Award winning writer, counselor, and activist Edward M. Garnes, Jr., founder of From Afros To Shelltoes (FATS), a community based art programming collective focused on bridging generation gaps between youth, elders, and hip hop heads, will serve as a celebrity judge during TeenFest 2k11, a free annual public health education event focused on substance abuse prevention and violence reduction on March 26, 2011 at the at North Carolina School of Science and Math (1912 West Club Boulevard Durham, NC 27705) from 10am to 4pm.

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From Afros To Shelltoes is your one stop shop for all things progressive and universally cool. Enjoy this ultra exclusive World Premiere of Cody ChesnuTT’s “Do Better To The Young” shot and directed by Shannon McCollum (The Gordon Parks of Hip Hop) for Same Camera Different Eye.

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A Clean Comedy event showcasing the top artists in the nation! Featuring:freestyle fellow Focus,musician Kevin Spears, saxophonist Ryan Whitehead, live band The Branches, seasoned comedy Veterans, BlackTop Improv Group, BET Comedian Double D, and DJ Genius on the 1′s and 2′s.

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In Live From Mamma’s Basement newest segment Eddie on Sports, Ed Garnes summarizes Michael Vick’s Road To Redemption, negroes, credit unions, and the sociopolitical implications of athletes in 2 minutes and 6 seconds.

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Whether your affinities run toward the aesthetic appreciation of Art, insight of Poetry, lyricism of Hip-Hop, warm feel of Soul Music, naked honesty of an Acoustic set or the raucous energy of Rock & Roll, VERBAL SLICK “LIVE” is your one stop listening and viewing venue for the best of it all. Hosted by SPINXX FEB 19th 8pm featuring artist seen on HBO/MTV/BET/CNN.

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Clayton Perry’s definitive interviews with respected artists like Janelle Monae, Space Cowboy, Lady Gaga, Common, John Legend, Katy Perry, and Eric Roberson have industry ears buzzing.

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Eric Roberson’s tear drop ballad “Still” garnered a second Grammy nomination in as many years. Support our friends at Center Stage as Roberson rocks with ATL based songbird Algebra on January 15,2011.

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photo:Shannon McCollum Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and record producer Raphael Saadiq has announced the release of his fifth studio album Stone Rollin’ on March 22, 2011 on Columbia Records.

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On January 8, 2011, Dallas’ Conduit Gallery plays host to Pecou’s Second Childhood, a new body work pulled from his HARD TO DEATH series examining social behaviors within black male culture. Black masculinity aint gonna neva’ be the same. Now, run and tell that homeboy!

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Dr. Mark Anthony Neal and Dr. Boyce Walks wax poetics on removal of N word from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn on CNN.

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Celebrated poet and renaissance woman, jessica Care moore pushes the boundaries of craft with the premiere of her Conceptual Art Installation, NANOC: I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC: Deconstructing the Literary Canon at The Dell Pryor Gallery on January 7, 2011.

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Ed & Sugar are back to tickle your funny bone and caress your conscious on Season 2 of Live From Mamma’s Basement. The needless Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim beef in context, watered down hip hop, why Willow Smith is the bomb, and the need for diverse images of black female artists.

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