DC’S Broccoli City Festival thrills hip-hop fans

Cloudy with a chance of chill, that was the forecast for this past weekend’s Broccoli City Festival, which took place on the historical grounds of the St. Elizabeths Hospital formerly known as the Government Hospital for the Insane built in 1852.

Broccoli City events kick off in DC

It is no secret that Broccoli City Festival is a hot ticket for DC locals, as it is music festival season. The event is completely sold out and at this point the only way to get a golden ticket you have to

Black Girls Rock! Awards celebrate 10 years of Black Girl Magic

The sun makes a quick afternoon appearance almost as if it anticipates the excitement behind BET’s Black Girls Rock! performers and attendees will bring to Brick City. Behind the scenes of the NJ Performing Arts Center, hair and makeup artists catch

Erykah Badu’s NYC listening party

I received a text from a friend Friday demanding that I get to NY immediately because Erykah Badu, aka Lo Down Loretta Brown, was having a listening party somewhere in Brooklyn and said friend needed to meet the songstress. Being the

Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole release Black Friday music

While many folks spent Black Friday in the retail streets looking for early Christmas deals or comatose from Thanksgiving food festivities, rappers Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole decided to bless fans with a little gift of their own. The two released new

Nakeya Brown: Capturing positive images of Black women

Nakeya Brown, a California-born photographer and Rutgers University graduate, made her way to the D.C. metro area to pursue her M.F.A. at George Washington University with her daughter, Mia. Brown has quite a few things to be proud of this early