Sam Collier is a child of hip-hop and R&B. Growing up, the 35-year-old pastor of Story Church Atlanta fed on the music of Tupac, Biggie and OutKast. So perhaps it’s no surprise that when Collier first ...

Amid allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs and questions of whether hip-hop’s #MeToo moment has come, is the Black Church also due for a reckoning? “Notes on faith” is theGrio’s inspirational, ...

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Asia J. Norton, Esq. Announces Run for Newark South Ward City Council Culture and Community Converge: Asia J. Norton, Esq.

MINNEAPOLIS - A passer-by hearing the bass track thumping from Urban Jerusalem on a Saturday night easily might conclude it's a nightclub. Inside, that opinion would only be strengthened by the ...

The fact that rapper, writer, publisher, and pastor Tommy “Urban D.” Kyllonen feels called to minister to the inner city is no great surprise—“urban” is literally his middle name, after all. What is ...

MINNEAPOLIS - A passerby hearing the bass track thumping from Urban Jerusalem on a Saturday night easily might conclude that it's a nightclub. Inside, that opinion would only be strengthened by the ...

Join The Root as we live-stream WGBH TV’s Basic Black program as it takes on the state of the black church in today’s hip-hop world. As black parishioners evolve, is the black church addressing the ...

A Grammy-winning Christian rapper who made the New York Times best seller list will be speaking at Grace Community Church this Sunday. Lecrae, known for his music’s focus on his Christian faith and ...

From civil rights to hip hop : a meditation / Alton B. Pollard III -- Dissed-enfranchised : the Black church under the steeple / Joshua Hutchinson -- Chasing a dream deferred : from movement to ...

In 2018, Cardi B challenged proponents of the #MeToo, #SayHerName and the Hollywood #TimesUp movements about their bias and respectability politics when she told us the music industry was an unsafe ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A passerby hearing the bass track thumping from Urban Jerusalem on a Saturday night easily might conclude that it's a nightclub. Inside, that opinion would only be strengthened by the ...