Sundiata Cha-Jua is a professor of African American studies and history at the University of Illinois and a member of the North End Breakfast Club. His email is [email protected].

BCYF has awarded $162,500 since 2023 to the Islamic Leadership Institute of America (ILIA). Spotlight on Maryland obtained ...

Universal Music Group has filed a motion to dismiss Drake 's federal defamation lawsuit.

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The Kansas City Public Library presents “MF DOOM, Rap’s Masked Iconoclast” with author and journalist S.H. “SKIZ” Fernando Jr. in conversation with KCUR’s Paul Nyakatura about his new biography of ...

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Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the death of rival rapper Mo3. Yella Beezy is ...

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The Atlanta rapper delivers a lot of music on his third album, with Travis Scott, Skepta, Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd along ...