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Three pieces to the puzzle: Demetri Simms, better known as Meechy Darko; Antonio Lewis, better known as Zombie Juice; and Erick Arc Elliott, known as just that. All were born in Flatbush, a place where, ever since the ’80s, primarily immigrant families from the Caribbean have settled. No different for these guys. Meechy and Erick’s…

Every month of every year has a ‘theme’ of sorts. Though we are coming out of World Suicide Prevention Month in September, that doesn’t mean we now forget about suicide. Keep checking on your friends and stay mindful of the signs. In October the world turns pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! The pink ribbons…

Let me take you back to the streets of China in the 1990s, because something unusual started circulating there. Young people in Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities began buying strange-looking CDs and cassette tapes. These were not ordinary records. They were deliberately cut, saw-marked, or drilled at the edges. Western music companies had shipped surplus…

Akeem Joseph, better known as AK The Savior, was born on June 13, 1991, in Flatbush, Brooklyn. A year earlier, Marlon Fung, better known as Issa Gold, was born on July 26, 1990, just a few blocks away from AK. Ever since the ’80s, Flatbush has primarily been a place where immigrant families from the…

Every year on September 10, we stand still and the world pauses for something that happens every day in silence: World Suicide Prevention Day. Established in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention together with the World Health Organization, it is not only a day to mourn. It is a day to give our…

Hykeem Jamal Carter Jr. was born on October 22, 2000. He spent most of his early years between Long Beach and Las Vegas, and he mainly credits Las Vegas with shaping him. Hykeem’s mother was very young when she had him and struggled a lot with substance abuse. His father was mostly not in the…

Malcolm James McCormick was born on January 19, 1992. Growing up in Pittsburgh, his mother worked as a photographer and his father was an architect. Miller, his older brother drew and designed. The household was very creative without being wealthy. Malcolm was raised Jewish and went to a Catholic grade school because the education there…

Mobb Deep, Nas, Terror Squad, Wayne, Eminem, Kendrick, Freddie Gibbs, Action Bronson, Boldy James, Larry June, Mac Miller, Westside Gunn, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu. its crazy to say that this is but a small part of Alan The Alchemist’s  30+ year collaborative discography.  October 25, 1977, Alan Daniel Maman was born. Growing up in a household…

Born in Brooklyn on December 22, 1960, to a Haitian father, and a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat grew up in a household where French, Spanish, and English overlapped easily. His mother, a massive fan of art, took him to the great museums of New York and signed him up as a junior member of the…

Near the end of February 2020, my view on music forever changed. COLORS Studios uploaded Bittersweet by Lianne La Havas — a now over 13-million-times-watched edition of this intimate show where I loved discovering new artists. A woman who, in the last 6+ years, has risen to become one of my most listened-to artists of…