Peformance: Death of a Diva
Little girls want to be reality stars?! The only female rapper in the mainstream is a Black woman that calls herself “Barbie”!
Performance: The Langston Hughes Project Featuring Malcom Jamal Warner
The Langston Hughes Project – Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz, a masterwork written in twelve-parts by Hughes in the early 1960s.
Musica: Sauti za Busara: Four Explosive Nights of 100% Live African Music
After receiving more than 560 applications from groups wanting to perform at the festival, 31 groups were finally selected to perform at the ninth edition of Sauti za Busara music festival scheduled to take place from 8th to 12th February at the historic Old Fort in Stone Town, Zanzibar.
Talawa Theatre Company Presents Waiting for Godot with an All Black Cast
Talawa Theatre Company in London will bring Waiting for Godot to the stage February 2-25, 2012. The production, directed by Ian Brown , is a classic Samuel Becket play with a fresh performance of the piece with actors Fisayo Akinade (The Boy),Guy Burgess (Lucky), Cornell S John (Pozzo),Jeffery Kissoon (Vladimir) and Patrick Robinson (Estragon).
THE PUNANY POETS’ NATIONAL VALENTINE’S TOUR – “BLACK LOVE AMERICAN STYLE”
As seen on HBO, “THE PUNANY POETS” will stimulate all of your senses & rock your soul with a scintillating brew of erotic entertainment and HIV/AIDS awareness this Valentine’s Season.
Steve Stout and the Tanning of America
I came across this video clip that is a part of Huffington Post/AOL series featuring Steve Stout’s book
Watch: T.I. and Tiny’s : The Family Hustle Sneak Peak
T.I and his wife, singer/producer Tiny new show starts on VH 1 on Monday. We see T. I get back into the swing of family life and his career..
Saul Williams takes it to the Underground
Saul Williams new project called Volcanic Sunlight came out on 11-11-11 ( nice marketing, right? ). The reviews have been positive ( we are buying ours today ).
Sitting Down with Katori Hall
Katori Hall is a playwright/performer from Memphis, TN. Her play The Mountaintop received its world premiere in London at Theatre 503 before transferring to Trafalgar Studios in the West End (2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play).
The Right to Remain – The Life and Mind of Tupac Shakur at Tara Arts London
Tupac Shakur is a cultural icon, beloved for his verses and and what he represented. His untimely death shocked the world and fueled and East Coast-West Coast rivalry that caused death and false rummors that destroyed reputations.