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       But here’s the truth: your circumstances set the stage, but your choices write the script. As Jay-Z wisely put it, “I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.” This lyric reminds us that we have the power to shape our own destiny through the choices we make.

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 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., pulsed with history and urgency as the Black Press of America gathered for its Annual National Leadership Awards and Reception.

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Entertainment

Christmas came with a new funky beat back in 1979 when Kurtis Blow released  the rap classic, Christmas Rappin’. The chart-topping single became an instant sensation, selling  more than 400,000 copies. Blow, nee Kurtis Walker, was twenty years old when Mercury signed him to the label, making him the first rap artist to sign with a major label.

     Credit Strickland for succeeding where others have not. His direction exhibits a quirky, artistic style. Scenes melt into each other effortlessly. There’s a dazzling visual flare that keeps your eyeballs glued to the screen for 118 minutes. You’re hooked until he’s through weaving a very sordid tale about a dress with a mind of its own and a curse that is deadly.

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