It’s 2024, and the underground music scene still has me in a chokehold. One of the only ways I can get my fix is through artists like Maassai and JWords, a rapper and producer duo both Brooklyn based. I’ve been watching and listening to these artists for a couple of years, and their latest album…

It’s been almost two months since I’ve listened to New Blue Sun, Andre 3000s first solo studio album. The album is a full woodwind album and you are hearing a myriad of different flutes being played. I told myself that when this releases, I’ll let it marinate and reflect on the reality of this being…

Thinking about how Toni Morrison double refuted her own story for her Nobel Prize in Literature acceptance and lecture speech in 93’ about a group of kids trying to trick an old blind lady into thinking they were holding a dead bird in their hands to test her clairvoyance. The children questioning the critique of…

It’s the year 2004 and I am wearing a navy blue and white Baby Phat dress with a white t-shirt underneath and white Air Force ones. I feel like I am shining, completely unconscious to name brands at my young age, I still have an instinctive feeling of being luxurious. I always liked to dress,…

Recently during a book club at my local library we were asked what our favorite TV series is right now, and Abbott Elementary came in first place. The last I can remember watching us on screen being normal and funny was Michaela Coel’s 2016 sitcom, “Chewing Gum”, about a young British woman living with her…

The Johnson Publishing Company (1942), founded by Eunice and John Johnson in Chicago, is responsible for the most successful Black magazines in history. Eunice Johnson was a beauty entrepreneur, executive and journalist, alongside her husband, publisher John H. Johnson. The power couple is responsible for Negro Digest (1942), Ebony (1945), Ebony Fashion Fair, & Jet…

Dedicated to the shoulders I stand on. I began searching for my family history a couple of months ago after I came across some information that made me realize the gifts we get passed down through generations. I’ve gathered some documents and photos that will take you on an ongoing journey through my family tree.…

I wrote this blog post in 2016 when I was just a sophomore in college. As I revisit my love for hip-hop I decided to update this content as I have evolved as a writer, poet, archivist, and baby historian. I recently studied the evolution of hip-hop in regards to city culture and found some…

Happy Black history month, Renaissance family! I created a playlist of historically Black events, documentaries, interviews, classic films & performances on YouTube that will be updated as I search. The IGTV videos posted on our Instagram page (theblkrenaissance) all reside in this playlist+ more. Enjoy ❤️🖤💚

The story of human flight among enslaved African men and women returning to the homeland has long been told as a myth, but I have reason to believe it is as real as the cosmos. The story takes place around 1803 along the costal regions of Georgia and South Carolina, and concerns an estimate of…