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Natelegé Whaley is a culture journalist and a former staff reporter for Mic. She has also written for NBCNews, Pitchfork, Eater, Teen Vogue, Vibe and other outlets. Whaley's beats include black womanhood in popular culture, hip-hop's impact on the wider culture, and reproductive justice.
Her reporting has been cited in Vogue, Vulture, Teen Vogue, Glamour and other outlets.
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Highlights
Photo by Luis Alvarez via Getty Images, edited by Sunpyo Hong Experts in addressing racism and bias in the workplace have been very, very busy. On May 25th a reckoning with systemic racism was reignited. It's still here - and so are we.
Peter Johnson, a resident of Long Island City in Queens, New York - where will soon establish one of two new corporate headquarters - moved to the neighborhood more than a decade ago, when it consisted of mainly homeowners and families who frequented local businesses and convened at local parks.
Planned Parenthood sponsored production of the 250,000 "We Remember" pamphlets in the summer of 1989. The statement, written by former Ms. editor Marcia Gillespie, connected the lack of reproductive freedom to other forms of oppression suffered by the African-American community until that moment such as slavery, Jim Crow laws and voting disenfranchisement.
There is an urgent need for black Americans to inform themselves of the business opportunities surrounding cannabis, senior pastor Anthony Trufant of the Emmanuel Baptist Church told the attendees at the Business of Cannabis summit held in Brooklyn, New York, last week.
Over the last couple of years, a number of social media accounts and platforms have popped up, creating spaces that spark high-level discussion centered around female rap. In October 2020, fashion and culture writer Mikeisha Vaughn was listening in on a Clubhouse room where a widely known rapper wa
On a July afternoon, Brooklyn, New York, rapper Latasha Alcindor took the stage at Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival with a crew of 20 hype-women. While front and center, the only woman on the festival's bill made an emphatic proclamation: "I came here today to spit some truth, tell some stories and remind you how important women are for hip-hop."
Music
Shenseea, Teni the Entertainer, and Sho Madjozi speak on the evolving musical connections between Afro-Caribbean and African artists, and their women inspirations. Last summer, thousands of music lovers of African descent gathered on the sands of Portimao, Portugal, waved their beloved countries' flags and witnessed performances from the best in afro-pop, reggae, and hip-hop at Afro Nation, the premier traveling beach festival unifying music of the African diaspora.
At every Rico Nasty show, there's a point when the snarling guitars of her raucous track " Rage" transfix the crowd, signaling that it's time for a mosh pit. Her DJ, Miles, jumps down from the booth and orders the revved-up audience to wait for the beat to drop.
Introducing our list of 20 activists, artists, entertainers and entrepreneurs who are changing America. I contributed interviews with James Flemons, Tanaïs, and Sophia Roe to this project.
Rochelle Jordan Bridges Her R&B and Electronic Roots on "Play With The Changes" By Natelegé Whaley · April 28, 2021 The sound of , the new album from Los Angeles-based singer Rochelle Jordan, was inspired by two sources: UK rave culture of the 1990s and 2000s, which she absorbed when visiting her British-Jamaican family members in London, and her older brother's tape collection, which consisted of, "gospel, soulful dance, Sounds of Blackness," Jordan recalls.
