Nas & DJ Premier: Light-Years Album Review
“The universe thinks and responds to your thinking, and this is the essence of what Hip Hop is for us; it is our relationship with divinity. Hip Hop is what we are doing with our portion of GOD.” KRS-One On April 16th, 2025, Mass Appeal...
Anika Noni Rose to Star & Produce New Afro-Futurist Animated Series
Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose has been tapped to both star in and produce the pilot for the upcoming animated series ‘The Uptown Chronicles’. Taking place in the year 2100 Chicago, ‘The Uptown Chronicles’ follows the adventures...
Ghanaian Artist Kwesi Botchway On Artistic Expression Through Portraiture And New Exhibit “Homecoming”
Kwesi Botchway, a distinguished artist from Accra-Ghana, spoke with Artnet’s Naomi Rea to discuss his current exhibition “Homecoming: The Aesthetic of the Cool” and why painting Black faces is such an integral part of his work. Heavily...
Kaitlyn Greenidge On Her Novel ‘Libertie’ And Exploring The Definition Of Freedom
In an interview with Kukuwa Ashan of Electric Lit, Kaitlyn Greenidge discusses her recently released novel, Libertie––one of JARO’s most anticipated reads of 2021. A gripping story about the meaning of freedom, Libertie follows free-born...