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“Reggie” The Documentary – Review by P. Anthony Roc

Just recently watched “Reggie” on Amazon Prime Video and was totally enthralled. It brought me back to many memories as a young kid growing up in New York City, playing CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) baseball and rooting for the Yankees and my favorite player – Reggie Jackson. I will forever cherish the memory of watching the 1977 […]

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On aging…By Epiphany Castro…

“On and on and on and on,and my cypher keeps rolling like a rolling stone”-E.Badu The world keeps turning..and so must we..Listen…not one damn person promised you that this aging thing was gonna be dope. Not ONE ya hear me? Shiit..yesterday,today and tomorrow ain’t promised fo sho.. We didn’t know we’d be above ground contemplating […]

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Here is Nevah Black Down’s Black Owned Champagne List

The most popular black owned “champagne” are Jay-z’s Ace of Spades and Rick Ross’s Belaire.  However most people do not know that Belaire is not technically champagne but actually sparkling wine. True champagne like Ace of Spades is made in the northeastern Champagne province of France and made out of seven distinct grapes. That being […]

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7 Dope Questions for Architects and Angels …Marc Marcel by Epiphany Castro

Orator.Wordsmith.Producer.Lyricist.Motivator.Animator.Philosopher.Performer.Author.Artist.Hum an.Architect…He is many,many things-He loves many things and detests few,he is complex but simple,he is kind yet may appear cruel. He is brilliant but can feign ignorance.He is a sort of walking palindrome… Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more pal·in·drome /ˈpalənˌdrōm/Learn to pronounce noun What did you expect??? Hell,he is a POET. I chewed the fat with […]

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The Inspiring Work of LA Artist Calvin Clausell Jr.

Growing up in Los Angeles, art has always been first for Calvin. From childhood he found himself sketching every chance he got. Loving the idea of bringing life to paper, he gravitated towards charcoal and graphite. Teaching himself shading techniques by observing human expression and emotion. He began oil painting after reading the book “The […]

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Here is NevahBlackDown’s Black Owned Sunscreen List

Let’s talk about suncare – skincare that helps protect you from the sun’s uv rays. Even if you don’t go outside, you should wear sunscreen everyday. It is a myth that our melanin completely protects us from the sun. BOLDEN BRIGHTENING MOISTURIZER  Our SPF 30 face moisturizer combines broad spectrum (UVA/UVB) protection with Vitamin C, […]

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The Magical Photography of Awuku Darko Samuel

Born in 1997, Awuku Darko Samuel is a conceptual photographer from Suhum, Ghana. He Began studying visual arts when he was in Senior High school, which he graduated from in 2017. He borrowed smartphones from friends to take photos until he was gifted with his own. He began to explore photography and various mediums in […]

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Here is NevahBlackDown’s Black Owned Streetwear List Part 1 :

Since the late 80s, sweatpants and baggy clothes have become popular in mainstream America. Currently the streetwear industry is worth over a billion dollars and sweats are staple items in any streetwear collection. Nevah Black Down has created a list of best selling hoodies, sweatpants, and sweatshirts to add to your wardrobe.   Dad Bod Sniper […]

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The Expressive Work of Akilah Watts

I am interested in depicting a black Barbadian experience. My work focuses a lot on my own personal experience as a black Barbadian Artist but I also touch on a more general Caribbean experience in some of my works. I use imagery such as fruits and vegetables I would have grown up seeing, Barbadian folklore […]

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The NBD Black Owned Outerwear List

“The average temperature in Africa is 82 degrees. The average temperature in the Caribbean is between 75 and 85 degrees. Unless you live in a warmer climate similar to Africa or the Caribbean you are going to need some kind of outerwear for the cold!” Here is NevahBlackDown’s Black Owned Outerwear List : THE FANCY SUCCESS This collection is about more than furs. It’s […]

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The Captivating Works of Uzo Njoku

Uzo Njoku’s works rejoice in unions despite her subjects being mostly isolate. Her paintings are a fusion of fine art and design and celebrate the blend of her Nigerian- American cultural upbringing. Njoku, with skill and a considered softness, creates another harmonious alliance between the human bodies present and the decorative. Once deeply informed by […]

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Dawoud Bey: Photography and The Black Subject

Since the mid-1970s, Dawoud Bey (b. 1953) has worked to expand upon what photography can and should be. Insisting that it is an ethical practice requiring collaboration with his subjects, he creates poignant meditations on visibility, power, and race. Bey chronicles communities and histories that have been largely underrepresented or even unseen, and his work lends renewed […]

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Surviving The White Gaze by Rebecca Carroll — a must read!

A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black woman in America. Rebecca Carroll grew up the only black person in her rural New Hampshire town. Adopted at birth by artistic parents who believed […]

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