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Ava Duvernay’s documentary, The 13th, will be the opening film at the New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) 54th Festival. It’s the first non-fiction film to open the event in the NYFF’s history; if you haven’t already, let us toast to Duvernay’s #BlackGirlMagic. I want to take it a step further though, I want to uplift […]

Actor Tyler James Williams is changing up the game in the acting world by starring in a new show called RePlay which will stream on mobile devices.

Musicians are truly stepping up their game when it comes to giving support for Flint, Michigan citizens. The Game is the newest rapper to give money or supplies to the city with lead-contaminated water. According to the Michigan Chronicle, the rapper has donated $500,000 of his money during their crisis. He has also said that […]

2015 was a year of anger and frustration on the political front. It was a year when more innocent Black lives were lost due to police violence. It was also a year where a blatant disrespect for blackness was manifested through the repeated instances of cultural appropriation in the media i.e. Rachel Dolezal and Kylie […]

Meet Kyemah McEntyre, a senior at Cecily Tyson School of Performing Arts. The Orange, New Jersey resident designed and created this regal dress for prom. “This is for always being labeled as, “ugly” or “angry”. Thank God, stereotypes are just opinions,” McEntyre tweeted. Yep.

Yesterday, President Obama proposed making community college free for those “who are willing to work for it.”

George Zimmerman has agreed to box anybody. That’s right. Zimmerman, who has apparently taken up boxing since being acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin in 2012, will be jumping in the ring–for charity. While his opponent has yet to be selected, rapper and reality television star The Game told TMZ that he’d “beat the f*** out […]

Anna Angel has been coping with incredible devastation.The mother of five lost her children and her boyfriend when her mobile home caught fire while she was at work. Although nothing can replace the lives lost, rappers The Game and Drake have donated money to help with the financial stress of the situation.

  It was the wise Martin Luther King Jr. that stated, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Though explicitly referring to the active disenfranchisement of Black people in the 60’s, this powerful quote provides much truth in the context of urban violence. As a nation, our discourse on urban violence has been exceptionally […]

  A screenshot from the music video, “We Changed the Game” directed by Khamisi Norewood, for the Game Changers Project  Much has been made over the recent activism in Hip-Hop over the last few weeks, especially after seeing community pressure cause Rick Ross and Lil Wayne lose lucrative endorsement deals. I recently came across a very interesting […]

Paradise “The Arkitech” Gray and Jasiri X  I had the honor of interviewing Paradise Gray for the Game Changers Project at Elite Studios in Pittsburgh, PA. Paradise has a long history of activism and has been an instrumental part of building unity in our community since moving to Pittsburgh. Paradise talks about his history in […]

After the Occupy Wall Street Movement finally got some coverage form the mainstream media, due to some very bad behavior by the NYPD, the blogosphere began to buzz with post after post about what #OccupyWallStreet was doing wrong. From the message to the way the protestors were dressed, #OccupyWallStreet was dissected and criticized by so […]