Originating around 1830 and peaking in popularity twenty years later, the minstrel show offered blackface comedy for the common man. The minstrel show, prominent primarily in Northeastern urban centers, had a profound impact on nineteenth-century...

The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the American Civil War, African Americans in blackface. Minstrel...

North Carolina rap trio, Little Brother, has been on the grind since their college days on the campus of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) back in '99. NCCU’s “yard” was the meeting place for Phonte Coleman, Big Pooh and 9th Wonder. Now, seven years later,...

The one-day event began at 9AM and ended at 5pm, and included panel discussions with artists like Big Pooh, Phonte, and producer/DJ 9th Wonder, on a multitude of topics related to the entertainment field. The summit sessions included were “Hip-Hop’s Impact on Popular Culture,” “The...

The North Carolina trio of producer 9th Wonder and emcees Phonte and Big Pooh decidedly chose their stage name, Little Brother, to honor their rap heroes like A Tribe Called Quest and Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth. At the group’s first headlining performance since signing...