On May 24, a Florida law requiring felons to pay fines before they could register to vote was deemed unconstitutional. The ruling was a major breakthrough for voting rights activists — a group that includes singer John Legend, who has long championed criminal justice reform through his Free America organization. “It’s really meaningful for the hundreds of thousands of people that will get to vote and not have to pay a poll tax,” he told EW following the court’s decision. “You’ve got to celebrate the wins because they don’t come all the time”…
As made clear by the recent HBO documentary On the Record, chronicling hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and his alleged sexual misconduct, hip-hop in America has denigrated women for decades. The fact…
It’s June 19, and Chuck D is heading to a radio interview in Los Angeles. He has a lot to say, and he’s just getting started. Earlier in the day, Public Enemy dropped “State of the Union…
Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz Instagram Live battle series has been operating purely for the culture, and now the two music moguls announced on Saturday afternoon that they plan to have…
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