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Chuck D Launches Graphic Novel Inspired by Public Enemy Album Z2 Comics is partnering with Chuck D to create a graphic novel inspired by Public Enemy’s 1991 album, Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black.BY LARRY SWANSONPUBLISHED 5 DAYS AGO Z2 Comics is collaborating with UMe and Def Jam Recordings on Apocalypse 91: Revolution Never Sleeps, the first graphic […]
Continue ReadingHow Basquiat and Street Artists Left Their Mark on Hip-Hop Culture Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he was part of the Neo-expressionism movement. WikipediaBorn: December 22, 1960, Brooklyn, New York, NYDied: August 12, 1988, Great Jones Street, New York, NY […]
Continue ReadingCORONAVIRUS UPDATES Heart Inflammation In Teens And Young Adults After COVID-19 Vaccine Is Rare, CDC Says Updated June 23, 20215:32 PM ET Enlarge this image A teenager enters a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine site this month in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens in New York City.Scott Heins/Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Continue ReadingAt least one person was killed and several others were injured after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in southern Florida‘s Miami-Dade County early Thursday morning, authorities said. The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue received a call at around 1:30 a.m. local time about a partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in the small, beachside town […]
Continue ReadingJUNE 22, 2021 1:30PM ET Dame Dash Prohibited From Selling Jay-Zâs âReasonable Doubtâ as NFT Following Roc-A-Fella Lawsuit Judge sides with label, but Dash claims he wasnât trying to mint and sell the album as an NFT, but rather his entire stake in Roc-A-Fella Records UPDATE (6/22): A judge has ruled in favor of Roc-A-Fella Records and […]
Continue ReadingAnna Morgan-Lloyd pleaded guilty to a single charge of illegally demonstrating in the Capitol building and was sentenced to three years of probation. WASHINGTON â A 49-year-old woman from Indiana who came to Washington with her hairdresser friend was put on probation Wednesday in the first sentence stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. […]
Continue ReadingThe Historical Legacy of Juneteenth On âFreedomâs Eve,â or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night services took place. On that night, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across the country awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. At the stroke of midnight, prayers […]
Continue ReadingThe museumâs part of a $349 million mixed-use project being built along the Harlem River waterfront in the Bronx. Years in the making, the Universal Hip-Hop Museum is getting closer to physical reality. Several hip-hop legends attended the groundbreaking at the site of the permanent home of the museum yesterday. Nas, LL Cool J, Fat Joe, Lil Kim, Naughty […]
Continue Reading(CNN)Viola Fletcher was 7 years old when she witnessed one of worst acts of racial violence the US has ever seen.An angry White mob rampaged through Tulsa’s Greenwood District in Oklahoma, killing hundreds of Black people and leaving her thriving neighborhood in ashes in 1921.The 107-year-old testified before members of a House Judiciary subcommittee on […]
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