Artists like Lupe Fiasco, Rhymefest and 9th Wonder are a few of the vanguards making a lane for hip hop. Artist and professor Lupe Fiasco recently took to his Twitter to announce his appointment to Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute starting in Fall 2025. He explained the details of his job, stating, “As a Distinguished […]
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Media Broadcasting veteran Sam Sirmons is preserving the lineage of black communication one broadcast at a time. Our community values truth-tellers and articulate spokespeople, often looking to them to be the people’s voice. Radio has long been a vehicle for communicating those truths and for black people our disc jockeys have been those guys, from […]
Panama born and Atlanta raised rapper GuapoGuapo is doing his part to tell his story. Music is a connector, bringing people from around the world together through the shared experience of vibes and dances. Even when we struggle to find the words to say what we are thinking to people we meet, music gives us […]
Alternative R&B group Arkose is part of Atlanta’s burgeoning indie music scene. Sedimentary rock combines various materials and elements, creating a soft but crystallised rock. In today’s musical era, which is growing and morphing more out of its boxes, influences from different genres are becoming the norm as the lines get increasingly blurred. For Atlanta […]
Genre defying duo Ring and Dolla’s newest project is a journey into the past, present, and future. Retro fusion duo WHOAA recently surprised longtime and new fans on social media when they announced the release of their latest project, Welcome to WHOAA Land. Created by singer Ring and emcee Dolla, engineered and mixed by accomplished […]
East Atlanta emcee Grip is a maverick who wants his just dues. Atlanta’s impact and reign over music has been a foregone conclusion for the last thirty-plus years, covering all facets from R&B and soul to hip hop. Often people focus on the impact of early rap icons like OutKast, sonic pioneers like Future and […]
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What I read in Summer 2024 Highlights ☕ I read the most in the morning 💌 I subscribed to 4 new Substacks 📽️ I watched 7 minutes of video ❤️ I liked 7 posts 💬 I left 1 comment on posts 📜 I scrolled 1 meter in Notes 🕵️ I discovered 1 new post via […]
My Thoughts on T.I.’s second album. 21 Years after its release, it remains one of his most insightful and important projects. @solomonhillfleet#greenscreen #fypage Tiktok failed to load. Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browser
Charlotte’s DJ King built his empire from the ground up and became royalty. People see a successful person and immediately assume that their opulence and fame resulted from their connections, money, or hustle. Still, they fail to see the behind-the-scenes work that goes unnoticed. For DJ King, who has become a fixture in Charlotte’s rap […]
Mark Sanders Jr’s 9 Pillars to Succeed Is the Foundation for Black Success. Information is all around us, but with the advent of deep fakes and the unrelenting opinions surrounding us, it can be hard to know what we need to know and even more whom we can trust. As helpful as interviews are, we […]
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