As she appears on the computer screen for AAFCA’s Virtual roundtable, Tracee Ellis Ross is the picture of casual glam: bare arms, elegant gold jewelry and her signature mane smoothed back to emphasize her expressive eyes and a mega-watt, magenta-from-MAC … Read the rest
“Why is that there is a gun shop on almost every corner in this community? …for the same reason that there’s a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves. You … Read the rest
.Just over 26 years ago, Ice Cube cemented his hip-hop status with his seminal debut, Amerikka’s Most Wanted. Along with brilliant sampling and now-classic rhymes, Amerikka… featured a scathing interlude calling out those who insisted on ‘going along to get … Read the rest
I was a junior in high school, safely ensconced in North Texas suburia and youthful naivete when I discovered the music of NWA. The hardcore beats and clever sampling in their songs was what drew my attention at first, but … Read the rest
…..It’s hard to imagine that the 33-year-old has had the time to get a good forty winks in given her dizzying schedule, but she still generously made time for a chat with Knowshi about her most trying characters, who she … Read the rest