Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe
Jazmine Sullivan’s highly anticipated, “Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe” album was released February 11. Earlier this month,...
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Jessiree Jenkins
- Feb 10, 2022
Revisiting “Heaux Tales” before the Deluxe Edition
In 2021, Jazmine Sullivan dropped her new album “Heaux Tales” and set the internet on fire. Her last project had been “Reality Show” in...
Jeanette Miller
- Nov 29, 2021
Keep Listening and Learning | November 2021 Podcasts
At The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects we are celebrating November with Grace and Gratitude. We hope you have many things to be grateful...
Perdita Patrice
- Aug 17, 2021
Keep Listening | August 2021
Listen. (Don’t you love how so many Black folks say “listen” then don’t say anything?!) It’s been five years for The Lighthouse | Black...
Jessiree Jenkins
- Apr 27, 2021
There’s Something About Missy
I want to highlight one of my favorite musicians: Missy Elliot. She is a rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, visionary, and role model....
Perdita Patrice
- Sep 7, 2020
Bondage … in Black
Deep in the heart of the Mississippi Delta rests a historical milieu slicing through the lurid white canvas of King Cotton that stretches...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 30, 2020
Five Year Anniversary of Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp A Butterfly”
On those silent nights I’ve spent vamping until 2 a.m. during the frightening times of COVID-19, there’s a certain 90s classic by...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 27, 2020
Pa’ la cultura: Cuban Cultural Promoter Creates Cuban Rap Festival
Hailing from a family of educators, Rensoli is a firm believer that every human being should have a right to education and that those who...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 1, 2019
Burna Boy’s “African Giant” is a Feat in Connecting Global Black Music
Burna Boy’s latest album is a cultural offering that connects the African continent and its diaspora through a universal Black...
Perdita Patrice
- Oct 17, 2019
Thee Invincible Stallion
Photo courtesy www.instagram.com/theestallion In 2013, a video of an 18-year-old college student went viral as she battled alongside male...
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 3, 2019
On Resistance and Struggle: Women in the Cuban Hip-Hop Scene
1990s hip-hop greats Salt-N-Pepa, TLC and Missy Elliot traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to Cuba not by airplane or boat but through...
Perdita Patrice
- Aug 16, 2018
All Hail the Queen!
In memoriam of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who helped us liberate our minds and bodies, groove on the dance floor, reminded us of...
Perdita Patrice
- Dec 11, 2017
Black Girl Perspective | Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
We were inspired. Local DJ, Young Venom, curated a playlist for the Mississippi Museum of Art, and we decided, “Why not curate one for...
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