Call me impatient but generally if a track doesn???t grab me within the first thirty seconds, I am compelled to skip. It takes boredom and some degree of […]

Nick Cannon's new video for his song Can I Live? may raise some eyebrows. The concept of the video is taken from the true story of Cannon's mother. […]

In 2003, a documentary called Afro Punk emerged on the film festival circut. The film tells the stories of many young people who listen to punk rock and […]

A group of sociologists at Columbia University are attempting to answer this very question. The Sociology department, with the help of funding from the Institute for Social and […]

I walked into a reunion. Not just another concert. Not just another group. Hands in the air. The hypnotizing trance of a crowd of 100 plus bodies moving […]

Melvin Van Peeble's classic, Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song, is credited with starting that whole “Blacksplotation” genre. After this movie became a success, the character of Shaft was […]