“Grew Up Over East Baltimore. It Was a Bunch of Violence.” Lor Lucky MSR on the Real
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.
In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore emcee and vocalist Vellie Marie discusses the challenges women...
“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
In the latest episode of Arts and the Culture, a series exploring the connection between art and the...
“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.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down with iconic Brownsville, BK emcee Thirstin Howl the 3rd (above...
“I’m Not Trying to Be a Statistic Out Here as a Young Black Man.” Lor Melly on the Real
In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore’s Lor Melly discusses the toll on a young person...
“All Knowledge Begins with Self-Knoweldge.” Paul Hill Jr. on African-Centered Rites of Passage, Relation of Self-Knowledge to Loving Others
StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down for a phone conversation with Paul Hill Jr., founder and...
“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.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down with Prince Kymani (right, in the photo above) and KO...
“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
In the latest episode of on the Real, the Bronx’s D Dave discusses watching the gentrification process unfold...
“Those that are higher up, don’t see Black, they don’t see White, they don’t see Hispanic, all they see is power.” PolitiRaps Ep. 5: Youth Incarceration
In the latest episode of PolitiRaps, emcees Shepsworth Bentley, Bito, and J Law discuss the problem of youth...
“I’m Assaulted, In Some Sort of Way, Almost Every Five Minutes.” Arts and the Culture: Jermaine Bell
In the latest episode of ‘Arts and the Culture,‘ a series exploring the connection between art and the...