WATCH: Meklit Hadero feat. Andrew Bird — “I Want To Sing For Them All” The Editorial Team blog June 27, 2017
READ: An excerpt from Halifu Osumare’s “The Hiplife In Ghana” Excerpts September 26, 2012 0A new book explores how Ghana's youth took hip-hop, made it their own, and what it means for the country's future.
J*Davey’s Jack Davey Announces L0-F!, a 3-Part Rock Project Listening Post September 26, 2012 0@jckdvy heads in a more rock-oriented direction. So whatchu think?
UPCOMING: Tamar-Kali @ BAM Next Wave Festival — 9/29 Music September 25, 2012 0@tamar_kali lights up BAM's Next Wave Festival!
UPCOMING: URB Alt Fest–Leon Ware Accompanied By MuthaWit — 9/29 Music September 25, 2012 1@muthawit backs up the incomparable songwriter Leon Ware!
NEWS: FX Re-Ups W. Kamau Bell’s “Totally Biased” Film/TV September 18, 2012 0@wkamaubell returns to FX on October 11!
New P.O.S. Album “We Don’t Even Live Here” Drops 10/23 Music September 14, 2012 1@yeahrightpos readies a new album. Finally!
UPCOMING: ringshout @ The Brooklyn Book Festival — 9/20 Lit September 14, 2012 0@ringshout takes over @franklinkparkbk for @bkbf! See you there!
UPCOMING: 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival — September 23 Lit September 14, 2012 1@bkbf is chock full of writers representing the new black imagination
LISTEN: Martha Redbone — “I Rose Up At The Dawn Of The Day” Listening Post September 14, 2012 3@martharedbone beautifully melds American roots music with the words of British Romantic poet William Blake
*NSFW* — UPCOMING: Mickalene Thomas at Brooklyn Museum — September 28 Visual Art September 12, 2012 0The first major solo exhibition of this Brooklyn-based artist finally comes to Brooklyn!