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Victoria Monét: From Industry Secret to Grammy Winner

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  In 2023, On My Mama became Victoria Monet’s first charting solo single. This moment was long incoming for her as she has been in the industry for a decade. It got the industries noticing as it helped her win Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammys. But how did she get in this situation and why did it take so long for people to notice her. Today on jgtv, we are going go through Victoria Monet’s musical journey and explaining why it too so long for her to get her flowers, so without further ado… Victoria Monét: From Industry Secret to Grammy Winner Victoria Monet McCants was born on May 1 st , 1989. While she was born in Atlanta, her family moved to Sacramento sometime after birth. Not much is known about her father as she was primarily raised by mother and grandmother. At an early age, Monét displayed a keen interest in performing arts, singing in the church choir and participating in dance teams. This would leave her to teach two dance classes. While in the world of dance, she fo...
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Monsters Ball Movie Recap (2001)

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  March 24, 2002 Halle Berry won Best Actress and with this she became the first and so far the only (and as of 2025) African American woman to win this award. The movie she won for was 2001’s Monsters Ball. To this day, people ask was this win a cop out win because a black woman has never won this award? The only way to find out is if we recap the movie she won for. Monsters Ball Movie Recap In the beginning we meet Hank Grotowski (Billy Bob Thornton). Hank works as a CO, as did his father (whom is retired as a CO). Hank recently lost his wife, hence why he is living with his father and brother. Within the first five minutes, we are shown an encounter with a man and a prostitute. They do there thing but we don’t see the guy ever again, has me wondering what was the purpose of this scene? If anyone has a theory on why this scene is here let me know. Back with Hank, he and his father is a devout racist. He spot two black kids approaching his house and orders Hank to scare them o...
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What Happened to Hanson? (from Mmmbop to Independent)

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  In 1997, Hanson recorded the song Mmbop. That song took over the world and they became one of the pioneers for the teen pop wave of the late 90s and early 2000s. This era was boxed them in, but over time Hanson wanted to prove themselves that they were more. And Hanson quietly had one of the more impressive runs, in the independent lane. Today we going to tell the story on how three brothers from Tulsa took the world by storm, before taking matter into their own hands.   What Happened to Hanson? (from Mmmbop to Independent) Our story begins in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In November 17, 1980 Clarke Issac Hanson was born. March 14, 1983 Jordan Taylor Hanson was born. October 22, 1985 Zachary Walker Hanson was born. Their father Walker Hanson was an accountant for a drilling company. In fact, for a period of time, they lived in South America. Because of this, the family traveled frequently and was homeschooled by their mother. At an early age, the brothers found a love for music and ...
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Grammys Best New Artist Curse

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  Best New Artist Curse 1990: Milli Vanilli In 1990 Milli Vanilli won Best New Artist. They were an International duo from Germany. They recorded a song called Girl You Know It’s True and it went #1 worldwide. It got the attention from Clive Davis who signed them to Arista Records so they can record a proper album. After this they had #1 hits like “Don’t Forget My Number”, “Blame It on the Rain” & “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You”. They looked like a qualifying artist to win the award. Who Did they Beat? Neneh Cherry, who had the song Buffalo Stance, Indigo Girls who were a folk duo, Soul II Soul was a UK collective that had the song “Back to Life” and Tone Loc a hip hop artist known for the song Wild Thing & Funky Cold Medina. Who Should’ve Won? Soul II Soul would’ve been my pick for Best New Artist but I’m going why when I talk about that in a bit but for now.   Are They Cursed? This was the worst thing to happen to Milli Vanilli because some time after this word got o...
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