Sometimes Black folks are so hard on Black folks. To much attention and fanfare, actor Romany Malco published an article last week in Huff Post outlining his take on the Trayvon Martin case. In a crisp and spirited litany, Malco aligned himself with the chorus of folks who have decided that the Trayvon Martin case […]
Rhymes and Reasons interviews Eve Ewing about the Hip Hop songs that changed her life: A Tribe Called Quest’s “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo,” M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes,” and Serengeti’s “Day by Day.”
Yes, the Heat are the champions, again…woopdie-doo *sarcastic tone*. I said it before and I am inclined to reiterate a similar point this year. I watched game seven of the NBA finals last night from the booth of a DC “U Street” Bar. The room battled with cheers and boos as the Spurs and Heat […]
Rhymes and Reasons interviews Pugz Atomz about the Hip Hop songs that changed his life: Saafir’s “Light Sleeper,” Whodini’s “The Freaks Come Out,” “Spaceship” from Kanye West, GLC, and Consequence, and “Brooklyn Hardrock,” by Thurston Howell III.
Congratulations to Ethel “Ellie” Hylton on graduating from Harvard with the highest GPA in her class!
Jacinda Bullie – a founding member of Chicago’s influential hip-hop arts and education collective, Kuumba Lynx – talks w/ R&R about the Hip Hop songs that changed her life: “Roxanne’s Revenge,” by Roxanne Shante, the lovers’ anthem “All I Need,” by Method Man ft. Mary J. Blige, and more
This past year, I have worked as a lead facilitator in a leadership program with Black male eighth graders on the South Side of Chicago. These are Black males who attend a school that is closing as a result of Rahm Emanuel’s upheaval of Chicago Public Schools. In addition to these woes, these Black males […]
Rhymes and Reasons interviews Chicago emcee Vic Spencer about the Hip Hop songs that changed his life: “Bloodshed & War” by Da Youngstas ft. Mobb Deep, “Tonight’s da Night” from Redman and Kane & Abel’s “Black Jesus.”
This week, Rhymes and Reasons interviews Kimeco “Allegra” Roberson about the Hip Hop Songs that changed her life: 8Ball’s heartfelt ode,”This is Dedicated,” plus underrated gems from two of hip-hop great actors: ODB’s “Harlem World” and MF Doom’s “Potholderz.”
Rhymes and Reasons interviews Sage Morgan-Hubbard about the Hip Hop songs that changed her life: Arrested Development’s “People Everyday,” Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” and Queen Latifah’s “U.N.I.T.Y.”
Rhymes and Reasons interviews minster/rapper Julian “J. Kwest” DeShazier about the Hip Hop songs that changed his life: Outkast’s “13th Floor/Growing Old,” Common and Lauryn Hill’s “Retrospect for Life,” and “Triumph,” by the Wu-tang Clan
Rhymes and Reasons interviews poet Shannon Matesky about the Hip Hop songs that changed her life: TLC’s “What About Your Friends,” Lauryn Hill’s “Everything is Everything,” and Eve’s “Love Is Blind.”
