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About A Girl is a scripted narrative anthology series about women whose stories have long been eclipsed by the legends of their famous partners. Bowie, Elvis, 2Pac, Prince, Miles, Biggie. Each of these icons created some of the most celebrated and enduring music of the modern age. But there's more to their stories than you know. About A Girl brings focus to the many women without whom the landscape of popular music might be very different.

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    • 4.6 • 378 Ratings

About A Girl is a scripted narrative anthology series about women whose stories have long been eclipsed by the legends of their famous partners. Bowie, Elvis, 2Pac, Prince, Miles, Biggie. Each of these icons created some of the most celebrated and enduring music of the modern age. But there's more to their stories than you know. About A Girl brings focus to the many women without whom the landscape of popular music might be very different.

    ENCORE - Eudoxie Mbouguiengue: Africa to Atlanta, Ludacris, and Advocating for the Abused

    ENCORE - Eudoxie Mbouguiengue: Africa to Atlanta, Ludacris, and Advocating for the Abused

    Eudoxie thought she was escaping torment and horror when she emigrated from Gabon to the United States as a young girl. But even through her marriage to a huge star, even with her beautiful children, all of her joy, the dark shadow of her childhood continued to loom.
    Mother’s Day w/Angela Simmons, Nina Westbrook, and Eudoxie Bridges 
    Eudoxie Bridges speaks out to help abuse victims at event Saturday
    Atlanta Plugged In interview 
    Eudoxie Bridges On Nourishing Her Spirit In Eleuthera, Bahamas 
    Haute Living & Wine Access Celebrated Mother's Day Early With Angela Simmons, Eudoxie Bridges & Nina Westbrook (And Ludacris)
    Ludacris and Wife Eudoxie Celebrate The 10-Year Anniversary Of When They First Met at Ludaday Weekend - Essence 
    Ludacris Talks His Impact on Hip Hop – Kalisha Perera 
    What Happens During a Panic Attack? 
    Culture of Gabon - history, people, clothing, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family 
    Ludacris And Eudoxie Bridges Met 10 Years Ago Today, And They've Had Quite The Glow Up Together
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    • 34 min
    ENCORE: Beyoncé: Destiny's Child, Jay-Z, Fidelity and Feminism

    ENCORE: Beyoncé: Destiny's Child, Jay-Z, Fidelity and Feminism

    Few musicians are as inescapable as the Beyoncé. But even if you’ve kept up with her immeasurable press coverage and airplay over the decades, this story reveals the things you don’t know about Beyoncé Giselle Knowles. As it turns out, men aren’t the only thing that can overshadow a women’s story and success; sometimes, their own larger-than-life fame is just as much to blame.
     
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    • 48 min
    ENCORE: Kelis: Musical Kaleidoscopes, Culinary Feasts, Nas, and Moving On

    ENCORE: Kelis: Musical Kaleidoscopes, Culinary Feasts, Nas, and Moving On

    Kelis’s musical light was undeniable from the start, but it was still a struggle to shine as brightly as knew she could. She did get there, but little did she know that the same people she thought were on her side were really just out for themselves. Between that and a messy first marriage she tried to keep private, it would only take one more straw to break her silence.
     
    Nas: 5 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About God's Son
    Unmasked singer: Kelis on music, men and her missing money | Kelis | The Guardian
    Kelis on Finding Freedom Through Farming
    Kelis' Best Early-2000s Fashion Moments.
    List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1999 - Wikipedia
    Kelis age, hometown, biography | Last.fm
    Kelis - Wikipedia
    The Neptunes Discography - The Neptunes #1 fan site, all about Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
    Milkshake (song) - Wikipedia
    Take a Look at Kelis and Nas' Full Relationship Timeline.
    Nas Denies Kelis Abuse Allegations While Pleading 'We Should Be Better Examples' for Son Knight
    Why Did Nas and Kelis Divorce?
    Kelis Opens Up On Violent Relationship & Custody Battle with Nas
    Kelis on Instagram: “I just heard the record everyone is saying has my sample . But it’s beyond this song at this point . This was a TRIGGER for me . Milkshake…”
    Kelis Speaks On Contract She Signed With The Neptunes At Beginning Of Her Career
    Wanderland - Wikipedia
    Flesh Tone - Wikipedia
    Did You Know that Nas, as in Nas the Rapper, is a Venture Capitalist

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    • 36 min
    ENCORE: Tashera Simmons: DMX, 'X,' and the Battle for Earl Simmons

    ENCORE: Tashera Simmons: DMX, 'X,' and the Battle for Earl Simmons

    Tashera loved Earl Simmons from the moment she first saw him when they were kids. They reconnected as adults, but Earl’s transformation into DMX and, worse, his alter ego ‘X,’ pulled her back into the cycle of emotional abuse and neglect she’d endured while growing up.
    Sources:
    Tashera’s speech at DMX’s memorial
    People Magazine Podcast interview
    You Think You Know But You Have No Idea by Tashera Simmons
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    • 38 min
    ENCORE: Shante Broadus: Snoop, Reconciliation, and Becoming the Boss Lady

    ENCORE: Shante Broadus: Snoop, Reconciliation, and Becoming the Boss Lady

    Shante Broadus steered her husband Snoop Dogg from hapless criminal to cultural icon long before she established herself as his official manager. The woman Snoop referred to as Boss Lady almost from day one truly ended up running the empire.

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    • 35 min
    ENCORE: Kidada Jones and Tupac Shakur — All About U

    ENCORE: Kidada Jones and Tupac Shakur — All About U

    Los Angeles, the mid 1990s. Tupac Shakur is one of the biggest emcees in the world, a lyric poet of a rapper. Kidada Jones is the daughter of music legend Quincy Jones. With her mother acting again, her younger sister Rashida headed to Harvard, and her father as active as ever, twenty-one year old Kidada was left to search for her place in the world. She would find it in Tupac, ironically after he’d blasted her interracial family in an interview. 

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    • 31 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
378 Ratings

378 Ratings

mysterymach ,

Staggeringly well written.

The episode about Lou and Rachel simply sparkles with poetry, depth, understanding, respect, humor and insight. I am so impressed, though I was already a fan based on the other episodes. This one is particulary beautiful, and Rachel needed this. She deserves her place in history. Thank you for the excellent writing, please always continue whether in this medium or any other.

changagarcia ,

❤️

I love Elenor’s voice!

NiqyB ,

Love this podcast!!!

Always informative and entertaining. I kept hearing about the podcast on other podcasts and finally decided to listen…glad I did, it’s so good!!!!!

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