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Woo ✨ @woosahhh.bsky.social · 2h

I'm teary eyed all over again.

Gone too soon. It's so unfair.

tru @thetrudz.photo · 11h

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

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Woo ✨ @woosahhh.bsky.social · 3h

Same. 😔

✨Spooky Yams 🍑👻🕸️🎃 @funsizesnicker.bsky.social · 5h

I need some physical intimacy bad … like just some cuddling and holding would fix me ….

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Kali Rhe @rhemarkable.bsky.social · 12h

I feel so much for Angie Stone and D’angelo’s son.

To lose both of your parents in a matter of months is gut-wrenching.

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🎃🕸️Deadly Siete 🔪 @bigmamageneral.blacksky.app · 12h

Black men, we love you and we want you to grow old. Please go get checked out regularly!

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Woo ✨ @woosahhh.bsky.social · 11h

I'm so sad. So so so sad. 😔

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Woo ✨ @woosahhh.bsky.social · 13h

Damn, not cancer.

RIP 🤍😢

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13h

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

Woo ✨ @woosahhh.bsky.social · 13h

I'm going to remain in denial until I see a news source.

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“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐳…” @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 13h

I don't even have words right now.. 😔

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Empé 👑🃏🦋 @yeahroccsbykeagain.blacksky.app · 2d

Lemme explain somethin to yal real quick. none of us crossing paths, in this era, is by accident. we have got to get back to caring about one another. we have to be more empathetic now than ever before because they’re trying to strip that away from us.