June 18, 2013

20 Years Later: Gangsta Rap’s Influence on the 1992 Civil Unrest

(L to R) Los Angeles underground hip-hop Queen Medusa, Yo-Yo, Above the Law's Big Hutch and DJ Quik at Los Angeles radio station KJLH-FM.

West Coast hip-hop pioneers to discuss the role of gangsta rap on the 1992 civil unrest and over the past twenty years Born of out the L.A. 1992 Civil Unrest, KJLH-FM’s Front Page Show Celebrates 20 Years on Air and as Where Black Los Angeles Comes to Talk *Inglewood, Calif. – Continuing its coverage and [...]




Fight Over Boy Led to Racist Harvard Email Scandal

Stephanie Grace (left), Yelena Shagall

*Turns out that the exposed email from a Harvard Law student that suggested blacks are inherently less intelligent than whites was leaked as the result of a catfight between the author and her former friend, who sent it to the Boston Globe out of spite. Gawker.com got to the bottom of the scandal that started [...]