Uptown Notes

So the internet is a peculiar place. Some days you’ll find everything you need, other days you’ll search low and […]

I have to admit, until recently I didn’t really know who Chief Keef was. I recognized his name from the […]

I recently found myself in a conversation with three White males. As we made small talk,  one asked me, “So […]

My twitter profile reads, “Scholar, author, hater of Drake.” Of all the things on that profile “hater of Drake” is […]

A few days before Christmas 2011, Nike re-released the Concord Jordans to wild fanfare. As a rash of people lined […]

“I think I’m Malcom X, Martin Luther/ Add a King, Add a Jr.” –Lupe Fiasco Building Minds Faster (B.M.F.) Recently, […]

Marc Lamont Hill, Susan L. Taylor, Talib Kweli, Kephra Burns, and April R. Silver invite you to a benefit celebration […]

So you all know that I’m a hater of Drake (here’s a partial explanation offered by Marc Lamont Hill), nothing […]

For a few years now, Michael Steele has been trying to meet me on Beat Street by being more “Hip-Hop” […]

Let me get it out of the way: I wasn’t the biggest fan of Pac’s music. I am the dude […]