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Carl Jones and Love Jones are proving that imagination does not have to come at the expense of identity. Through Martian Blueberry, the creative partners are building stories that honor culture while pushing beyond the boundaries often placed on Black storytelling. Their work moves between animation, history, music, business, and original world-building, all while remaining…
For LaFrae Sci, music is more than sound; it is memory, technology, resistance, and possibility. From Dayton’s deep funk roots to New York’s creative landscape, the drummer, educator, and executive director of Willie Mae Rock Camp has built a life around expanding what music can mean. Through performance, mentorship, and her Bluesology methodology, Sci empowers…
For T-Dubb-O, hip-hop has always been tied to real life. The St. Louis emcee, activist, and community organizer has built his career around music, politics, survival, and independence. His latest album, “Sets on the Wall,” reflects the neighborhoods, losses, pride, and contradictions that shaped him, while underscoring his commitment to making music that has meaning….
For Chioma Udunka, home is not simply where life happens. It is where a woman should be able to exhale. That belief guides Chi’s Nest, the design company Udunka built after years in corporate leadership while raising four children and developing her eye for interiors. A first-generation Nigerian American, she brings discipline, culture, and an…
For Jazmin Slaughter, public relations starts with understanding why a story matters. Through A Hint of Jazz Management, she works with clients to identify the message behind their brand and connect it to the people they hope to reach. That same focus carries into her work in public service, where she sees communication as part…
Urban Magazine’s October issue puts the spotlight on Norwegian-Nigerian recording artist Tolou, whose music blends Scandinavian pop, Afrobeats, introspective songwriting, and influences drawn from cultures around the world. Calling her sound “Afro-Scandi-Pop,” Tolou discusses building an artistic identity that refuses to fit into a single country, genre, or category. The conversation with Urban Magazine’s publisher…
Newly released body-camera footage of police fatally shooting a 17-year-old in Wappingers Falls is raising questions from his family about whether his movement toward an officer posed an immediate threat that warranted deadly force. Oscar Granados Colindres was shot June 27 after police responded to a 911 call reporting a suicidal person. Officers found the…
Aloni Ford is not interested in asking permission to enter the room. She has spent years moving through professional sports, entertainment, luxury circles, wellness, and now the boating world—spaces where she has often had to prove that she belongs. Her response has been to do more than break through. She wants to leave the door…