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The Kenny Burns Show Is Crucial
Kenny Burns breaks bread with jazz legend Wynton Marsalis and All Star guests.
Shannon McCollum Stars In Atl Documentary NEXT
NEXT: The Documentary follows the rising stars of Hip Hop photographer Shannon McCollum, Jazz and roll duo Daysahead, spoken word slam champion Ayodele Heath and literary agitator Jelani Cobb in a series of four vignettes.
Ask Ed & Sugar: Ny Post Monkey Business Get Down Or Lay Down
To parallel Obama’s intricate policies and a monkey running the streets is less than unacceptable. It seems as if a black person in the U.S. cannot rise to a position of power without some major form of belittlement – whether it’s being the head cook in the high school cafeteria or the undisputed heavyweight champ.
40 Years No Acres and I’m the Mule
Live from the corporate plantation, Sugar weighs in on deferred dreams and coping with 9 to 5 brown nosers.
Big Boi Hip Hop Heads Highlight Grand Theft Auto Launch
Big Boi and hip hop heads use gaming as a release from everyday stress…
Feb 21 STIR Labor of Love Career Counseling
R&B group DRU HILL just added!! Ed & Cocktails offer Career Counseling and Good Times @ STIR 2/21/09!!
Like A Slave On Freedom Morning
I wrote this piece when I left the plantation (my 9 to 5) at a college who slept on my genius. Don’t be a slave to your job…get your dreams out of layaway…find your FREEDOM MORNING!! I dedicate this poem to my homie Jessica Care Moore, a friend, poet, mother, and warrior who does not have to walk alone (WE GOT U)…
New Black: Tastemaker Kenny Burns Gets Dreams Out of Layaway
For the uninitiated, Burns is a “lifestyle specialist” adept at forecasting trends well before a hibernating status quo has a clue. Just as Harlem Renaissance artists, businessmen, activists, and politicians appropriated the term “New Negro” to challenge conventional notions of black identity, Burns represents a cooler offspring “The New Black,” a cultural armor defining a new space of creative expression and personal agency.
How Fahamu Got Us To Drink His Red Kool Aid
The following joint is an exclusive excerpt– Ed Garnes’ essay– from FAHAMENON, internationally acclaimed artist Fahamu Pecou’s art catalogue.
Anthony David ATL Grammy Party
Our homie Anthony David & India.Arie are nominated for a Grammy (Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals). Peep the flyer to RSVP!
Carla Aaron Lopez’s Rebellion My(black)American Life
Black is the new cool. With the superstar status of Obama and suburban youth still bumpin’ hip hop in their Volvos, black identity continues to be redefined and appropriated by mainstream consumer culture. And as we all the weather the Matrix, burgeoning photographer Carla Aaron-Lopez captures the grace and underappreciated complexity of black folks with her visual playground My (black)American Life.
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