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Exposé: The Most Overlooked Group of All Time

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  When people ask who was the greatest girl group of all time: Spice Girls, The Supremes, TLC are names that often get thrown around. But in the 80s, there was a girl group that had a run full of hits. The group name was Expose. They were known for pushing the freestyle sound to the mainstream but over the years, often overlooked as one of the greats and they deserve their flowers. Today on jgtv, we are going to go through the journey of Expose, the most Overlook Girl Group of All Time. Exposé: The Most Overlooked Group of All Time Finding a starting point for this video is kind of tricky. But let’s start off with a question what is freestyle. Not talking about what rappers do on the top of their heads but freestyle, the genre. It was genre that blends early hip hop, R&B, dance pop and Latin rhythms.   Latin freestyle was one of the first mainstream U.S. genres where Latino artists found success without singing in Spanish. The genre was specifically big in two places N...

Girls Trip Movie Recap (2017)

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  Girls Trip Movie Recap We start the movie by meeting a group of women known as the Flossy Posse. We start off with Sasha (Queen Latifah), a journalist and blogger. Then there is Dina (Tiffany Haddish breakout), she viewed as the ghetto black girl trope but she’s a free spirit woman who plays by her own rules. Lisa (Jada Pinkett Smith), is viewed as the responsible one a mother and nurse and divorcee. Finally, there’s Ryan Pierce (Regina Hall) an author and mogul who sells marriage and love with her husband, played by Luke Cage. But over the years, the women drifts apart as most friends do. One day, her agent informs Ryan that the Essence Festival wants her to be a keynote speaker for their event (all expenses paid), which she accepts as she believes it will get the Flossy Posse back together. Back with the other women, Sasha is struggling and facing eviction as her blogging not pulling in the views they should (just like this channel). Dina, at her place of employment, crashe...

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...