Dead Prez at Occupy DC
“Rockstar lifestyle ain’t gone make it, too many black men locked in cages If I get wasted and you get wasted, what we gone do about the next generation” ~dead prez
The Tanning of America…Steve Stoute speaks at Howard University
The downpour of rain wasn’t going to keep me from hearing Steve Stoute speak at Howard. Shoot, I’d taken a chinatown bus from DC to NYC before JUST to hear him speak. I knew about his stint as Nas’ manager and about him currently managing Mary J Blige, but I was more impressed with the … Read more
We Are Africa 2011 Road Tour – Detroit
…some selects from our AfricanAncestry.com 2011 Road Tour stop in Detroit…
We Are Africa 2011 Road Tour – ATL
For our 2nd stop, we drove down to Atlanta for the 23rd Annual National Black Arts Festival in Centennial Park. Here are some images from the festival.
We Are Africa 2011 Road Tour – chicago
So this has been a pretty good summer so far. I’m getting a chance to work again with Gina Paige and AfricanAncestry.com and have been hired to document their second annual “We Are Africa” 2011 Road Tour. This year, they switched things up a bit and decided to do presentations and workshops at some of the … Read more
carnival culture: one love, one aim, one destiny
My pops asked me to shoot some footage of him and his peers (the springfield carnival association) putting together their 10th annual caribbean carnival. Along the way, we got to talking about culture, food, and jamaica. This is what came out of it….
roots picnic 2011
I got a chance to go to my first Roots picnic this year thanks to Gina Paige and African Ancestry, who had traced Black Thought’s Ancestry and were going to reveal his results at the event. We weren’t able to film the reveal but had a great time, nonetheless….see the images below
“We have to define the new African” ~Blitz the Ambassador
…seeing a dope emcee backed by a dope band….nothing like it… Check this footage I had been sitting on for months due to life getting in the way. It’s part of a series I’m working on with AfricanAncestry.com titled “We Are Africa” which will explore the varied ways people of Africa and the Diaspora celebrate their … Read more
little dragon at black cat, dc
…so i’m back from cameroon (pics soon come)…since i’ve been back i’ve been trying to recuperate from being sick…made it out despite the cold to see little dragon perform…to tell you the truth i wasn’t really excited to see them live…i was the same way w/ thievery corporation as well…thought the electronica vibe wouldn’t translate … Read more
tap dancer
…i’m really enjoying taking images w/ the iphone 4…love that i always have access to a camera…i feel like that proud papa who dotes on his new born child by constantly taking and sharing pics to whomever will look…except it’s just moments in my life i’m excited to share…i caught this moment of a tap … Read more
