From the very beginning of Hip Hop music, young women have thrown their hat in the ring of a predominately male arena. From Roxanne...

Words are powerful. They hold meaning when they are written — they make impact when they are spoken. The strength of our words, when...

Bronzeville runs through the veins of Sir the Baptist—a preacher’s kid that has deep roots in the church and grounded in music. William...

When we think about the changes that have taken affect over the last decade in the music business—we go back to the impact of technology....

What we witnessed living in an environment that breeds violence, lack of hope and daily despair is often reported as such by mainstream...

The Chicago Defender sits down with family members of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley to discuss the latest revelations by accuser,...

The long and illustrious career of Loretta Devine continues to ride the wave as she keeps her plate full of interesting and enlightening...

Since HBO’s premiere of Issa Rae’s network series, “Insecure” hit the airwaves, the breakout hit has catapulted the show’s stars to...

In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a...

Since 1999, The HistoryMakers has been recording African American oral histories to refashion a more inclusive record of American...

Last week, close to 1,900 students and teachers from 30 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) attended the matinee performance of the musical of...

The music business can be a funny one as many talented and gifted singers fight for a chance to be discovered or carve a place of...

Chicago public school students are met with many challenges that are beyond their control. It has been a repeated tone that no other...

For the last two years, Chicago radio listeners have had the pleasure of tuning in to Art ‘Chat Daddy’ Sims on WVON 1390 AM. The host of...

Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) is home to approximately 230 youth inmates. The facility was designed to house 500...

In the game of politics, there is no room for weakness or hesitation. It is often like chess—know your opponent's move before the move is...

Every generation has a wake-up call and the lines between Generation X'er's and Millenniums are no longer blurred—they have joined forces...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is the mayor Chicago residents love to hate and at times, hate to love, but begrudgingly critics sit on the fence with...

For the last two weeks, Americans have been inundated with non-stop coverage of both the Republican National Convention and the...

Some lucky high school students at Curie Metro High School’s music program were given a treat by the folks from adidas Originals last...