The film “Next Friday” is a modern take on working class Los Angeles, featuring a comedic twist on two young women trying to make it from Friday to Next Friday and Friday After Next.
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Some young Blacks are disillusioned with voting but Trump-supporting rappers represent very few
There is no real objective empirical evidence that 50 Cent and Ice Cube represent widespread Black political thought.
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Congresswoman, South Central residents bewildered by Ice Cube/Trump relationship
‘We can’t say we understand why he would roll like that knowing the damage 45 has done to Black people, to Hispanics, to our women and children.’
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Blazing performances lift Soundset 2017 (photos)
No-shows and rain couldn’t dampen 10th anniversary Over 35,000 people and hip hop joined together on Memorial Day weekend for the 10th anniversary of Soundset, billed as the largest independent one-day hip hop festival in the world. All four elements of hip hop were on display at the festival on Sunday, May 28, from […]
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UMAHH celebrates 25th anniversary of Ice Cube’s ‘It Was a Good Day,’ protests Trump
January 20 is a day that many hip hop lovers remember fondly. Twenty-five years ago on that day, Compton rapper Ice Cube released the classic hip hop song “It Was a Good Day.” Over a sample of “Footsteps In The Dark” by the Isley Brothers, Cube describes a good day as not being harassed by police, not […]