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A few weeks ago, writer slash (cultural) critic slash Twitter all-star, Toure published a piece in the The New York Times about the allegedly recent flurry of white women rappers. From rehashing black respectability in an article about Michael Vick, to considering the black middle class in a discussion of the Obamas’ vacationing tendencies, Toure is no stranger […]

The stories of living in America, as told by Black folks, often expresses discontent with its living conditions, but we love America just as much as we feel that it does us wrong. Hip-Hop keeps alive this Black narrative of cultural-nationalism or locale-nationalism, of love for and pride in American land ties. Every Hip-Hop artist, […]

26 year-old Kalisha Madden has been missing since November 28th, yet Madden is receiving very little coverage from national media outlets. Are the lives of people of color somehow less valuable? Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!

Here are 5 artists that are going to be HUGE in 2012. Some you may know, some you may not. But I’m downright positive that these individuals will hit it BIG next year, just in time for the apocalypse….

Last week, The (Legendary) Roots crew, ?uestlove in particular, got into a bit of trouble for choosing to play Fishbone’s song, “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” as the walk-on music for Republican presidential candidate, Michele Bachmann during her appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqeVjopXLWI Brother ?uestion was wrong.

Talk That Talk is the probably the best pop album of the year. So If you’re hungry for something of great social and political import, go curl up with some Marx. The rest of us’ll be listening to Talk That Talk. And having FUN.

THIS IS YOUR BYP WAKE-UP CALL According to AllHipHop.com, Busta Rhymes has signed a record deal with Cash Money Records! Now this may seem like eyebrow-raising news, but perhaps not. Busta’s had a pretty phenomenal year, mainly because of his showstealing appearance on Chris Brown’s “Look At Me Now.” He may be kinda old, but […]

When I was little I got a kick out flipping through the “Where’s Waldo” books. The intellectual stimulation I received from tirelessly searching for the bookish looking White guy in the not-so conspicuous red –striped shirt kept me engaged for hours on end. Yesterday, it seemed as if 18 years later I was forced to […]

  If I must have something that I don’t like about having locks, it would be that I can’t rock a snapback. Had there not been so much of a conversion in the herds of Black youth—fitted caps are nearly extinct among the heads of the coolest kids—my lament over snap backs would not even […]

Happy Halloween. Although it was my initial instinct to write a nice little note to white college students about prudence in choosing Halloween costumes, since most of the parties happened last weekend, it seemed like an irrelevant post. Instead, I will wait for a photo gallery on the HuffPo and pretend to be appalled. So […]

Last Monday HBO debuted the documentary on the life and work of legendary artist and activist Harry Belafonte, “Sing Your Song”. To call it must see TV is an understatement. “Sing Your Song” details how Harry Belafonte went from the first platinum selling musician, to international movie star heartthrob, to fearless advocate for oppressed people […]

Who knows; after actually witnessing public sentiment firsthand, maybe he’ll do a bit less of the shameless name-checking of every exotic, exclusive, uber-expensive name brand he can think of.

What say you, readers? Is Kanye’s appearance at @OccupyWallSt. a sign of it’s growing power…or its overexposure?