"Now held on a variety of criminal charges, the hip-hop star first made news when he organized a charity basketball game that ended in a deadly stampede. The tabloids raced to cover it." www.cjr.org/first_person...

Before he was Diddy: Covering Sean Combs’s first scandal

Now held on a variety of criminal charges, the hip-hop star first made news when he organized a charity basketball game that ended in a deadly stampede. The tabloids raced to cover it.

"We were also deeply immersed in the South Africa anti-apartheid struggle. And that politicized a lot of us as students...working to make sure that the U. of Rochester wasn't continuing to invest in companies that were doing business in South Africa..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ86...

Left of Black Presents: Small Talk at FHI with Scholar Bakari Kitwana on Hip-Hop at 50!

YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.

September Is a Good Time to Revisit Earth, Wind, & Fire's Genius Their 70s catalog rivaled Elton John, Chicago and the Eagles yet the music never abandoned its soulful backbone. www.levelman.com/september-re...

Revisiting Earth, Wind, & Fire's Genius

Their 70s catalog rivaled Elton John, Chicago and the Eagles yet the music never abandoned its soulful backbone.

An extraordinary new history of Emmett Till, Mississippi and America Wright Thompson’s deep meditation on the notorious murder in his home state revolves around an artifact hiding in plain sight: the barn where Till was killed wapo.st/3MUexuT

Review | An extraordinary new history of Emmett Till, Mississippi and America

Wright Thompson’s deep meditation on the notorious murder in his home state revolves around an artifact hiding in plain sight: the barn where Till was killed.

“You’re not just going up against the person who assaulted you,” Ms. Drew Dixon said. “You are going against everyone who benefits from their brand and revenue stream. Those forces will mobilize against any accuser. It’s daunting.” www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/a...

Sean Combs’s Arrest Has the Music World Asking: Is Our #MeToo Here?

Activists and survivors are hopeful for change after the industry, which has a pervasive party culture, largely avoided the accountability that swept Hollywood and politics.

How AI Detection Software Turns Professors into Cops, Tech as Systems of World-Making, and More A conversation with agroecologist Maywa Montenegro themarkup.org/hello-world/...

How AI Detection Software Turns Professors into Cops, Tech as Systems of World-Making, and More – The Markup

A conversation with agroecologist Maywa Montenegro

"the sustainability of Earth, Wind & Fire was the duality of a group that back-channeled Black uplift for audiences bereft of Black decoder rings, while making sure that the band remained committed to Album Oriented Soul, cause folks needed more than the hits to survive." medium.com/@tnimixtape/...

Radio Days, Blue Light Nights and the Legacy of Earth, Wind & Fire by Mark Anthony Neal

“I hear voices, I see people…talking ‘bout everything is everything” and though the lyrics aren’t from the late Maurice White, co-written…

I don't understand the stuff I'm reading about the "vibes" election this time. Since when have USian elections NOT been about "vibes." I've been subjected to 35 years of "Would You Have a Beer with X candidate" articles and "analyses."

Natasha Rothwell and Samara Joy on Finding Their Voices The “How to Die Alone” creator and actress and the Grammy-winning jazz singer talk about genre, improvisation and romantic comedies. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/t...

Natasha Rothwell and Samara Joy on Finding Their Voices

The “How to Die Alone” creator and actress and the Grammy-winning jazz singer talk about genre, improvisation and romantic comedies.

yes, Sandy has been a guest on Left of Black a few times.