Music15 October 2021 6 Samples From 'Éthiopiques' in Hip-Hop A brief history of Ethio-jazz cultural exchange featuring songs by Nas & Damian Marley, K'naan, Madlib and more.4 years ago
Latest15 February 2018 The Forgotten '70s Ethiopian Funk and Soul of Ayalew Mesfin Unheard Ethio-grooves from 1970s Addis Ababa released by Now Again Records and Vinyl Me, Please.7 years ago
Video04 December 2017 This Beautiful Congolese Jazz Collaboration Is The Best Thing You'll See This Week You need to watch Flockey Ocscor and BADBADNOTGOOD's new collaborative video.7 years ago
Latest30 November 2017 Hailu Mergia Is Releasing His First New Album In 15 Years Hear the lead single from the Ethiopian keyboard and accordion virtuoso's forthcoming album Lala Belu.7 years ago
News17 November 2017 Abolish the Police, Now! An interview Mohamed Shehk from Critical Resistance on what we mean when we say abolish police and prisons7 years ago
News10 November 2017 The Police Are Cool, Totally Kidding They Are the Worst Op Ed: Abolishing the criminal injustice system is the only way forward.7 years ago
News03 October 2017 Death To Fascism, Then and Now: How Ethiopia Fought Back Against Mussolini Ethiopians were the first to fight fascism. With right wing nationalism on the rise again we can take a page from their book.8 years ago
Controversial14 August 2017 Dear Alt-Right: A Sober Explanation of Why Your Ideas Are Wrong—with An Aside to Liberals "You don’t give Nazis one inch. You stop them, at all costs."8 years ago
News03 August 2017 Africa Will Be a Little Too Lit If We Don’t Do Something—a Conversation on Climate Change We speak with Lerato Letebele, of the climate change organization 350, about how climate change is impacting the continent, and what we can do to help fight it.8 years ago
Film + TV20 July 2017 Hotep Watch: The Mysterious Connection Between Hoteps and Hotels In our first edition of Hotep Watch, we connect the dots between Dr Umar Johnson, the Illuminati and Paris Hilton8 years ago
Travel15 June 2017 No Borders: What You Need To Know When Visiting Havana, Cuba Traveling While Black: where to stay, what to see and what to avoid doing while visiting Havana, Cuba.8 years ago
Latest25 May 2017 Mulatu Astatke’s Gorgeous 1972 Ethio-Jazz Album Has Been Reissued Mulatu Astatke’s classic Ethio-jazz album, 'Mulatu of Ethiopia,' never ceases to captivate. The LP's been newly reissued by Strut Records.8 years ago
Video21 April 2017 “I Told Her Yene Fikir Just to Dick Her,” This Toronto Singer's "Habaesha" Video Is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ramriddlz, another incarnation of the Drake-sponsored Toronto sound ting is back with the visuals for “Habaesha.”
Audio19 April 2017 This Is A Review Where I Write About How I Think ‘DAMN.’ Is Pretty Good—A Classic Perhaps I’ll go ahead and give Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' 9 and a half of Tupac’s bandanas out of 10.
Controversial16 March 2017 This Week In White American Crime: Hate Crimes The second entry in our series, This Week in White American Crime, focuses on one of the more pathological variants of white crime: hate crimes.
Audio14 March 2017 Oddisee Asks For Introspection and Understanding On His Stellar New Album ‘The Iceberg’ Rapper and producer Oddisee has released his latest studio album 'The Iceberg.'
News27 January 2017 This Week in White American Crime A non-exhaustive list of the exhaustive crimes committed by white male U.S. citizens.
Latest06 January 2017 Yasiin Bey Channels Basquiat In His New Album 'December 99th,' But Falls Short Yasiin Bey & Ferrari Shepard's 'December 99th' feels like a producer and vocalist blindly reaching in the dark.