TINA TURNER
i dreamed about my mother for the first time in a long time last night. waking from those all-too-real dreams used…
Category: Giving Them Their Roses
SALT-N-PEPA
On November 28, 1993, The New York Times published journalist Jeffrey Schmalz’s last article, “Whatever Happened to AIDS?,” three weeks…
JACKIE SHANE
the last time jackie shane graced a stage was in toronto, canada in december 1971. after decades of swirling rumors that she had…
GANGSTA BOO
My mother was the first person to teach me about female rap. It was through album and radio plays, and…
We Speak Their Names
may we all find the safety that we deserve. may we hold each other closer. and may we all continue…
SAM HARRIS
decades before american idol opened the floodgates for the talent show genre of reality tv, there was the ultimate variety…
UNCANNY ALLIANCE
in the early 1990s, there was no shortage of dance groups from new york garnering national notoriety at both the…
VICTORIA ARELLANO
Today is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD). It is a day to educate our communities about the…
Janet Jackson: A Deep Appreciation Of
i met robert on the very first day of school of the seventh grade in september 1989. i knew as soon…
CAUSHUN
“Would there ever be a place for black gay/queer/SGL in hip hop?”, a question I asked myself in my youth.…
OAKTOWN’S 357
oaktown’s 357 were one of hip-hop’s most exciting groups of the early 1990s. heir combination of catchy rhymes, dope fashions,…
LIZ TORRES
one of the first chicago house music singers to garner national notoriety in the mid-80s, especially in gay clubs, liz…