By Manya A. Brachear Article Reprint Jabari Parker, the Simeon Career Academy junior named 2011-12 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball of Illinois earlier this year, reveals to Sports Illustrated
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Harry Belafonte on Capitalism, Media Moguls, & His Disappointment with Jay-Z and Beyonce
By: Alexandra Zawia Article Reprint At the Locarno Film Festival to pick up the Golden Leopard Honor Award, the singer and actor also talks about his fears of a Fourth Reich and why Mitt Romney
Read moreGrind Corner: Que Billah
We Highlight The Street Our Highlight this month goes to QUE BILLAH. Representing the west side of Chicago; “QB” has toured with some of the biggest names in Hip Hop. We caught up with him for a
Read moreSomeone you Should Know
Highlighting the Accomplishments of our Community! I am Dr. Kimberly Johnson; “Doc KJ”. I was born and raised in Chicago and lived on multiple sides of town. Graduated from DuSable High School on the
Read moreHow Samuel L. Jackson Became his Own Genre
By PAT JORDAN Artice Reprint Before “The Mountaintop” opened on Broadway last fall, there were rumors that this fictional account of Martin Luther King Jr.’s last night before his assassination would present him as a
Read moreSteve Nash Brings his NBA Skills to the Boardroom
By: Kurt Badenhausen The NBA is littered with financial casualties, like Allen Iverson and Antoine Walker, who both blew through more than $110 million in career earnings on gambling, shaky investments and large entourages. Steve
Read moreGrind Corner: Lady Nile
We Highlight The Street Our first Highlight goes to the self proclaimed “Chi-City Goddess of the Hip Hop street grind” Lady Nile. We caught up with Lady Nile on the streets of Chicago pushing her music; grinding
Read moreForgotten Blues Legacy
Visit to Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation offers glimpse into History Jarrod Horton Staff Writer If you want a short, straight to the point answer about who Willie Dixon was and what his contribution and
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