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R.I.P. The Notorious B.I.G., Hip Hop’s Greatest Emcee
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the untimely death of Hip Hop’s greatest emcee, The Notorious B.IG. Take a moment and check out some classic Biggie videos at BlackYouthProject.com! What’s your favorite Biggie song?
Rick Ross won’t sign a female rapper because he thinks he’s “gotta f**k a couple times” first
Breaking News: Hip-hop doesn’t like women. Rick Ross appeared on The Breakfast Club to dish his thoughts on all the happenings in hip-hop culture. Eventually, the interview took a turn inwards and focused on Rozay and his own MMG label.
Kendrick Lamar Visits the White House and the Resulting Video is Perfect
Kendrick Lamar saw a lot of success since releasing “To Pimp a Butterfly” like debuting at the top of the Billboard 200 Chart, being ranked as the best album of 2015 by publications like Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Pitchfork Media, and most notably, the album was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Rap […]
#BlackGirlMagic: The ‘Girls Killing It’ Video from Aina More is Everything
A UK-based Nigerian emcee named Aina More is giving us all the magical Black girl realness in her new video for the song “Girls Killing It.”
The Right to Be Angry: An Interview with the Founders of Black Poets Speak Out
By Mwende Katwiwa “I am a Black poet who will not stay silent while this nation murders Black people. I have a right to be angry” Poet and political activist Amiri Baraka once said, “the Black artist’s role is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it”. In a recent piece penned for The […]
Stay Mad Then! : In Defence of The Right To Be Angry
On Kanye West, Azealia Banks and a call for a deeper reading of their rage. By Jay Dodd Kanye’s narrative has been riddled with often sloppily generalised tantrums. While we must hold him accountable to his “seat at the table aspirations,” we often, as consumers of his frequency of Blackness, only hear him as whiny child begging […]
Just call me black American
The following post originally appeared on Slate under the title, “Where I’m From: How a trip to Kenya changed the way I think about the terms African-American and black American.” By: Aisha Harris One of the first times I recall being asked the question “Where are you from?” was also one of the first […]
Jackson Rising: People Power and the New Cooperative Movement
By Lamont Lilly Once home to some of the most violent racists in the U.S., Jackson, Mississippi is now a key training ground for self-determination and organized “people power” throughout the U.S. South. From May 2 through May 4, 2014 activists, organizers and fellow revolutionaries from all over the world gathered at the […]
Event: Face of Darkness – Journey to Healing
Filmmakers Squeaky Moore and Kenneth “KT” Nelson, along with executive producers Terrie M. Williams and Mari Yanuzzi will host the “Face of Darkness” – Journey to Healing event at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in New York City at 6 p.m.
Alicia Keys’ ‘Keep a Child Alive’ benefit nets $4 million
To say that Alicia Keys had a successful fundraising event would be an understatement. The “girl on fire” made it rain this past weekend by raising $4 million at her Keep a Child Alive Black Ball to benefit children and families impacted by AIDS in India & South Africa.
FM Supreme among “9 Underground Female Rappers You Need to Know about”
On its list of “9 Underground Female Rappers You Need to Know About,” you’ll see familiar names like Angel Haze and Awkwafina. But among the list is BYP 100’s very own FM Supreme.
What about Team Brown Skin?
I never had to deal with colorism most of my life. It wasn’t until these past few years, I realized that racism is not the only hurdle we must overcome. I don’t want to sound predictable. I want to share my thoughts with you. I’m a brown skinned woman. Brown as in carmel. As in Reginal Hall or Halle Berry […]