Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Safire’s “Thinking of You” born wilma cosmé in san juan puerto rico and raised in east harlem, safire was one of the first freestyle… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Safire’s “Thinking of You””…
KEVIN AVIANCE in 1997, my friends and i would all make our way to a local youth drop-in center in philadelphia every… Continue reading “KEVIN AVIANCE”…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day” twenty five years ago this week, mariah carey was atop of the billboard hot 100 with her boyz II men… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day””…
ADVEVA 1990 was the year house music went mainstream. after creating a massive underground following in chicago, new york and detroit,… Continue reading “ADVEVA”…
The Songs I Loved: En Vogue’s “You Don’t Have To Worry” there are some songs from 1990 that i love but seldom listen to because they put me in space of… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: En Vogue’s “You Don’t Have To Worry””…
Remembering the Brilliance & Impact of Vanity 6 girl groups have long been around since the turn of the 20th century. from the boswell sisters who were hit… Continue reading “Remembering the Brilliance & Impact of Vanity 6”…
MISS TONY aka BIG TONY if you grew up dancing at $2 house parties in the 1990s on the east coast, then you might have… Continue reading “MISS TONY aka BIG TONY”…
The Black History of Freestyle Music the late great and house music pioneer, dj frankie knuckles, once said that house was disco’s revenge. and he wasn’t… Continue reading “The Black History of Freestyle Music”…
MOI RENEE in 2007, two years after the launch of youtube, a video of the late great moi renee performing their now… Continue reading “MOI RENEE”…
LARRY LEVAN there once existed a black queer man who used the art of mixing songs to transform a converted parking garage… Continue reading “LARRY LEVAN”…
WHEN HOUSE MUSIC WAS BLACK & GAY happy pride, y’all! this weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the first pride events throughout the country. june 28, 1970,… Continue reading “WHEN HOUSE MUSIC WAS BLACK & GAY”…
The Songs I Loved: RuPaul’s “Supermodel (You Better Work)” my mother worked for drug dealers. from monday – friday, regardless of how drunk or high she got the night… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: RuPaul’s “Supermodel (You Better Work)””…