On July 21st Marisha Ashanti released her new project, Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is Marisha’s second EP and is considered a love letter to the world. It’s a declaration of freedom and the liberty to no longer just survive, but to thrive. This project is a Pro- Black masterpiece that highlights the continuous oppression of … More Album Review: Civil Disobedience by Marisha Ashanti
BET celebrated 40 years on air Sunday night with it’s 20th annual BET Awards show. There have been many who have given up on the BET Awards, but if there was any year to watch and tune back in, this was the year. The show began with a remix of Fight the Power with Public … More Virtual But Vital BET Awards 2020
BAY AREA, CA– Sacramento artist Rob Woods will release his highly anticipated project, The Black Tape on June 19, 2020. The Black Tape is a collective of feeling, love, anger, happiness, pain, and a complete stand up for our people which Woods represents. This is an Us tape. The motivation behind the project was the … More Rob Woods New Album The Black Tape Will Be Released on Juneteenth
Basketball prodigy Sosa Taeko Cruz was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 10, 2014. She is the fourth born of five children and in her spare time she enjoys gymnastics, watching Spongebob Squarepants and playing with her Shopkins. Her first love, however, is basketball. Sosa attended her 1st high school basketball game at nine months … More Meet 5-Year-Old Basketball Prodigy Sosa Cruz
As technology continues to improve dramatically, cybersecurity continues to be an issue as many tech companies appear to emphasize profits over security. Just look around and you will see the numerous data breaches that occur on a daily basis. Hackers continue to implement sophisticated methods and will stop at nothing to try and steal your … More HP and ExpressVPN Team Up in a Win-Win Partnership
Last month I was honored to be featured on Written in Melanin’s Podcast. Written in Melanin is a company that was created to help bring awareness to black authors and creators. I wasn’t aware of this illustrious brand until one of my fellow QMC writers Mike Patton made the connection and I’m so grateful that … More Written In Melanin, A Podcast That Brings Awareness to Black Storytellers
Living out your dreams is something we tend to put a timestamp on. Thinking that if a goal isn’t accomplished by a certain age or date it’s time to give it up when really it’s the time to take a step back, refocus and re-evaluate. Oakland Native, Brely Evans, is the prime example of a … More My Sister, My Inspiration: Brely Evans
I’m so excited to announce that my Newest Book will be released on August 9th. When I say my blood , sweat, and real tears went into this ! LAWD knows how difficult writing this was for me! Having a new baby, going through the motions and past hurts resurfacing in weird ways it took … More “Tainted Soil”: By Vontress Renae’
I met Melaysia about a year ago on Instagram. Scrolling around I came across her page and seen that she had just recently self published her collection of poetry “Butterfly.” At the time I still hadn’t even thought too much about how I would publish my first book. So I started mini stalking her to … More Meet Melaysia Sekai
Black art in Nashville is not highly noticed, but it is present. Recently, Black artist Sim Delaluz had an art show which featured some of her artwork and showed her tremendous talent. The art show, which was named “The Home Show”, took place at Finnley’s Boutique in the Gulch and when you walked in, the … More Meet Sim Delaluz
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