Uptown Notes

This morning I was shaken awake by the thought of nooses (that and something that sounded like a Transformers battle […]

So knowing they are making a Biggie biopic got me a little nervous, now seeing this casting call… I’m already […]

The NY times recently ran an article that describes how according to recent census numbers, 2006 marked the first year […]

For the past couple of weeks the media has been set a blaze by a fury of “50 v. Kanye”. […]

Thought I recently departed University of Michigan, I will always have and affinity for Harold Cruse’s work The Crisis of […]

So I was forwarded this piece that recently ran in Inside Higher Ed. I really like it, but even more […]

If you spent the 80s bruising thumbs and listening to hip hop and you know what the numbers above mean, […]

Well if you haven’t figured it out, I’m not Black at Michigan anymore. I will probably not post much over […]

So if you’re journeyed over here the chances are that you used to check out my musings or rants (take […]

As you can tell, I’m kinda in a visual mode these days. I wanted to share this video because it’s […]