Brooklyn fashion designer Tiffany Rhodes, the “Queen of Spandex,” is raising money to open a store for her line, Butch Diva. In the description of the name of her line, she explained, “I thought ‘butch’ was an expression of androgyny, boldness, masculine aggression, and a tough edge, and ‘diva’ was still sexy, feminine, boss, and […]
Read More Behind the Mask: Butch DivaKendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools Tiron and Ayomari – “Things Go Right”
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Stuck Underwater…King Britt is a Grammy-nominated electronic composer, musician and DJ. He is currently part of The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage’s music program, Noise From the 18th Floor. His curated playlist is Cosmic Culture: A Sonic Journey Into Afrofuturism, which includes music from the past, present and future of afrofuturism. Britt also premieres his […]
Read More Modern Griots: King BrittMarques Toliver- Magic Look The song, the long braids, the glitter — Enough said!
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Magic Look“Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I’m thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry around with us, it is our presentation, it’s our front, it’s our […]
Read More What Is Afrofuturism? Part 12: The Mask As Technology*Shaolin Jazz member 2-Tone Jones will be doing “Happy Hour of Doom” this Thursday night in Washington, D.C. For more info, click here. *Masta Ace, who recently teamed with MF Doom to do MA-DOOM : Son Of Yvonne, will be working with Okay Player to release content from the album and promote his future events. […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: MF DOOM and Company!I have heard of “rebel without a cause,” “rebel with a cause” and countless other variants of the phrase, but when I heard Ed Franco’s single, “Rebel with a Pebble,” I immediately wanted to know the thought behind this one. As part of his latest EP, Extended Recess Vol. 0, Franco’s words are a call […]
Read More Modern Griots Review: Ed Franco’s Extended RecessMisha B– Home Run (Join her #TeamAlien tag on twitter!) Stooshe– Black Heart
Read More Otherworldly Videos: The Colors of Love…*Tomorrow, singer Tess, who recently won Afropunk’s Battle of the Bands will be premiering her video for “MJ” tomorrow at her video release party in Harlem. For more info, click here. *On August 12, Black Fashion by Javii will be premiering a video as well — rapper Suede Jury‘s Soul Sista. Listen to his music […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: Tess, Suede Jury, Saul Williams, Byron Hurt…As we are in the midst of carnival season, I would like to share something interesting that I learned about carnival in Dominica. The other day I visited my family in Brooklyn and one of my cousins let me borrow his book, Ma William and Her Circle of Friends. Written by Giftus John, who taught […]
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Sherese Francis 