Before there was Queen Latifah the actress, there was Queen Latifah the hip-hop star. She ascended to royal status in rap at a time when the genre revolved around putting women down – and keeping them down. Thanks to her reign, a generation of hip-hop heads learned that women could rule just as well as any man. But Queen Latifah’s legacy as one of the loudest, proudest voices in the game often gets buried by her pile of film awards and acclaim.

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Kelis’s musical light was undeniable from the start, but it was still a struggle to shine as brightly as knew she could. She did get there, but little did she know that the same people she thought were on her side were really just out for themselves. Between that and a messy first marriage she tried to keep private, it would only take one more straw to break her silence.

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did-nas-and-kelis-divorce.html/">Why Did Nas and Kelis Divorce?

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Kelis on Instagram: “I just heard the record everyone is saying has my sample . But it’s beyond this song at this point . This was a TRIGGER for me . Milkshake…”

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Shirley Collie helped launch Willie Nelson’s solo career back before the name “Willie Nelson” meant anything to anyone. As a guitarist and singer who climbed to the top tier of the country music circuit as just a teenager, she traded her trajectory as a recording artist and staple of the silver screen for a life with the duet partner of her dreams. But it wasn’t long before her life with Willie fell out of harmony…and fell into a twister of stagnation, loneliness, and jealousy. 

Scrapbooks In My Mind: Featuring Shirley and Willie Nelson and Many Others by Shirley Caddell Collie Nelson

Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band by Willie Nelson and Bobbie Nelson

Willie Nelson: An Epic Life by Joe Nick Patoski

Shirley Nelson Obituary (Springfield Union Leader)

Shirley Collie Nelson. Former Wife and Duet Partner of Willie Nelson, Dies (CMT)

Wikipedia: Shirley Collie Nelson

Country Music Hall of Fame: Willie Nelson 

Willie-Nelson.html">Interview: Willie Nelson (The Telegraph)

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Eudoxie thought she was escaping torment and horror when she emigrated from Gabon to the United States as a young girl. But even through her marriage to a huge star, even with her beautiful children, all of her joy, the dark shadow of her childhood continued to loom.

Mother’s Day w/Angela Simmons, Nina Westbrook, and Eudoxie Bridges 

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Eudoxie Bridges On Nourishing Her Spirit In Eleuthera, Bahamas 

Haute Living & Wine Access Celebrated Mother's Day Early With Angela Simmons, Eudoxie Bridges & Nina Westbrook (And Ludacris)

Ludacris and Wife Eudoxie Celebrate The 10-Year Anniversary Of When They First Met at Ludaday Weekend - Essence 

Ludacris Talks His Impact on Hip Hop – Kalisha Perera 

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Culture of Gabon - history, people, clothing, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family 

Ludacris And Eudoxie Bridges Met 10 Years Ago Today, And They've Had Quite The Glow Up Together

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Shante Broadus steered her husband Snoop Dogg from hapless criminal to cultural icon long before she established herself as his official manager. The woman Snoop referred to as Boss Lady almost from day one truly ended up running the empire.

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Few musicians are as inescapable as the Beyoncé. But even if you’ve kept up with her immeasurable press coverage and airplay over the decades, this story reveals the things you don’t know about Beyoncé Giselle Knowles. As it turns out, men aren’t the only thing that can overshadow a women’s story and success; sometimes, their own larger-than-life fame is just as much to blame.

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Victoria Mary Clarke was shocked to find herself in love with legendary Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, incurring the sprawling wrath of the Cobains, and sinking into depression before finding solace in the spiritual world.

Sources:

A Drink With Shane MacGowan by Shane MacGowan and Victoria Mary Clarke

Kurt & Courtney documentary, 1998

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/03/love-story-of-kurt-cobain-courtney-love

https://ew.com/article/1992/12/04/kurt-cobain-courtney-love-unauthorized/

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Auuu5

https://vmcjournalism.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/my-adventures-with-kurt-and-courtney/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/17/shane-mcgowan-victoria-mary-clarke

mary-clarke-tells-how-jealousy-of-partner-shane-magowan-stopped-her-marrying-him-for-three-decades-until-she-found-her-own-success-designing-angel-scarves-38754190.html">https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/victoria-mary-clarke-tells-how-jealousy-of-partner-shane-magowan-stopped-her-marrying-him-for-three-decades-until-she-found-her-own-success-designing-angel-scarves-38754190.html

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Kim Gordon, the soft-spoken, hard-edged heroine of the 1980s New York City underground became a beloved icon of the 1990s alternative rock boom. Her marriage with her Sonic Youth bandmate Thurston Moore was the ultimate #relationshipgoals for Generation X and beyond, before it all fell apart.

Sources:

Girl In A Band - Kim Gordon

1991: The Year Punk Broke (https://youtu.be/LeCYXexOZEg)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/683avr/nirvana-saint-vitus-april-10-2014-review

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-inside-story-of-nirvanas-one-night-only-reunion-185105/ 

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/sonic-youth-and-the-business-of-keeping-a-dead-band-alive/ 

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10326-daydream-nation-deluxe-edition/ 

https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/music-2/kim-gordon-interview-profile-sonic-youth/ 

https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/03/10/kim-gordon-solo-tour-sonic-youth

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Tashera loved Earl Simmons from the moment she first saw him when they were kids. They reconnected as adults, but Earl’s transformation into DMX and, worse, his alter ego ‘X,’ pulled her back into the cycle of emotional abuse and neglect she’d endured while growing up.

Sources:

Tashera’s speech at DMX’s memorial

People Magazine Podcast interview

You Think You Know But You Have No Idea by Tashera Simmons

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Marjorie was the right hand of dance icon Martha Graham when she met Woody Guthrie. She took loving care of both as they each moved toward self-destruction, and especially of Woody, even after their divorce, while he succumbed to Huntington’s Disease.

Sources:

Woody Guthrie: A Life by Joe Klein

MarjorieGuthrie.com

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The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

Jewish Standard / Times of Israel

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