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“I Want Creativity to Be a Daily Activity of People.” Human Rights Activist and Children’s Book Author Adote Akwei on Life’s Work and New, Africa Themed Coloring Book

StayUp·May 28, 2017

StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a conversation with human rights activist and children’s book...

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Donta Bright on the Challenges in Baltimore, Importance of Seizing Opportunities

StayUp·May 26, 2017

StayUp.News producer Ahmed Childs recently sat down with Baltimore basketball legend Donta Bright, who discusses the challenges he...

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“Grew Up Over East Baltimore. It Was a Bunch of Violence.” Lor Lucky MSR on the Real

StayUp·May 21, 2017

In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore emcee Lor Lucky MSR discusses the challenges of growing...

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“The Issues That Our Guys Face, [Black Women] Face Those Same Issues, and We Also Face Them From Our Men.” Vellie Marie on the Real.

StayUp·May 21, 2017

In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore emcee and vocalist Vellie Marie discusses the challenges women...

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“Things that was really a part of our culture, have been stripped from us.” Arts and the Culture: Josh Johnson on Pre-Gentrification Harlem, Tap as Conduit to Ancestral History

StayUp·May 18, 2017

In the latest episode of Arts and the Culture, a series exploring the connection between art and the...

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“Money Was Never a Goal . . . It Was Just to Do This Shit, to Live It.” Thirstin Howl the 3rd on New Album ‘Skillmatic,’ Hip-Hop as a Global Religion, and the Distance He’s Pedaled

StayUp·May 14, 2017

StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down with iconic Brownsville, BK emcee Thirstin Howl the 3rd (above...

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“I’m Not Trying to Be a Statistic Out Here as a Young Black Man.” Lor Melly on the Real

StayUp·May 14, 2017

In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore’s Lor Melly discusses the toll on a young person...

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“All Knowledge Begins with Self-Knoweldge.” Paul Hill Jr. on African-Centered Rites of Passage, Relation of Self-Knowledge to Loving Others

StayUp·May 14, 2017

StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a phone conversation with Paul Hill Jr., founder and...

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“We Don’t Want to Have Somebody Grow Up and . . . Feel Like Nobody Love Them.” Prince Kymani and KO Famous on the LDDG Show, What “Love” and “Help” Need to Signify in Baltimore

StayUp·May 8, 2017

StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down with Prince Kymani (right, in the photo above) and KO...

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“I Got My Head Cracked Open Right Down the Block and There’s a Starbucks Right There Now.” D Dave on Gentrification in the Bronx, the Value of a Street Education

StayUp·May 8, 2017

In the latest episode of on the Real, the Bronx’s D Dave discusses watching the gentrification process unfold...

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