Congrats to Malaika Chelii Broussard for her Winston-Salen State University 40 under 40 nomination! See her interview below with WSSU Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs: What is your hometown? Morganton, NC by the way of Seattle, WA How long have you been at WSSU? I have worked for the Division of Student Affairs for 10 […]
For the past 2 years I participated as an instructor for the Digital Creative Group in Anguilla. I was brought down there by Ravi Lloyd (program coordinator) and his brother Akio Lloyd (assistant coordinator). I was there for 8 days and during my time there I taught a workshop for 12-18 young people ages ranging […]
In July of 2015, I traveled back to Aruba for the summer Art Rules program. A program designed to inspire kids on the island to explore and learn more about the arts through theatre, dance, music, film, poetry, culinary arts and DJ. Art Rules completed its 6th year this summer and I have been fortunate […]
In the aftermath of the huge outpouring of critical respect for Kendrick Lamar’s album To Pimp a Butterfly, Getintothis’ Jimmy Coultas looks at the importance another crucial contribution. Kendrick Lamar’s third album To Pimp a Butterfly has been released now for little over a month, the world collectively losing its shit ever since. It’s hard to […]
Visit NPR to listen to The Remix w/ Ahki Dr. James Peterson. This weekly podcast takes a fresh look at how race, culture and politics intersect. Dr. James Peterson, director of Africana Studies and associate professor of English at Lehigh University, talks to people who are not necessarily in the mainstream news cycle, but who […]
ON A COOL, RAINY afternoon in Austin, Texas, Young Guru—Jay-Z’s personal sound engineer for the past 16 years—was giving a master class on recording and mixing techniques at Dub Academy, a music school and studio east of downtown. Lanky and lithe, the former high school basketball star radiated a quiet authority at the front of […]
Last last year, Jason Mayden—global design director for Nike’s Jordan brand—was prepping his children for bed with an homage to the famous Chicago Bulls chant (“What time is it? Jammy time!”) when his 10-year-old son’s forlorn expression grabbed his attention. “My son got out of the shower. He was getting dressed, staring at himself in […]
Hip-hop has made its way into the academy and is increasingly becoming accepted as a legitimate field of inquiry, with many top universities around the country offering classes in hip-hop studies, exploring not only hip-hop as a musical genre but also the history and role of hip-hop culture in society—creating a bridge that connects the past to […]
For the third time in recent years, Harvard University has selected another leader from the Triangle’s arts and academic community for the school’s hip-hop mission. On Monday, area poet Dasan Ahanu announced he had been chosen as the 2015–2016 recipient of the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship at Harvard. The nine-month fellowship at Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archives […]
