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Kehinde Wiley

Auguste Clesinger – Woman Bitten by a Snake, 1847

Auguste Clesinger – Lying Bacchante, 1848

Carlo Maderno – The martyrdom of Saint Cecilia, 1599-1600

Jean-Antoine Houdon – Morphee, 1769

Andrea Mantegna – Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1480

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Aaliyah - I Can Be ✨

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2Pac performing “Out on Bail” during the first Source Awards at the Madison Square Garden’s Paramount Theater in New York City on April 25, 1994.

Photos by Al Pereira

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God Damn!

Today in Hip Hop History:

DJ Kool released the single Let Me Clear My Throat April 1, 1996

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Finally, if you want some #transdayofvisibility #music that will fuck up your feelings, here you go. Anohni is deep as hell, in the most beautiful way. 

See and hear more on:

her website http://anohni.com/

her Insta @anohni

her Facebook @AntonyandtheJohnsons, or

her bandcamp https://anohni.bandcamp.com/

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Next up for #transdayofvisibility #music artists, bad bitch KC Ortiz. I mean, just check out the video - this southern girl needs no introduction. 

Check out her website @ http://kayceeortizmusic.com/

or

Hit up her Tumblr, Insta, or Twitter @kayceeortiz, or her Facebook @KayceeOrtiz21

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First up for #transdayofvisibility #music, Miss Shea Diamond! This song is so powerful because of exactly where it came from:

“I was born into a gender role that I did not accept & I didn’t feel like myself. Desperate to find the financial means to transition to my true gender, I committed a crime in 1999 & was sentenced to 10 years in a men's prison. While incarcerated,” she writes, “I found a community that shared my trans experience - it was there where I found my voice.” 

“I began writing “I Am Her” as a statement to a world that said I shouldn't exist. I wrote it as an anthem for all those that felt shunned for simply being who they were. In 2009 I was released from prison. Shortly after my release, I moved to New York City where I found a studio to record “I Am Her” and the means to create a video for my song.“

You can find Shea Diamond on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, all under @iamsheadiamond

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In celebration of #transdayofvisibility ...

I’ll be posting songs by some trans artists! Check out #transdayofvisibility #music to see them all🤘

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Today is the Trans Day of Visibility! Transgender, genderqueer, and nonbinary people are and have always been a beautiful, irreplaceable part of our movement, community, and history. I see you, I honor you, I love you. 

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Eminem released his second studio album The Slim Shady LP February 23, 1999

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Rest In Power 

Lisa left eye last days

Dr sebi village of healing

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Prince was like “No ma'am, that check did not clear, I am not here for this singalong”