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While living in Kenya, Sylvia NebSa Harmon witnessed poverty firsthand and answered her call to social justice by making beads out of paper and teaching Kenyan artists how to make and distribute them for income.

Tags: Culture, Sylvia NebSa Harmon, Inspirit Arts, Inspirit Arts Academy

Over-the-Rhine’s Sweet Sistah Splash is a one-stop shop for cultural and community linkages

Tags: Culture, Sweet Sistah Splash, Nzingha Byrd, Daphney Thomas, Sheba Mama, CoaCoa Goddess

Cincinnati's Community Service is on a mission to preserve Hip Hop integrity

Tags: Music Feature, Cincinnati Hip Hop, Community Service, Ezra “Grease” Sebastian, Kevin “Natti Rosco” Plavsic, Eric “E-Cypher” Loukinas, Chris “A-Wall” Wall, John “Tao Jonez”

Even on a muddy-signal, three-way conference call between Cincinnati, Atlanta and London, it’s clear that modern Soul duo Nicole Wray and Terri Walker of Lady share an affirming bond. Raised

Tags: News Feature

The ladies of American/UK duo Lady have each other’s backs with tight harmonies and straightforward Soul

Tags: Music Feature, 20th Century Theater, Lee Fields, Nicole Wray, Terri Walker, Lady, Video

Rhymesayers’ MC/producer Blueprint discusses how his last album spawned his latest, 'Deleted Scenes'

Tags: Music Feature, Rhymesayers, Blueprint, Ohio Hip Hop, Deleted Scenes, Weightless Recordings, Adventures in Counter-Culture, Video

Remembering Skandal Da Ruckus Man, local Hip Hop icon

Tags: Music Feature, Skandal Da Ruckus Man, Cincinnati Hip Hop, Marcus Mitchell

Remembering the late local Hip Hop champ Marcus Mitchell

Tags: News Feature, Cincy Hip Hop

Oct. 10 • MOTR Pub

Tags: Music News, Cincinnati music, MOTR Pub, symbolyst, lymbyc system

Rap influence and naughty, naughty man Blowfly brings his XXX-rated show to Newport

Tags: News Feature, pornorap, Video

Producer Akhe Abdullah’s album shows maturation and pays homage to his roots

Tags: Music Feature, Ahke Abdullah, Journey: The Sound of Life, Infinit Evol, Teena Marie, Laura Nyro, Video

Sept. 12 • York Street Cafe

Tags: Music News, Soul, Clarence Reid, Blowfly

MC/producer J-Phunq & the women of Cincinnati's Hip Hop scene

Tags: News Feature

As Raekwon told Red Bull Academy Radio in an interview earlier this year, his latest release, 'Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang' (named after Gordon Liu's 1981 martial arts flick), addresses the longtime infighting between himself and his group, Wu-Tang Clan. Metapho

Wu-Tang Clan infighting inspires Raekwon's latest album

Tags: Music Feature, Wu-Tang Clan

Hip Hop producers and spectators come together for The Beat Lounge

Tags: Music Feature, Cincinnati music, Hip Hop, The Greenwich

This Friday perhaps nostalgic Hip Hop fans will go "Salt-N-Pepa's here," because they will be in Cincinnati, even if that's also the Grammy-winning duo's classic line from "Push It." Cheryl James-Wray and Sandy Denton of Salt-N-Pepa headline the Legends

April 8 • Cintas Center

MC Vincent Vega prefers full-bodied lyricism over flamboyant fizz

Tags: Music Feature, Cincinnati music, Man on Fire, Redman

Jan. 31 • Mixx Ultra Lounge