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Culture, Sports

If You Aren’t Watching the X Games, You Should Be

Selema Masekela and Zeb Powell are ones to watch at ESPN's action sports competition.

By

Angela Johnson

Published

January 29, 2023
Entertainment, Music

30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 5: Letta Mbulu, 'Mahlalela (Lazy Bones)'

Today, we’re going international with our Black Music Month love. As a hip-hop head who also tried his hand at music production, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time crate digging, searching through entire obscure record label catalogs, hoping to come across the perfect sample. Well, that’s how I came across Letta Mbulu’s banger of…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

June 5, 2019
Culture, Media

Masekela ‘Placed Me on the Front Row of African History and Culture’

U.S. Photojournalist Was South African’s Biographer Obama-Farrakhan Photo Published for First Time Blacks, Latinos Cite CNN for Objectivity on Cable A ‘Best Actor’ Surprised by Lack of Black Reporters 2 Win $100,000 Each for Freelance Reporting ESPN The Magazine Focuses on the Black Athlete Black Journalist Accuses Progressive Outlet Short Takes It is unlikely that…

By

Richard Prince

Published

January 26, 2018
Very Smart Brothas

PJ and The Playlist Thursdays, Volume 2

No need for a fancy pants lead in or intro. We may have done this only once, but like T.I. told somebody who was listening, “you know what it is.” Here’s 10 songs that I’ve been listening to during the past week. Please share what you’ve been listening to as well. Please. Please. 1. Teedra…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

October 23, 2014