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Erika Marie

Las Vegas

Features Editor and Journalist at HotNewHipHop

Founding Editor at Our Black Girls

journalist • IG: xiErikaMarie • Founder: @OurBlackGirls & REK • Features Editor: @HotNewHipHop • Views are my own • seen in VICE, NPR, TIME, ABC 7, NYT & more.

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  • 1 week ago | ourblackgirls.com | Erika Marie

    Search efforts continue in Kansas as authorities look for Wanda Dyer. The 74-year-old was last seen on March 21, 2025, captured in surveillance footage around Lawrence and Eudora. Her husband of 46 years, David Dyer, shared details of their final communication before she went missing. “She left a note saying she was going to go pay an AT&T bill, and the note was timed at 8:33 (a.m.),” David told KSHB 41 News. “She used to leave me notes.” He added, “It’s like a nightmare that doesn’t end.

  • 1 week ago | hotnewhiphop.com | Erika Marie

    Tonight (May 5), fashion's most prestigious stage shifts its focus to something deeper than fleeting trends. The 2025 Met Gala theme, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," is more than a glossy celebration of couture. It is a sharp homage to Black Dandyism, a centuries-old language of self-definition and quiet defiance. For Black men, women, and non-binary visionaries, Dandyism has never been about vanity. It is armor, poetry, and rebellion stitched into sharp lapels and silk-lined cuffs.

  • 2 weeks ago | hotnewhiphop.com | Erika Marie

    There’s no shortage of chaos when it comes to Kanye West, but in recent years, his public unraveling has taken a disturbing shape. He’s gone on social media tirades, called himself a Nazi, alienated himself from Hip Hop culture, and taken shots at nearly everyone who once stood beside him. Still, the person who has endured the worst of his verbal attacks remains his equally as famous ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. Kanye has made Kim the centerpiece of his ongoing meltdowns.

  • 2 weeks ago | hotnewhiphop.com | Erika Marie

    BY Erika Marie Published 11 mins ago Link Copied to Clipboard! Link Copied to Clipboard! Mondaii returns with his new single “Swet,” bringing dance-floor energy on a track about freedom, movement, & self-love. The music hustle continues for rising artist Mondaii, who is back with a new single, "Swet." The Southern-born talent has already made waves, from collaborating with K. Michelle to earning praise from legends like Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

  • 2 weeks ago | hotnewhiphop.com | Erika Marie

    Lil Wayne is undeniably a generational talent. Hailed as a G.O.A.T. in Hip Hop, if not music as a whole, Weezy is an icon whose influence spans decades. Yet, for all the ways Wayne has shaped the culture, there’s one thing he’s consistently refused to do completely: engage with it. Or at least, that’s what he says.

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Erika Marie • @OurBlackGirls
Erika Marie • @OurBlackGirls @xiErikaMarie
6 May 25

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Erika Marie • @OurBlackGirls
Erika Marie • @OurBlackGirls @xiErikaMarie
2 May 25

RT @zellieimani: Mutual aid is not new. It’s how our ancestors made a way out of no way.

Erika Marie • @OurBlackGirls
Erika Marie • @OurBlackGirls @xiErikaMarie
28 Apr 25

RT @zellieimani: Racism is only a touchy subject for closet racists.