: Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) is a celebration commemorating the date of the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla – not Mexican Independence Day which is September 16.…

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Oh Shea Moisture, Not You Too.

Oh Shea Moisture, Not You Too.

You too Shea Moisture?

It seems to be a string of unfortunate events for brands rolling out new campaigns. As consumers we are literally tired. Particularly black women, who are in fact, super consumers. Yes, black women’s pockets are what brands should be setting their greedy eyes on.

Yet, they keep missing the mark.

For Shea Moisture to create such a flub of a campaign makes me question, have…

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If Trap Is Included, I'll Do It - TrapAerobics, Your New Fave Workout

If Trap Is Included, I’ll Do It – TrapAerobics, Your New Fave Workout

Millennials throw trap in front of everything. Let it be brunch, a day party, or even karaoke – if there’s trap music we’re there.

Working out is no different. Aside from Soca Aerobics themed music classes, trap music has been getting it’s gym flow treatment as well. It’s one thing to have a dope trap playlist, it’s another to be led by two fire instructors like Fiona Harvey and Chavonne Hodges of

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Isaiah Thomas Is My New Favorite Basketball Player

Isaiah Thomas Is My New Favorite Basketball Player

Tonight (April 18), Isaiah Thomas will undoubtedly take the court in Game 2 against the Chicago Bulls amidst learning how “uncomfortable” he made commentators like Charles Barkley and Stephen A. Crockett Jr. feel. No more than a few days has passed since the tragic death of his younger sister, and yet this budding star is pushing past his tears.

Why, then, are we so uncomfortable? In fact,…

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Desensitized: On Social Media Detoxing & Fight Videos

Desensitized: On Social Media Detoxing & Fight Videos

I’ve always been pretty squeamish watching action movies despite it being my favorite type of movie to indulge in. I hate horror films, can enjoy a romantic comedy here and there, and because I love to laugh, pile on the comedy – just not stupid comedy like Step Brothers.

Any scenes where Vin Diesel and The Rock are plummeting each other I am literally watching, cringing, and closing my eyes all…

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HERstory2017: Women's History Month Means...

HERstory2017: Women’s History Month Means…

BrooklynButtah.com returns with the second installment of HERstory, a docu-series celebrating women making present-day women’s history. For the next 4 weeks, we will profile dynamic women – talking about everything from anxiety, entrepreneurship, and more.

HERstory is a series that BrooklynButtah is proud to present every March. Celebrating women should be a daily occurrence, as women are making…

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HERstory2017, Finale: Miss Lissa Knows

HERstory2017, Finale: Miss Lissa Knows

BrooklynButtah.com returns with the second installment of HERstory, a docu-series celebrating women making present-day women’s history. For the next 4 weeks, we will profile dynamic women – talking about everything from anxiety, entrepreneurship, and more.

Miss Lissa Knows is witty, full of energy, a formidable force of fierce determination – it is hard to ignore her as she grabs the attention…

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Make That Tax Refund Stretch

Make That Tax Refund Stretch

By now, you should have filled out your tax return and you are either waiting patiently for your dollars or plotting on how to spend those dollars.

Ain’t nothin’ like seeing that money hit your bank account, it’s like Christmas in the spring, right?

Back in college, it made sense to use those few coins to pay for miscellaneous costs – spring break flights and hotels, more alcohol for the turn up,…

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Entrepreneurial Defeat - Push Through Or Fold

Entrepreneurial Defeat – Push Through Or Fold

There are days while being an entrepreneur – whether it is full time or side hustle – where you feel like you’re living alone on an island state.

Completely secluded from all of life’s joys, splendors, pearls of opportunity.

Entrepreneurship will push you to be uncomfortable and adapt to the discomfort; there is no easy entrepreneurial ride. Every day is a new challenge to rise to.

So it is…

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HERstory2017, Episode 3: Ysanet Batista

HERstory2017, Episode 3: Ysanet Batista

BrooklynButtah.com returns with the second installment of HERstory, a docu-series celebrating women making present-day women’s history. For the next 4 weeks, we will profile dynamic women – talking about everything from anxiety, entrepreneurship, and more.

Entrepreneurship has become sexy. So sexy, in fact, we’ve seen a spike of businesses blossoming at every corner – the will to create is so…

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