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…
February 5th, 2016. I woke up and started to get ready for my 9 AM class. As I wiped the last bit of sleep from eyes and groggily checked my email on my phone the realization that the day I had been waiting months, okay let’s be honest years, for was here. The notification from Apple […]
“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…
New Orleans, LA – Token Empire, a new original web series currently in development, has released a teaser for its Kickstarter funding campaign. The campaign which is already a staff pick on Kickstarter. Token Empire tells the story of a dysfunctional New Orleans rock band that must scramble to make…
The song “Strange Fruit” captures a tragic part of Black history, and was one of the first popular songs that called attention to the horrors of racism in America. The lyrics are a poem that describes lynching with disturbingly vivid imagery. Over the years this song has been covered by so many…
June is both Black Music Month and LGBT Pride Month. Today I’m featuring a musician who was a member of both the Black and LGBT communities. Billy Preston was an immensely talented singer, composer and keyboardist. Preston was a child prodigy who, by age 10, had already played organ for legendary…
This week I’m sharing 2 throwbacks. The first one is Hazel Scott. This magical Black woman was a piano prodigy who, at age 8, received scholarships to study at Julliard. She went on to perform jazz and classical music on radio shows, clubs, and concert halls all over. She appeared in several films,…
This week I’ve got 2 morsels of magical Black girl goodness to share. We’ll start with a super throwback. In 1929 Bessie Smith, blues legend, starred in one of the earliest “talkies” by the name of St. Louis Blues. Watching actual footage of Smith acting and singing was a treat…
