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BOOK REVIEW: Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African Americans

It is difficult for most to recognize that African-American history evolves by the second. Though a consensus of its milestones has not been reached, perfect shoe-ins would include Harriet Tubman’s underground railroad, Ida B. Wells’ campaign against lynching, Marcus Garvey’s UNIA movement, the Harlem Renaissance, and Martin Luther King’s fight for Civil Rights, among others. […]

TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE: RZA

Beside a knack for freaking ridiculous beats, if RZA possesses anything it’s resounding confidence. Still, when certain Wu-Tang Clan members (ahem…Raekwon) went rogue and publicly disparaged The Abbot’s beats selections for 2007’s 8 Diagrams, you couldn’t help but wonder if it shook his self-belief. However, “It didn’t f**k up my confidence but it f**ked up […]