By Jennifer Abbey Article Reprint Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., responded to George Lopez’s profanity-filled tirade against him by telling the comedian to come meet with him. “Get some guts, come down here
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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 moreWho is Frank Ocean? Five Facts to Know about the R&B Singer
Kathleen Perricone Article Reprint For the past week, it seems like Frank Ocean has been everywhere — but many people aren’t sure why or even have a clue who he is (“Is he related to
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 moreDelfonics Singer Major Harris Dead at 65
Helped make the ‘Philadelphia sound’ By: Miriam Coleman Article Reprint Major Harris, an R&B singer who helped develop the silky, funk-inflected “Philadelphia sound” as a member of the Delfonics and in his solo career, died
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 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 moreMagical Cure
Twenty years ago Earvin “Magic” Johnson announced that he had the HIV virus. Everyone I tell that to says it doesn’t seem that long. But it has been 20 years, and Magic is still here despite most people initial reaction that he would be a goner by now…… Read More
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