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Helloooooo hotness! Sade Serena! Dang, girl! #Stunner! Sade is a Miami native who’s been bringing the serious heat to Billboard with her EP hitting #2 on the Heat seekers South Atlantic charts. She has performed for BET Music Matters in NYC and on…
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Delux Legends: Twista by DeWarren Smith The pool of living legends in Rap music maybe few but it is certainly deep. On August 12th, the rap veteran Twista will race onto the scene with his ninth album, The Dark Horse….
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Tef Poe Pens Open Letter to Hip Hop Hero by DeWarren Smith Top of the S.L.U.M. FEST pyramid one day, and today, at the top of the internet and major blog sites such as ‘2Dopeboyz,’ and ‘The Smoking Section,’ is…
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BOW! The KING is here! That’s right. King Foxx’s Mixtape is here TODAY, so click here to download the mix tape NOW! Believe the hype. Our cover beauty, Tiffany Foxx, drops her highly-anticipated project. She will make you get outta your seat with…
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Am I wrong for listening to this over and over? It just feels so right! This summer hit has us all bobbing our heads in the car. I’ve seen you. Yes, you. And you saw me, too. #shameless This dynamic Norwegian…
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Rave Reviews for D.L. Hughley at Lumiere Theatre “I laughed so hard my sides literally ache!,” exclaimed another satisfied comedy patron upon exiting Lumiere Theatre Saturday night. “We had the best time! Our dinner was fabulous, and that show!…
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Sole of the City: Kansas City’s Got Sole Written By: Brandon Kendrick Photos By: Ryan L. Benjamin & Brandon Kendrick From the souls in our hearts to the soles on our feet, KC Sole has taken the Midwest sneaker community…
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COMMENTARY: Kanye West Makes a Mockery of Black Oppression for Profit By BlackAmericaWeb.com If anyone deserves boycotting, it’s Kanye West. Just ask Rev. Al Sharpton who is calling for a national boycott of West, the controversial hip-hop artist, over his new clothing line that features…
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Underscoring the tragedy of rape, abortion, and domestic violence, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf” serendipitously begins at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center as Domestic Violence Awareness month ends. Continuing the…
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‘I GOT SUNSHINE’ WORDS BY: GERREN KEITH GAYNOR Avery Sunshine may not be a household name, but she’s most certainly an attention grabber. Her name, stylized with a noticeable asterisk, stops you in your tracks. “It’s one name,” Avery boldly…
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Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks is the first museum exhibition to survey the career of this Chicago-born, New York-based artist. Using photography, painting, sculpture, and video, Johnson challenges entrenched ways of thinking…
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Despite everyone thinking Kanye West’s new album cover would feature a gold melted Jesus piece, the rapper has squashed the metallic rumors by taking to his website to post what’s being billed as the official artwork. West is apparently adopting a minimalistic…
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LACK OF DIVERSITY IN THE FASHION WORLD? We spend a lot of time chronicling the lack of diversity in the fashion industry. And for good reason–it’s a major problem. When top fashion magazines aren’t using models of color because they’re…
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Nigerian performance artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji comes to St. Louis to perform her work, A tortoise walks majestically on window ledges, which explores her parents’ relationship that began in St. Louis in the 1960s. Ogunji examines her family history, making use of family…
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Copeland, 30, is working on a memoir for Simon & Schuster’s Touchstone imprint and picture book for G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, part of Penguin Group (USA). Copeland helped break ground as an African American female soloist for the American Ballet Theatre. According to a release Wednesday by the two publishers, both of her books are scheduled for 2014.
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The Progress of Love The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts presents the exhibition The Progress of Love, on view from November 16, 2012 to April 20, 2013. As part of an unprecedented transatlantic collaboration, The Progress of Love at the…
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