50 Years of Hip-Hop: Five Jackson Rappers Create Collaborative Album, Go on Tour
Charles Palmer prepped for Thanksgiving early this year—not with a turkey and sides, but a collaborative rap album he created alongside local artists. Much like
Charles Palmer prepped for Thanksgiving early this year—not with a turkey and sides, but a collaborative rap album he created alongside local artists. Much like
A group of Jackson-based rappers collaborated on a joint album titled “Thanksgiving” with tracks themed around the family-focused holiday.
Under the moniker Shuniiadaballer, Shuniaa Wrenn of Clarksdale, Miss., has garnered millions of views on her freestyle-rap videos and will soon debut an album.
“As migration from African, Caribbean and Middle Eastern countries to Europe continues to increase and European societies discuss questions of identity belonging, it’s my belief that hip-hop will continue to make significant contributions to ongoing public policy debates,” Armin Langer writes.
Stephanie Luckett, Maranda Joiner, Jasmine Williams and Peggy Brown spoke at the women-led “Many Moons” panel and music showcase during Jackson Indie Music Week inside Soule Coffee + Bubbletea on Jan. 10, 2023.
This year’s Jackson Book Festival, which Meredith McGee organizes together with nonprofit organization Community Library Mississippi, is on Saturday, Feb. 11, from noon to 5 p.m.
Central Mississippi Dance Director Reagan Cooper and her dance instructors began planning for “The Nutcracker” back in August of this year.
Bobby Rush, Central Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons, Carla Thomas and Eddie Lloyd break ground at a press conference for the site of the National R&B Hall of Fame, which took place in Marks, Miss., on Sept. 30, 2022.
Warn Wilson Jr. wrote and illustrated “Brown Money” in 2019 as a way of introducing children to STEM subjects, economics and possible career paths they may had not known about previously.
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