B. Magic is an old soul thriving in the new school. A driving force in the nationally-recognized Hood Hippies collective, the producer, writer and emcee has begun a journey to musical stardom with mentorship and activism at the helm. The Delaware native can be considered a son of the South, with ideas…
“Death is the sentence and your skin is the conviction” –King Keon Overnight, Karega Bailey’s “No Indictment” track dropped and was picked up by Urban Cusp, AllHipHop.com and various other online platforms. I had the honor of watching the video a few days before it premiered and all I could…
Written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa (The Wood, Brown Sugar), Dope is a coming of age story with an awkward, nerdy kid from the hood at its center. Malcolm Adekambi knows what’s being said about it him by society. Even with his 90’s high top and wardrobe fresh off Yo! MTV Raps, he still fits […]
“Me AF*.” That’s what I kept thinking as I was watching one of my favorite emcees bring iconic Blues legend, Bessie Smith to life-from the time Bessie clocked the perv who took it too far and throughout the film. A major difference between Smith and I is that she’s got the size…
The highly anticipated Bessie Smith biopic ‘Bessie’ premiered on HBO May 16, 2015 to generally favorable reviews. It is only fitting that the Chattanooga, Tennessee native commonly hailed as “The Empress of Blues” was portrayed by hip-hop royalty Queen Latifah in the film directed by Dee Ress…
We here at The Visibility Project like our books. We like our essays and we love our Black Feminists and other Revolutionaries operating on the behest of those in marginalized groups. Whether it’s B. Alexandra sharing her book list from an AfroFuturism-centered course in her PhD program, or the rest…
When the opening track of an album starts with the chant “every nigger is a star,” a wave emotions may rush over you. You may be confused at the use of the ever-controversial word as something positive, you may understand the revolutionary notion of unapologetically declaring niggas as stars or you may adopt…
I’m a devout viewer of Scandal. I actually watched the first season live. No catch-ups for me! Yes, Me and Scandal have gone through the highs and the lows together. I was patient through the really choppy second season and even stuck with it through that horrific mess of a third season. The show…
