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Easily the most famous of William Shakespeare’s plays, “Romeo And Juliet” has been made, remade, broken down and picked over plenty. However, Thug Notes still…

The first thing that strikes many about Amiri Baraka‘s poetry, most especially his later works, is that it carried the sharp tone of an oppressed,…

“Ignorance is bliss” has got to be one of the most inaccurate phrases in the history of the human language. That’s probably true, right up…

Eighteen years after his untimely death, the music of late MC/poet/actor Tupac Shakur will become the blueprint for a new Broadway musical opening in June. “Holler…

According to Gary With Da Tea RHOA‘s Cynthia Bailey and Peter Thomas‘ marriage might not make through 2014. The couple got into a heated argument on the…

Countee Cullen (pictured), a poet who rose to fame during the Harlem Renaissance, was a contemporary of famed writer Zora Neale Hurston. Cullen amassed an…

“The Real Housewives Of Atlanta” star Porsha Stewart may not know what the Underground Railroad is, but she comes from a family that played a…

Piyush Jindal (pictured) has the sort of story many immigrants (and minorities in general, for that matter) find inspirational. As the son of two Indian…

Sierra “Cece” Sims (pictured) was an exemplary and popular student at her Tennessee high school, but when the teen entered college, the stakes were higher…

  There are new beginnings in 2014 for singer-songwriter and all around music jack-of-all-trades The Dream. He announced yesterday via Instagram that he was ending…

Atlanta music scene staple DJ Drama is diversifying his income once again. After dropping two solo albums and continuing to work with artists for his…