s spark from the late 1980s. "I had to represent," Nas said in a 2019 interview withDrink Champs. "The pressure was on the borough and my project. And just getting into the game, you had to have something to say, so I definitely had to push the pen hard because, if not, it ...
I luckily had my dad to help calm my mom down sometimes, but I would still come home and find that my mom wasn't speaking to me. Eventually, though, she did finally get used to me leaving the house, having a job, hanging out with friends and having a boyfriend. It wasn't in any...
Many musical styles don’t travel well. You don’t hear soca on British pop radio; bhangra never broke big in the US. Even fairly mainstream genres of music fail to translate across the oceans: British indie remains only a cult attraction in the States, and, despite decades of publicity, ...
I'm not doing any animated crab right now. I'm in the middle of my career, I can't disappear behind the facade." He [his agent] said, "Sam, you're broke." Wright worried that he'd be fired because the original concept for Sebastian looked nothing like him. About four years into...
with Disney's Onyx Collective. Dionne Brown is sublime as the titular protagonist Queenie Jenkins, a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman who's putting one foot in front of the other after a major breakup. Set in London, the series sees Queenie attempting to move on with her life through ...
She began to think of the possibility of a homecoming on her own terms. When the federation defunded the team a second time in 2016, Cedella -- unbowed -- simply redoubled her efforts, pushing for a complete culture change within Jamaican women's soccer. First, she persuaded Alessandra Lo...
The Message, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five: I can't walk through the park, 'cause it's crazy after the dark. Keep my hand on the gun, 'cause they got me on the run. I feel like an outlaw, broke my last glass jar. Hear them say, you want some more? Livin' on a se...
Upon his release from prison, Gucci was required to attend court-mandated therapy. He was open to the idea, in part out of curiosity as to whether the rumors circulating about his mental health had any merit. “Everybody used to say that I was bipolar; I wanted to know if it’s true...
In Los Angeles, the City Council voted on June 16 to cut $150 million from the LAPD. Do some research on your area to determine your lawmakers’ stance on the concept, and check out the People’s Budget LA for roadmaps on what you might say when you contact them. It’s also worth...
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