In a Democracy Now! exclusive, legendary activist and scholar Angela Davis speaks out after the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute rescinded a human rights award for…
From Beyoncé to Sorry to Bother You.
THE GUARDIAN ///// From psychedelic sketch shows to far-out satire, black artists are expressing the absurdity of life in a racist society by embracing the…
Hiphop Evolution on the LQ
Check out Hiphop Evolution on Netflix and catch Rapify cofounder Paradise Gray (producer of legendary group X Clan and promoter of new York’s legendary Latin Quarter Club). #rapify #hiphop…
Kento su ‘Stand 4 What’
Il viso di Colin Kaepernick, lo stesso della campagna Nike che ha suscitato polemiche e forti prese di posizione nei giorni scorsi, appare – stilizzato ma riconoscibilissimo nell’iconica posizione…
Stand 4 What ! – Intervista
Qualche giorno fa sono stato a Milano per lavoro. Mentre ero a pranzo ho scoperto che – a sorpresa – il Cox18 organizzava un dj set con Dj…
Questo mondo non è più bianco.
DI IGIABA SCEGO. L’album “Damn” di Kendrick Lamar inizia e finisce con una sparatoria. Un suono sordo, vuoto, pauroso, l’antitesi stessa della musica. E da…
The Origin Of Woke
“Woke is definitely a black experience — woke is if someone put a burlap sack on your head, knocked you out, and put you in a new…
Gentrification & Subway Dancers
Priscilla Ward breaks down just how gentrification and the police are criminalizing ‘Showtime’ for a generation of youth looking to make a way for themselves.…
The Soundtrack to #BlackLoveMatters
Almost 50 years after its release, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” may be the most recognizable Soul duet ever recorded. It’s easy…
THE ORIGINS OF WALL WRITING
Hip-hop is plagued by mythology. Whether it is the idea that Brooklyn disco DJ’s invented the music, or that breaking comes from capoeira, or that a short-lived gang truce is…