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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…
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.…
Dear Terry Crews, “Black Supremacy” is Not The By-Product of a Post-White Supremacy Society
This morning, actor Terry Crews was trending on Twitter for all the wrong reasons. The America’s…
Now That The We Are Focused On Justice And Reform Can That Extend To Rap Music?
The world is finally paying attention to social justice for persons of color. Worldwide, people are…
The Revolution is Here and How Hip Hop Should Fill Its Role
The centuries of systemic racism in America that permeates every crevice of society has finally come…
I Can’t Breathe – Another Lynching in Broad Daylight
‘I can’t breathe – The murder of George Floyd was a lynching in broad daylight.’ The…
Black Wall Street Reverberates Through the 2020 Protests Movement
On May 31st and June 1st, 1921, the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma burned to the…
Being Brown In America: What’s Next?
America is on fire. Not a surprise to many after another life was senselessly taken away…
Redo ’93: Tupac Shakur’s Shootout With Police Proves Power To People
Tupac Shakur was about that action. For all the conversations about the subject matter of his…
Minneapolis is Burning Over George Floyd But Judge Not The Tipping Point
Minneapolis is burning. Los Angeles stopped the freeways. Memphis is fed up and in the streets.…
[WATCH] Girl Tossed in the Pool Against Her Will: Are Black Girls Disrespected in Hip-Hop?
A video is going viral of rapper Dream Doll and her friends at a party in…
