Politics UNusual: What If These Rappers Ran for Office?
J Hall
September 8, 2021
Rappers and emcees love to brag about how they “Run this city [town or state].” So, let’s picture a world where your favorite MC is
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No Superheroes Here: Why Black People Can’t Solve America’s Race Problem
J Hall
July 1, 2021
America always uses a Bat signal, calling Black people to come and solve the country’s racial problems, without ever seeing itself as the Joker in
Slept On: 10 Overlooked Hip Hop Albums That Deserve Another Listen
J Hall
June 21, 2021
Hindsight will always have a life in music simply because some works take longer to digest than others. Sometimes, audiences are too busy paying attention
Broken Bonds: Why Friendship Break-ups Hit Different
J Hall
June 18, 2021
One night while home from college I foolishly got into a car with a Big Homie who’d had one too many drinks. It was storming.
Diagnosis Negative: Black People’s Distrust of the U.S. Medical System Explained
J Hall
June 3, 2021
Announcement of the Covid-19 vaccine birthed multiple end-of-days conspiracies online. Like the one that claimed a syringe shot contains microchip locators marked by Thanos because
DMX: The Legend of Dark Man
J Hall
April 13, 2021
“Stop, drop, shut ’em down, open up shop…” In the beginning, DMX (X) did not have a fan in me. My young Hip Hop heart
Camera-Ready: 7 Black Women Filmmakers to Watch
J Hall
March 26, 2021
The art of storytelling is essential to the Black experience, and who better to narrate than Black women. Here are a few of the many
Low-Key Legends: 7 More Figures to Celebrate This Black History Month
J Hall
February 9, 2021
Black history is not a summary of North-Star-slavery-escape stories that end with Black people receiving their freedom after a famous (often shortened) dream speech. Blackness’s
Tales from the Whack Side: We Need to Admit These 9 Myths Are Wrong
J Hall
January 29, 2021
1. Blacks do not feel pain. According to a 20-year meta-analysis study, this myth is so believed that Black patients are 22% less likely to
Banking on Black Bodies: Why Black Pain Pays
J Hall
January 29, 2021
There are few guarantees in life: Popcorn will always taste better at the movies, student loan debt will follow you to the grave, and America
Who Can I Run To? The Search for Black Male Vulnerability
J Hall
January 22, 2021
When I was 5 and learning to ride a bike for the first time without training wheels, I accidentally hit a crack in the sidewalk
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