Uptown Notes

How are you doing Uptown Notes readers? I know I’ve been pretty absent but I’m back! I recently joined Ebony.com [...]

I’m literally sitting here disgusted. I just have read about and heard discussion of the latest gang rape allegations in [...]

You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting much on here lately, don’t worry! I’m in the lab cooking [...]

“All the real OGs, I’m a solider cause you told me study Malcolm, Garvey, Huey/ Study Malcolm, Garvey, Huey, their life [...]

This morning I have a piece posted on theGrio.com where I discuss the response to the forthcoming Vibe article, “Mean [...]

This week “Waiting for Superman” premiered nationally and it has reignited the conversation on the United States’ failing schools. The [...]

Since the introduction of the Race to the Top fund I’ve had a series of nagging concerns about what Obama [...]

“Justice for Oscar Grant!” As I sit in front of these keys I know that I could have written this [...]

With the World Cup coming to an end yesterday in South Africa, here’s my commentary on African-Americans and World Cup [...]

1) Isn’t WorldStarHipHop just the digital equivalent of BET? 2) Speaking of which, why does Riff Raff (of from G’s [...]