Tag: transformation

The last call Anthoneil Williams II made was to Austin police. The 17-year-old reported that someone in the area had a gun, but within minutes of officers arriving, the unarmed Black teen was shot dead. Williams had no gun, just a water bottle tucked into his waistband. Austin police acknowledged the teenager was unarmed. Even so, the department characterized the shooting as potentially suicide by cop, arguing Williams provoked officers into shooting him.

BenDaDonnn accidentally exposed Drake's private life during a live broadcast when he FaceTime called the rapper and thousands of viewers saw him with Lauren Harris, a Toronto social media influencer he's been quietly linked to for years.

The UK singer Owen Saward has fans going back in time. Between 'Not Mine' and 'Without You,' people keep saying his sound reminds them of early Craig David and that golden era of UK R&B. He calls 'Not Mine' a homage to Michael Jackson, and you can hear that inspiration in the phrasing.

In her first interview with Pigeons and Planes, the first woman signed to pgLang opened up about her journey. She talked about how Dave Free never made her promises and instead gave her the time and space to develop on her own, which she calls the best kind of artist development. She named Erykah Badu and Nina Simone as the first musicians she fell in love with, crediting Badu for teaching her about being a Black woman in the world and Simone for the raw, honest way she translated pain.

The Toronto R&B legend just dropped a masterpiece out...