In the current landscape of Christian hip-hop, few artists loom quite as large as rapper, poet, and political activist Propaganda. A Los Angeles native, “Prop” (as he’s called by those close to him) developed a passion for rap early on, then he added poetry to his repertoire as a college student after attending a friend’s spoken word performance. Now, with five albums, a poetry collection, and a host of performance recordings (available on YouTube) under his belt, his rise to prominence as on
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In a town where twice as many Black people were arrested as white people, and even though he had dropped out of high school, Robert Chamber had no criminal history. Despite beating those odds, in 2011, Chambers wound up dead at the hands of Houston County police. With no witnesses, the officer who fatally shot Chambers claims he had burglarized a nearby home, stolen a gun and threatened a cop’s life. But much like the
killing of Walter Scott by a South Carolina police offic
He’s more authentic, he understands tragedy, and he’ll do more to carry on the Obama legacy. Look out, Hillary.
While much of the media attention up to now has focused on what damage Bernie Sanders’s campaign could do to Hillary Clinton, we recently had a powerful reminder that the real 2016 wild card, particularly when it comes to black voters, is Joe Biden. Clinton and Biden both made high-profile appearances at various social events for the Congressional Black
