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Jazmine Sullivan on Shamelessness, Heaux Tales, and Her Biggest Year Yet
When Jazmine Sullivan decided she wanted to confess, she invited her closest friends to the pulpit and asked them to perform emotional exorcisms in the form of interludes. She told them they could retreat into a closet if they needed to, and then hit record. She wanted real-life testimonies about passion, regret, indecision, fantasy.
— By Laura O'Connel · MAR 10, 2021 —
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