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As a performer and historian, The ZYG attends historic event, kicking of the collecting of memorabilia and memories of the Hip-Hop movements growth and development in Massachusetts, parallel to the New York scene.3828603323?profile=original

Part of being a Griot is being a historian and keeper of information about those things that led to the present. After absorbing the available history of Hip-hop in the Bronx, the next logical step was to look at Hip-hop's evolution in cities like Boston, where it's contributions and in

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Written by Robert HightowerThursday, 13 August 2009 22:59 Philadelphia TribuneLocal activists want to have a say in how officials at the Cliveden House educates the public about the history of the estate.After endless digging and research by the members of the Cliveden of the National Trust, papers detailing the trade and ownership of slaves by the house’s owner, Benjamin Chew, were recently discovered.Members of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America sat down with officials
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