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Beverly Johnson Describes Being Drugged By Bill Cosby: 'I Knew My Life Was In Danger' (VIDEO)

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Beverly Johnson described the "life-threatening" experience of being drugged by Bill Cosby during the 1980s in an interview with HuffPost Live's Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani on Friday.

The supermodel first recounted the allegations in a searing Vanity Fair essay published Thursday in which she describes Cosby inviting her to his home to read for a part for "The Cosby Show" and demanding that Johnson drink a cappuccino. She insisted she didn't want a drink but "felt oddly inappropriate arguing with Bill Cosby." She writes:

I knew by the second sip of the drink Cosby had given me that I’d been drugged—and drugged good. My head became woozy, my speech became slurred, and the room began to spin nonstop. ... As I felt my body go completely limp, my brain switched into automatic-survival mode. That meant making sure Cosby understood that I knew exactly what was happening at that very moment. “You are a motherfucker aren’t you?” That’s the exact question I yelled at him as he stood there holding me, expecting me to bend to his will.


Johnson explained to HuffPost Live what went through her mind at the exact moment she realized "[her] life was in danger."

"For me it's one of the most vile names you can call someone -- a motherfucker. There's nothing more vile than telling someone that," Johnson said. "Because I was drugged, I couldn't express myself in a way where I could say, 'Excuse me, Mr. Cosby, you just drugged me.' ... This was my way of letting him know, 'I know you drugged me, and I don't like it, and I'm going to fight you right now.'"

In her piece for Vanity Fair, Johnson recalls Cosby's "seething anger" as she fought back. She alleges he dragged her down the stairs with such force that she thought he might break her neck, then he put her in a taxi. As she described to HuffPost Live what happened next, it became clear what a serious effect Cosby's power and influence had on Johnson's shame about what happened to her.

"I remember so clearly, as we pulled away from Cosby's house, saying, 'Did I just call Bill Cosby a motherfucker?' And then I passed out. Instead of worrying about me, I'm worrying about what I just called this man, one of the most revered men in Hollywood and maybe even in the world at that moment," she said.

Johnson struggled to pinpoint exactly how she felt the next morning.

"I was devastated and disappointed. I can't explain this feeling. It was like a family member had died or betrayed me in a such a way. I was numb," she said.

Asked what she hopes will happen to Cosby now, Johnson said punishing him is "not [her] purpose." Instead, she hopes this national conversation will free other victims of sexual abuse to speak out.

"This is not about Bill Cosby. He is just a lightning rod. And thank you very much, Bill Cosby, for that," Johnson said.

Johnson is the latest in a continually-growing group of women who allege Cosby abused them. Her account is one of the few that does not include accusations of rape.

Below is a list of women who have come forward with allegations about Cosby, dated to the time that the allegations were made public. As more claims emerge, this timeline will be updated.


Angelina Jolie And Amy Pascal Meet Face To Face After Nasty Email Leak

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Awkward doesn't even begin to describe it.

We can only imagine the conversation between Angelina Jolie and embattled Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal as they rubbed elbows at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100 Breakfast on Wednesday -- shortly after nasty emails about Jolie leaked following the Sony hack.

In recently surfaced correspondence between Pascal and producer Scott Rudin, Rudin referred to Jolie as a "minimally talented spoiled brat" with a "rampaging spoiled ego."

Pascal didn't lambaste the actress so directly, though the body language in a photo from THR's event speaks volumes, suggesting high-level tension remains:

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In other conversations that came to light, Pascal and Rudin mocked President Obama and the kinds of movies he likes. Both parties later apologized for the comments.

"The content of my emails to Scott were insensitive and inappropriate but are not an accurate reflection of who I am," Pascal wrote Thursday. "Although this was a private communication that was stolen, I accept full responsibility for what I wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended."

J.K. Rowling Story On Pottermore Reveals Snape's Hometown

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It's been an exciting month for Harry Potter fans -- not only is J.K. Rowling's adult mystery series getting adapted for BBC One, but the author also announced on her fan site Pottermore that she'll be releasing 12 new features, one for each day leading up to Christmas.

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Some of the gifts will be stories, and others will be magical tidbits, such as new potions. The Telegraph reported that one of the stories will feature beloved villain Draco Malfoy -- we assume that's the most-anticipated tidbit, and will be saved for the end of the series. In the meantime, Rowling posted a riddle today, with a reward that reveals details about Severus Snape and Lily Potter's hometown, Cokeworth. Exciting!



Here's the riddle, posted on Pottermore's Facebook:

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If you know the answer, you can unlock today's story on Pottermore. For further Harry Potter reading, check out these stories J.K. Rowling posted earlier this year: One about the infamous reporter Rita Skeeter, and the other exploring the background of professor Dolores Umbridge.

Ben Affleck And Jennifer Garner Share A Sweet Moment During Afternoon Stroll

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Seriously, these two are the cutest.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner looked like the picture of happiness as they took an afternoon stroll in Brentwood, California on Thursday. The pair, who have been married for nearly 10 years and have three children together, were pictured joking around and giggling as they enjoyed some one-on-one time. Catalog models, anyone?

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"You can't expect to be courted all the time, and I don't want to court him right now –- I don't have the energy!" Garner recently told InStyle about keeping the romance alive. "But we're definitely in a very mindful place where we're making an effort to be together, do things at the same time, and be loving."

Swoon.

Smaug Burns 'Game Of Thrones' On 'Colbert Report,' Calls Benedict Cumberbatch A 'Hack'

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Sorry, Benedict Cumberbatch. Ya just got burnt.

For one of his last interviews on "The Colbert Report," host Stephen Colbert invited the great and powerful Smaug, best known for his work in "The Hobbit" movies, to the show. The fact that both Colbert and Smaug are "fiscal conservatives who sleep on giant piles of money" must have put the dragon at ease because he was completely comfortable calling out everyone from Khaleesi's "rat-lizards" on "Game of Thrones" to that "hack" Cumberbatch, which is kind of harsh considering that "hack" voices him. At one point during his rant, Smaug even quotes Daniel Day-Lewis. (Seriously, who knew dragons had such an affinity for milkshakes?)

Colbert has already announced his last week of guests on the show, but it'll be hard for anything to top this interview, which, needless to say, was straight up fire.

"The Colbert Report" airs its final episode Thursday, Dec. 18.

Michael Sam Opens Up About His Triumphs And Disappointments For #IAmUnbroken Campaign

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Michael Sam opens up about his tumultuous year as part of a video campaign in support of Angelina Jolie's new movie.

"When I came out several months ago, I thought it would be easy," Sam, who made history as the first openly gay player to be drafted by the NFL, says in the clip. "All I wanted to do was just play football, but it was much bigger than that."

The 2013 SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year and former All-American at the University of Missouri also speaks at length about media reaction to him kissing his boyfriend on live television as well as his disappointment at being released by both the St. Louis Rams and the Dallas Cowboys.

"I'm not afraid to continue on this journey to try to make an NFL team. That is my dream, I am determined to make it to the NFL," Sam adds.

The video is part of Universal Pictures's new #IAmUnbroken campaign, which "invites those from all walks of life to share their stories of triumph," according to press materials.

The initiative is tied with the release of "Unbroken," which Jolie directed. The movie, which is based on the life of Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini, will be released on Christmas Day.

Read more about the #IAmUnbroken campaign here.

Bill Cosby Drugged Me. This Is My Story.

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Like most Americans, I spent the 60s, 70s, and part of the 80s in awe of Bill Cosby and his total domination of popular culture. He was the first African American to star in a dramatic television series, I Spy, a show my family in Buffalo, New York, always watched. Cosby cut a striking figure on-screen then. He was funny, smart, and even elegant—all those wonderful things many white Americans didn’t associate with people of color. In fact, as I thought of going public with what follows, a voice in my head kept whispering, “Black men have enough enemies out there already, they certainly don’t need someone like you, an African American with a familiar face and a famous name, fanning the flames.”

Harry Styles Comforts Fan Mid-Panic Attack, Restores Our Faith In Humanity

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You know Harry Styles is a sweetheart who loves to help his fans, but he may have just outdone himself. At a recent One Direction book signing event in London, one of his fans started having a panic attack after finding out that she was in the same room as the members of 1D.

Ruth had been eager to meet the band for years. According to Buzzfeed, Ruth says that when Harry saw her looking distressed, "He broke through the barrier despite security not wanting him to hug me and hold me and make sure I was OK for like three minutes while we just held each other."

He told her to take "long, slow, deep breaths" which approximately zero people do in the presence of Harry Styles.




Ruth apologized for being such a "loser." Harry obviously assured her that she was no such thing. And then they just hugged and talked about how much they love each other for awhile:






That's just the kind of star Harry is. Last year, he apparently said:






The hug seemed to have done the trick. After making sure Ruth was ok, Harry went back to book-signing and generally spreading adorability and sunshine through the world:





The whole experience meant a lot to the fan, who tweeted:






And Instagrammed the experience:







Other fans got a little bit weepy about the whole thing as well:




Just goes to show, Harry Styles knows how to bring out the feels in all of us.

[h/t BuzzFeed]

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Ashton Kutcher Explains Why He And Mila Kunis Don't Have A Nanny

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Ashton Kutcher is basking in the glow of fatherhood, having welcomed daughter Wyatt Isabelle with fiancee Mila Kunis just 10 weeks ago.

Kutcher sat down with Ellen DeGeneres for an episode airing Friday and gushed about raising a child with Kunis.

"The most amazing thing about having a baby is my partner, Mila," he said. "She's the greatest mom. I go to work everyday and I come home, and she's perfect, and it just seems like everything went amazing. And I know that something probably didn't go amazing but she never complains. It's unbelievable. She's incredible. I'm really lucky."

Kunis, 31, gave birth to their baby girl on Sept. 30. This is the first child for the engaged pair and Kutcher said they've decided not to hire a nanny.

"We just want to know our kid," he explained. “We want to be the people that know what to do when the baby’s crying to make the baby not cry anymore. We want to know, like, when she makes a little face or a little something, we want to be emotionally in touch with her. And I think the only way to do that is by being the one who’s there. And that's it."

Earlier this week on "The Late Late Show," Kunis talked about getting to be a stay-at-home mom (for now) with host Craig Ferguson, calling it a "luxury" and a "blessing."

As for the "Two and a Half Men" star, he said becoming a dad is the "greatest opportunity of my life." He referenced a quote by businessman and philanthropist Carlos Slim, who said: "Many people want to leave a better world for their children. I'm trying to leave better children for my world."

Creed Singer Scott Stapp Threatened To Kill Obama, According To Wife's 911 Call

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Creed frontman Scott Stapp was hospitalized and placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold last month after posting a video to Facebook in which he lamented his financial situation.

Stapp's wife of eight years, Jaclyn Stapp, had filed for divorce weeks earlier, claiming that the singer's drug use had left him a "paranoid shell who has threatened to kill himself and harm his family."

Recently, the singer allegedly told his wife that he is a CIA agent on a mission to assassinate President Barack Obama, prompting a call to 911. In a 40-minute recording, obtained by the TMZ, Jaclyn and her sister call for help to report that Stapp is "very ill":



According to TMZ, Stapp told police that his estranged wife had stolen $6 million and, when he confronted her, she had retaliated by trying to have him committed. Police reportedly determined that the 41-year-old rocker did not show signs of mental instability to warrant another psychiatric hold.

Seemingly fixated on Obama, Stapp gave a recent interview in which he blamed the president for his current financial problems.

"In 2012 I was doing a promotional tour for my book 'Sinner's Creed' and went on Fox News and expressed a little concern and disappointment with President Obama. Within two months of that public statement, that's when the IRS began to freeze my accounts," Stapp said. "I believe that the IRS situation is definitely a result of me expressing my dissatisfaction with President Obama. Absolutely, 100 percent."

Dear Jessica Biel: Here's The Thing

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Dear Jessica:

I recently read that you were opening a new restaurant -- congrats on that. It sounds pretty awesome, I must say. However, I was disturbed to learn it will be an exclusive, members-only deal so that children of the elite don't have to -- guessing here -- be exposed to the little people.

Here's the thing, Jessica: the world really doesn't need another benefit for the elite. I mean, after all, you and your sexy husband could afford to hermetically seal off an entire hotel for a weekend and fill it with those awesome rainbow balls from the ball pit and invite Duff Goldman over to create a tiny personalized cake for your kid and each of the richie kids invited. I mean, you could probably do that every weekend if you wanted so that your kid and the other children of privilege never have to come into contact with public germs (shudder) or be exposed to things like fast food chicken nuggets that may or may not be made out of that pink slime.

But just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do something. (My own mama taught me that and I still live by it today. And she didn't even get me a sealed hotel ball pit.)

So, Jessica, instead of a restaurant to benefit those who already have access to food, why not open a community restaurant in an impoverished area like Appalachia? Or fund the food bank in Clay, West Virginia, where many of the kids don't even have food on the weekend when they are out of school and over 83,000 children in the state are "food insecure," or don't have enough food to eat on a regular basis?

Or, how about building a shelter or creating an after-school program for kids in need where children of the elite can volunteer and understand what is really happening in our country outside of the bubble that is your world? Children of the elite will benefit from this more than from an afternoon at a members-only restaurant eating organic watermelon from an artsy stick for $27.95. (Trust me on this.)

What I'm saying is that we don't really need another members-only club that only a very small percentage of the world can enjoy. Instead, we need people like you -- people who obviously have a heart for kids with the resources to make a change -- to step up and start making a change in communities that really need it. Don't you think that would be a better investment?

Sincerely,

Jacqueline Wilson, Mom to a Common Child and Feeder of the Hungry, #Holidays4Hunger

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Chris Rock's Kids Are Worried People Will Realize He's Not Funny

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The struggle is real, parents.

He may be one of the most successful comedians around, but that still doesn't impress Chris Rock's kids. On Thursday's "Late Show," Rock revealed that, like parents everywhere, his kids don't think he's funny. Rock joked with Letterman that his children are worried other people are going to realize it too, but at least they gave him a plan of action: Take notes from Kevin Hart.

"The Late Show with David Letterman" airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on CBS.

Emma Watson And Matthew Janney Split

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Emma Watson and Oxford University rugby player Matthew Janney have called it quits.

Watson's rep confirmed the split while speaking with the Daily Mail, calling the decision "amicable." The couple apparently ended their relationship a month ago, but they remain friends.

In September, the two were photographed moving boxes out of her home.

Watson and Janney's romance was first revealed in January after they were spotted together on a Caribbean vacation. Although the pair was quite private about their relationship, Coralie Day, Janney's "second mother," gushed to the London Evening Standard about the coupling that same month.

“We are thrilled to bits that he is seeing Emma Watson," she told the publication. "We are looking forward to meeting her soon. Hats off to her for finding such a wonderful young man. There is nothing bad anyone could say about Matt. He is absolutely lovely.”

In the April issue of Elle Australia, Watson, 24, opened up about dating in the public eye.

"I don’t date people who are famous," she said. "I don’t think it’s fair that, all of a sudden, intimate details of their personal life are public as a direct result of me. I wish I could protect them."

A rep for the actress was not immediately available for further comment.

Raven-Symone Gives Heartfelt Surprise, Honors Mentor Debbie Allen (VIDEO)

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Since the tender age of 4, Raven-Symone has captivated television audiences across the globe with her role as Olivia Kendall during the final three seasons of “The Cosby Show.” And in addition to the iconic show, which served as a launching pad for Raven's career, she credits Golden Globe Award-winning actress Debbie Allen as a mentor who helped define her success.

In the latest installment of AOL’s 10-episode original web-series titled, “My Hero,” Raven professed her admiration for Allen’s contribution as an entrepreneur, television director-producer, mother, and choreographer.

“Ms. Debbie is my hero, because she always gives,” she said in the video clip. “And to be able to express to Ms. Debbie what she does for me and my life, and what she does for me mentally when I go into the warzone that is Hollywood is really special…If I didn’t have Ms. Debbie in my life, I’d probably be trying to figure out, like, what could I do next.”

Allen underscored Symone’s sentiments and compared their relationship to that of a mother and daughter.

“Raven, she is like one of my kids,” the “Grey’s Anatomy” director gushed. “I’m somewhere between her other mom and her aunt…because there is a trust there and you can’t manufacture that, you can’t make that.”

Check out Raven-Symone’s heartwarming tribute to Debbie Allen in the clip above.

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Things Get Weird When Seth Rogen And James Franco Turn To 'Publizity' For Ideas

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Seth Rogen and James Franco have been doing a media blitz to promote their new movie, "The Interview," so it only makes sense that they'd turn to "Publizity" for the best PR in town.

Nick Kroll's oh-so-charming "Kroll Show" character gets up close and personal with the guys for a sketch in which she interviews to be their new publicist. Aside from thinking the movie is about two journalists going to "Norf" Korea to kill Kim Kardashian, Liz has plenty of (horrible) ideas to drum up interest in the film, like having Franco fake his death, for example, or releasing the film in 12 10-minute installments.

Watch how steamy things get when Liz's charms become too much for Rogen to handle.

"Kroll Show" returns to Comedy Central in 2015.

"The Interview" opens in theaters Dec. 25.

HuffPost Live's 'Spoiler Alert' Breaks Down The Golden Globes TV Nominations

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The latest batch of Golden Globe contenders were announced this week, and, as usual, there was a mix of inexplicable nominations and unforgivable snubs. HuffPost Live broke down the film categories on Thursday, and Friday's episode of "Spoiler Alert" tackled the TV side.

No nod for Lisa Kudrow in "The Comeback"? Another nod for "Downton Abbey"? At least we have a couple "Transparent" nominations to celebrate. Host Ricky Camilleri, HuffPost Entertainment editor Matthew Jacobs, Decider.com deputy editor Tyler Coates and New York Observer columnist Jennifer Wright break down the competition and weigh in on the year's best television achievements.

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Gabrielle Union Shares Her Surprising Loves (VIDEO)

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Gabrielle Union is best known for her film and TV work, but acting is far from her only passion. In an interview for the Oprah.com series "Who Am I," Union talks about some of her greatest joys in life, including some surprising loves.

"I love a lot of things that people would not expect me to love," the "Top Five" actress says. "Like country music. Like line dancing. Like organizing Tupperware."

Above all, Union says she loves peace and quiet. "I live for silence and my alone time," she says. "I cherish it and value it deeply."

Husband Dwayne Wade isn't much a "rah rah" person, Union says, so the whole family loves their quiet time. "And we respect that," she says. "And they respect me wanting to read, or watching the water, looking at dolphins. Or we can all be silent together, which I love."

But that doesn't mean Union, an advocate for women's issues, won't speak up when she needs to. "I do believe we are our brother's keeper and I take that responsibility as a fellow human being pretty seriously," she shares. "There's nothing more pathetic than a wasted voice. I can deal with a lot, but not silence in the face of adversity when it can help and you have the strength to do it."

Watch more "Who Am I" videos on Oprah.com.




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Iggy Azalea and the Perils of Reinventing Oneself

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Eight years ago a young white girl from the rural northern-Australian town of Mullumbimby moved to Miami. Only 16 years of age, she refashioned herself as a rapper by the name of Iggy Azalea with a black Southern accent and achieved notoriety when her sexually explicit songs went viral on YouTube. After being heavily promoted by a well-known Atlanta-based rapper and releasing her debut album with a major label this past summer, she went on to become the female rapper with the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 number-one single.

Last week Iggy Azalea was in the spotlight for a different reason. After protesters around the country condemned the non-indictment of the white police officer who killed an unarmed black man, Eric Garner, in Staten Island, following closely on the heels of a non-indictment in the case of the killing of another unarmed black man, Michael Brown, by a white police officer, black female emcee Azealia Banks called out Iggy Azalea on Twitter with a moniker for the star that went viral:




The nickname "Igloo Australia" inspired numerous other parodies of the artist on social media and beyond.

The white appropriation of black culture is not new or uncommon, especially today. Azalea is a symptom of the hypercommercialization of rap culture. All the way down to her manufactured Southern accent, she is a successful creation of the multibillion-dollar hip-hop music industry.

But the problem with the Eliza Doolittle-like makeover of Iggy Azalea from rural, white Australian teen to a black-sounding female rapper dominating the charts in America is that her musical persona has no history. Eminem, another white hip-hop artist, could rap about the black Detroit neighborhood where he grew up and honed his rhyming skills. In a genre that has drawn its power from personal storytelling, these histories are an integral part of the artist, even leading some artists to make up stories about themselves. But in cases like that of Azalea, the making of a persona means becoming historyless. Who would be interested in a debut rap album by a rural white girl from down under who used to hypnotize chickens?

Banks was essentially asking Azalea to take a stance in defense of black people. In other interviews too Azalea has been asked to speak about the struggles of Aboriginal people in Australia. But how can we expect public figures such as Azalea to take such a stance when their only connection to black communities is in profiting from appropriating their music? Banks' move was of course a shrewd one that revealed the hollowness of music-industry creations. Yet it also raises the greater question of who we are without the histories that make us.

One of the reasons that rap culture spread rapidly around the globe in the 1980s and 1990s is that it was a vehicle for storytelling. Now every kid who listened to it could feel the pain of the black American underclass that was chronicled in the rap narratives. It resonated because rap music gave young people the tools to tell their own stories of pain, disempowerment, and exclusion. From black youth in the townships outside Cape Town to barrio youth in Medellín, global rap culture exploded with a cacophony of stories. Those stories were often representative of a broader condition and identified with a particular community experience.

Even rappers who were not part of an oppressed minority, like the many middle-class rappers across the globe who embraced the form, still found a way to bring their own personal experiences into the music. The white Chicago rapper Mike Treese, from the group Mass Hysteria, found that rapping about his struggle with depression was a way to connect with diverse hip-hop fans in his hometown and beyond. In short, people want to hear what is real, whether that is pain, triumph, or resistance, and they want to hear it in a lyrical way.

People have their stories, and movements have their stories as well. I grew up as part of the multiracial migrant, white, and Aboriginal hip-hop generation in Sydney, and the story of the hip-hop movement in Australia was one of ditching the mimicry of black American accents and learning how to convey our own stories in our own idioms and voices. With Iggy Azalea it seems that we have come full-circle.

Despite all the disfigurations of rap culture today, it still remains a point of reference at a time of anger and political mobilizations to defend black lives. Artists like Questlove, the drummer for the hip-hop band The Roots, has put out a call for artists and musicians to be a voice of the times that we live in. That doesn't mean more remakes of militant anthems like Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" but, he says, more stories, more narratives. Through stories, art tells the truth about our human condition. Our stories are the truth about who we are, as individuals, as communities, as representatives of something. And if you don't have a story, you can't be expected to represent.

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