“I Remember My Dad Chasing Crack Heads Out of Our Building.” NYC Emcee and Producer Leash Da BEAAST on the Real
In the latest episode of on the Real, New York City emcee and producer Leash Da BEAAST discusses...
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“Everyday You Come Out You Got to Watch Your Back, You Don’t Know Who After You.” Vino on the Real: the Streets, No Haters Allowed, and the Impact of Fatherhood
In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore emcee Vino discusses the challenges and dangers of the...
“For 27 Years I Was a Dysfunctional Alcoholic . . . I Thought I Was Alright.” A Veteran’s Story, Part 3
In part 3 of this On Background report, Jamal W. Childs discusses realizing he had an alcohol addiction...
“I Had Cousins, and My Brother, They Were All Incarcerated or Dead.” Lephty (aka 1-5 Phree) on the Real
In the latest episode of on the Real, Baltimore emcee and producer Lephty (aka 1-5 Phree), speaking from...
“Couldn’t Really Come Outside When You Was a Kid, Man. . . . So Much Drugs Around.” Burl Dollah on the Real
In the latest episode of on the Real, Upstate New York by way of Corona, Queens emcee Burl...
“This Wheelchair Don’t Mean Nothing.” Maserati Money on the Real: Navigating the Streets of New York and Spina Bifida
In the latest episode of on the Real, Bronx emcee Maserati Money discusses navigating the streets of New...
Donta Bright on the Challenges in Baltimore, Importance of Seizing Opportunities
StayUp.News producer Ahmed Childs recently sat down with Baltimore basketball legend Donta Bright, who discusses the challenges he...
“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...
“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...