Tag: hip hop

By: Zachary Draves He was among the best of the best that Brooklyn had to offer. He was larger than life in every way. He was the quintessential hustler who ...

By: Zachary Draves He was the rose that grew from concrete who lived the thug life and became a one-man revolution through rapping, acting, and uncompromising truth-telling.  25 years after ...

By: Zachary Draves Chicago White Sox’s shortstop Tim Anderson, who admitted to never seeing Field of Dreams, wrote out the script for the sequel to the 1989 classic in dramatic ...

  By: Zach Draves He was the ruff ryder whose aggressive presence and raspy voice made him immortal.  DMX, born Earl Simmons, was one of the most compelling hip-hop artists ...

By: Zach Draves They fought the power. They welcomed us to the terrordome. Now they are delivering the state of the union. Hip Hop’s most seminal political group Public Enemy ...

By: Zach Draves 2020 has become the year of loss. Loss of legends. Loss of icons. Coach John Thompson Jr. was both. (Courtesy: Afro.com) Who He Was From his days ...

Neglect Shameful The recent acts of state violence that society perpetuates on black men and women re-galvanized an already ongoing movement to humanize and protect black people. It also shed ...

By: Zachary Draves African-Americans Still Face Discrimination The ongoing COVID-19 forces us to confront realities that we either brushed under the rug entirely or dismissed. One is disproportionate racial disparities ...

Godfather of rap It has been exactly 25 years since complications of AIDS took the Godfather of Gangsta Rap from us. Eric “Eazy E” Wright was the frontman of the seminal ...

By: Zachary Draves Common’s performance to open the NBA All-Star Game showcased the best of the Windy City. When Chicago comes to mind, some, unfortunately, resort the city to a ...