From 1968 to 1975, gangs ruled New York City. Beyond the idealistic hopes of the civil rights movement lay a unfocused rage. Neither law enforcement nor social agency could end the escalating bloodshed. Peace came only through the most unlikely and courageous of events that would change the world for generations to ...

Via:Nu-Soul Mag Nu-Soul Magazine & Soul Union present STRICTLY SOCIAL 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Thursday August 18, 2011 Part of Nu-Thursdays at Little Temple "For 4 years Strictly Social has been a beacon of hope for progressive and eclectic artists in Los Angeles showcasing the very best in soul, hip-hop, and electronica. Over the years we have ...

(Photo Shot By Chi Modu circa 1995) Via: Chi Modu   It’s hard to believe that we are approaching the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Tupac Amaru Shakur. As a unique way to celebrate the life of the poet, son and man that was Tupac Amaru Shakur, I came up with the ...

via:Okayplayer "On September 9th in New York city (September 23rd, nationally) Sundance Selects will be premiering a powerful new film built around never-before-seen interviews documenting the years we have come to think of as “the civil rights era”–and the rise of the Black power movement–which were discovered in the basement of ...

(Photo Shot By Cognito-Culture Capture Champs™) I had the pleasure of meeting one of my all-time musical crushes Miss Hathaway recently in the studio of all places.  I tell you my ears are still moist from the milky voice of this songstress! Today she drops her 1st single from her new LP "Where ...

via:FindMag Redefinition Records selected some of its favorite producers that share one collective love: De La Soul. On this EP, each producer expresses this long lasting love through a remix, remake or tribute. This does not result in a random collection of same ol’ remixes, but each track reflects personal influences ...

OUTCAST FOREVER A DOCUMENTARY ON THE INFAMOUS ALL BLACK MOTORCYCLE CLUB This is an in depth look at the hardcore lifestyle and fraternal brotherhood of the only all black outlaw motorcycle club in America. Outcast M.C. was forged from the social revolutions of the Sixties, emerging from an era that gave birth to ...