Kenyan Hip Hop Comes to Oakland

Kenyan Hip Hop in Oakland By Kwan Booth For the last three years, Emerge Media Group has produced events promoting positive interactions between African and American Cultures. In 2005 the company produced the film “Hip Hop Colony”, documenting...

Russell Simmons: “Do You!”

Happiness, Success, Hip Hop By Kwan Booth (May 28, 2007-Oakland Post) Last Tuesday in a scene that resembled a southern baptist revival, Russell Simmons, the hip hop entrepreneur behind Def Jam Records, Def Comedy Jam and Phat Farm Clothing, shared the secrets of his...