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...
After a tumultuous 2020, Black leaders weigh next steps
DETROIT (AP) — As a barrier-breaking year draws to a close, there’s one undeniable fact: the strength of Black political power. Black voters were a critical part of the coalition that clinched President-elect Joe Biden’s White House...
In ‘Ma Rainey,’ channeling the blues of August Wilson
NEW YORK (AP) — Like many of those involved in the making of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s not easy for Viola Davis to summarize what playwright August Wilson has meant to her except to answer, “Everything.”...