Darryl Hurts: Dreams & Nightmares

Someone once told me that “it’s not what people say you are that makes you, it’s what people say you aren’t.” Some of the world’s greatest leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou and Albert Einstein were once considered losers, rejected and irrelevant, but they didn’t allow this to cloud their paths. They turned their pain into power and impacted the world with their God given talent. Many young artists and activists today have followed in their footsteps and contributed to making the world a better place. His last name says it best. Multi-talented artist Darryl Hurts expresses his pain, pleasure and life experiences in various forms of art.

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In times like these with a recession looming and hopes of mending what’s been torn to pieces, a question always remains. In every interview, every casual conversation, someone just has to know: Why fashion? People don’t just buy couture when they’ve lost their jobs. A pair of Chanel shoes are replaced with paying rent. So, why fashion? For designers like LaQuan Smith, fashion isn’t a choice, it’s a calling.

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A Day to Remember: Like A Box of Chocolates

It usually only takes me a few seconds of listening to a song before I decide if I want it on my playlist. Generally, if I’ve heard a few minutes of a song, then I’ve heard them all. However, when you listen to A Day to Remember, you’ll need to play a track completely through in order to hear every element, because it might just change up on you.

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Jane Elliott: A Voice for the Voiceless

“I’m not stupid.” Jane Elliott said to her candor during our twenty-minute phone conversation, during which Elliott spoke with her well known level of straightforwardness regarding a myriad of topics concerning the future of America: the 2016 election, colorism, and the ever-changing cultural demographic of the country. She continued, “The fact that a person has a penis instead of a uterus, or the amount of calcium someone has in their skin, does not make them superior.” At 83 years old, Elliott is just as intensive and feverous as she was almost 50 years ago when she first constructed the “Blue eyes - Brown eyes experiment” as a third grade teacher in Riceville, Iowa.

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One of the best ways to show support for something that you believe in, is to put your hard earned money behind it. The fans of legendary hip-hop trio, De La Soul has done exactly that, and quite successfully with their highly anticipated studio album, and the Anonymous Nobody… The album is the first to be released by the group in 11 years. Amazingly enough, it wasn’t the long wait that has people talking about the record, but rather the fan-generated reserve of cash that paid for it all.

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