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...
Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, will read at Biden inaugural
NEW YORK (AP) — At age 22, poet Amanda Gorman, chosen to read at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, already has a history of writing for official occasions. “I have kind of stumbled upon this genre. It’s been something I...
Book Review: Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ Is Both Poetically Brilliant And Tragically Honest
Jesmyn Ward’s 2017 Award-winning novel Sing, Unburied, Sing has been on my radar for a few years now, and one of my resolutions was to tackle my extensive reading list. So although I’m a bit behind the times, here’s a story that is indeed...