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Back in 2009 Jay Electronica, a mysterious, very lyrical, rapper from New Orleans, captivated the collective Hip Hop Community with the Just Blaze produced song – “Exhibit C.” A haunting Billy Stewart sample supported Jay as he told the tale…
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“Who gave you the audacity to be an artist?” The world-renowned artist and executive director of one the city’s premier music programs, Brian Owens, carefully thought about the question. “There are a number of people who gave me the audacity….
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For the 3rd consecutive year, St. Louis artists and photographers collaborate to bring the city a taste of sensuality, seduction and soul as GLoveBoxX Arts & Ent. presents: The 3rd annual SeptembERotica Art Showcase. Adorned with erotic exhibitions, the aesthetic…
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Chano and Smino were on Ellen performing their hit off “Eternal” Chance’s The Big Day! This made my day so much so that I tried several times to Repost it and Share it while ducking inside my cubicle. This year…
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In 2016 Dave Chappelle inked a major deal with Netflix to deliver three stand-up comedy specials. At the end of August he is back having released his latest special ‘Sticks & Stones.’ Chappelle is back in his truest form with this stand-up…
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Now in its 22nd year, Paint Louis – the Graffiti writing juggernaut that artistically beautifies the riverfront flood wall is set to return! Paint Louis is an amazing time for everyone and it would be my pick for a great…
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Welp, seems like Marlon Wayans is coming into his own, again. His new film Sextuplets (now streaming on Netflix) is a delightful comedy about an orphan who grows up to find out he is one of six children, right before…
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There are few black comic book writers and there are fewer here in St. Louis. One of them is David Gorden. He’s a writer and artist to comic books. His own creation, Kwame Hightower and the Man with No Name,…
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Black-ish creator, Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams are teaming up to bring some blackness to Broadway. The two industry geniuses have recently announced they will be creating a stage musical about Juneteenth—the black Independence Day—and last official day of slavery….
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The heavens have been opened and the musical gods have reigned down on us. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of her multiplatinum debut, Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the neo soul/hip hop queen herself is returning to St. Louis. First gracing…
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Looks like this summer is going to be another hot one for music artists. Stadium sellout artists like Beyoncé and Jay Z, Childish Gambino, and Rae Sremmurd are hitting the road, but that’s not all. Chris Brown will also be…
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Uniquely positioned as possibly the first and only nationwide Master Class Series, a program featuring African American classical music masters and designed to partner with HBCUs, is on the move with National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) federal funding. Now…
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EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. On April 26-27, an exciting array…
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Nubian Man avenges deaths of the Nubian people, or at least that’s how it’s going to go in this new comic book series created by Jersey-born writer, Zinc Nguvu, and illustrator Terry Brown of Lexington, Kentucky. The comic series derived…
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African Americans have been making history left and right in Hollywood. Sterling K. Brown is just one of many actors who are grabbing the reigns of being first, and he’s not the only one. On Sunday, Jordan Peele became the…
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There’s no better way to solidify the meaning behind Black History Month, than to release the official portraits of our 44th President and First Lady. This spring, Washington D.C. travelers and residents will have something new to gaze upon. On…
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