Happy Birthday To The Music That Raised Me: A Girl’s Ode To Hip Hop

The birth of Hip-Hop infused a flavor element into the world that not everyone was prepared…

This is America… Masked White Supremacists March at Lincoln Memorial

This is America…. A gang of white men half masked walking in broad daylight with police…

Remembering DMX: A Personal Story

Beloved rapper/actor/philanthropist DMX passed away last Friday at the tender age of 50.After a week-long battle…

Op-Ed: Whitelash Will Not Silence Us

Congress finally certified the votes of the Electoral College for the 2020 election of the United…

Native American Hip Hop: Rhymes and Stories from the City to the Rez

by: Kyle Mays November is Native American Heritage Month. But how many people knew that? Better…

[Op-Ed] Hip Hop Democracy and the Future of Our Freedom

by Kyle T. Mays, Ph.D. In the wake of the election of president-elect Joe Biden and…

First Kanye, 50 Cent And Now Lil Wayne: We Need Our Men Today

First it was Kanye, then 50 Cent and now Lil Wayne standing beside arguably— one of…

Amy Coney Barrett: Handmaid or Heroine | Opinion Editorial

By Nkechi Taifa, Esq. We cannot understand the current moment without viewing it with a historical…

This ‘Watch The Throne’ Verse Could Explain What’s Going on With Kanye West

On August 8, 2011 Kanye West and Jay-Z dropped what would become a Grammy nominated joint…

Jefferson Davis Statue Comes Down in Richmond as America is Forced Into Atonement

As the protest movement roils on, America’s forced atonement is now targeting its greatest sin: slavery.…