The History of the Fade
Ebony.com series detailing the origins of black roots – If there was ever a haircut that exemplified coolness, it has…
Year: 2016
No HalfSteppin, the NYTimes Review !
The most valuable and also vexing thing about nightclubs is that you can’t get in. Not to the good ones,…
No Halfsteppin
My first ever book in english it’s out: No HalfSteppin. Published by Wax Poetics and co-authored with Paradise Gray aka…
Anti-apocalypse Mixtape
Here’s a quick, 30-song mixtape for the organisers, writers, thinkers, movers and dreamers who are in the constant struggle against…
Freed Panther Sekou Odinga speaks
We spend the hour focusing on the Black Panther Party’s legacy of political prisoners in the United States. Perhaps the…
25 Years Ago, Organized Konfusion 1st album
During the final week of October in 1991, two MCs and producers bubbling with analytical perspectives and bursting with Hip-Hop…
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Twenty-five years ago, a duo whose sound was decidedly different from what was popular at the time stepped to Hip-Hop…
Inside Hip-Hop’s New Activist Era
On July 7th, Jay Z did something out of character: He released a protest song. The rapper had reportedly wired tens of thousands…
Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life was the culmination of a historic period of creativity for Stevie Wonder. Its ambition…