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A New Musical Celebrating the Life of Muhammad Ali To Play World Premiere in Chicago

Site Editor - July 12, 2024

Richard Willis, lead producer of ALI, the new musical celebrating the life and legacy of the heavyweight boxing champion and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, today announced...

Digital Daily

Coming In Hot: These Afrobeats Stars Are Set To Light Up The Summer

Tacuma Roeback, Managing Editor - June 30, 2024

Afrobeats stars Rema, Amaarae, Asake and Ayra Starr are coming to Afro Nation Detroit (Credit: X, Facebook, Capital FM Kenya). If Black life had a...

Digital Daily

The Best Reactions to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Pop Out’ Show

Tacuma Roeback, Managing Editor - June 21, 2024

Screenshot of Kendrick Lamar performing at The Pop Out: Ken and Friends (Credit: Amazon Music, X). Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” is the song of...

Arts and Culture

From America to Africa: Hip-Hop in the Motherland 50 years later

December 30, 2023

BRAIN, AN ARTIST WITH STONE TOWN RECORDS; ZENJI BOI, OWNER OF STONE TOWN RECORDS; A STONE TOWN RECORDS CUSTOMER. (PHOTO BY LAMONT JONES JR.) by...

Arts and Culture

Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment

The Conversation - August 11, 2023

by Roy Whitaker, San Diego State University It is perhaps only natural, as hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary, that people look to the genre’s future....

Arts and Culture

Hip-hop and health – why so many rap artists die young

The Conversation - July 23, 2023

Hip hop artists, from top left, clockwise, DMX, Lexii Alijai, Prince Markie Dee and Trugoy the Dove have all passed away within the past...

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Debra Lee Reveals How BET Advanced Black Programming During Her Tenure As CEO

A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor - May 1, 2023

Debra Lee served as CEO of Black Entertainment Television in an era when the cable station found ways to be innovative and entertaining. Signature...

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How Jazz Great Ahmad Jamal Changed Music And Inspired A Hip-Hop Generation

A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor - April 18, 2023

Ahmad Jamal passed at his home in Ashley Falls, MA at the age of 92. Born Fredrick Jones in Pittsburgh in 1930, Jamal began...

Arts and Culture

Rappers are victims of an epidemic of gun violence – just like all of America

The Conversation - November 21, 2022

by A.D. Carson, University of Virginia Add the name of Takeoff, a member of the popular rap trio Migos, to the ever-growing list of rappers,...

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G Herbo Partners With Dion’s Chicago Dream To Address Food Insecurity

Portia King - November 17, 2022

The Partnership is a Reflection of G Herbo’s ‘Swervin’ Through Stress’ Initiative. As the holiday season approaches, rapper G Herbo announced via Instagram that his...

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