Akachi Azubike
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Shahri Imara Ushindi BusaraI made contact but this was not the usual UFO. It was Unconventional Familiar and Otherworldly. Every so often, exactly what we need has a way of finding us, abducting us from the mundane and weighted reality to...
Category - Music
Reality Check: Black Men & Depression
Black Ink Chicago may be a TV show, however things got real on lasts night’s episode with cast member Phor who viewers may be shocked to find out is battling deep depression. Usually the show is filled with organized...
Some Rappers Agents Of White Supremacy?
UNITED STATES – R&B singer Eric Benet stirred up a rap culture frenzy when he posted a meme stating: “Rap artist if all you rap about is: Killing Black people, degrading Black women, abusing drugs...
The New Black Cool: Growth, Maturity & Square
Rapper Slim Thug’s recent comments on Houston local radio show, 97.9 The Box landed him in the hot seat after he challenged musical artist Ciara’s motivations for marrying husband and NFL quarterback Russell Wilson. “Do...
The Soul Science Behind Music
Since the beginning of time, music has always been a detrimental and influential force among people throughout the world, especially African people. From ceremonies to celebrations, from struggles to triumphs (in life...
An Ode To Marvin Gaye: His Soulful Soundtrack To Our Lives
The Prince of Soul The cool, truth, smooth, musical genius, the Prince of Soul. Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. born April 2, 1939, Gaye accelerated, igniting musical airwaves as a Motown legend until his tragic death April...
Music Has The Power To Change
My first memory of falling in love with music was around four or five years old and learning how musical my mother’s side of the family was. My mom and all of her siblings played piano and sang in the church choir, and...