When I hear the word “vacation” I experience excitement and breathe a sigh of relief. Automatically, I daydream of adventures exploring a new city and relaxing days at a beach or pool. Work has vanished from my thoughts and my hectic, day-to-day life is on hold. But what we can sometimes forget is that the [...]
Not many underground artists can say that they’ve been there and back by choice—“there” meaning a deal with a major recording label, and “back” as in relying on themselves for financing. But the lack of professionalism and creative freedom forced Clockwork, a local hip-hip group, to break away from DreamWorks Records just months before the [...]
Remember the good old days in elementary school on the playground chasing the cute boys (or girls)? Those days were so innocent. We were not much different from each other besides gender. We weren’t able to grasp the concept of race yet. Then, one day, I realized that I was different. I was in the [...]
