Youth
One Vibe Africa Presents: Year Of Return (Trailer)
March 4, 2020
From the U.S. back to Kenya. Yes indeed.
You KNOW we are about travel abroad (e.g. from The States to overseas destinations). But this one hits home. As in Mother Africa, being home to ALL humanity and civilization. And this… this is epic. Of course, you know plenty of Sisters and Brothers who have declared that ‘one day’ they are going to make that pilgrimage back Home. Making it a big deal; maybe ‘too big’ a deal. But what if that ‘pilgrimage’ was less of a ‘trip’ to take. Like, let’s just say the family, the homies, the homegirls… are going to make it to an awesome event… and take in some of The Motherland while over that way. We could do that, right? We already do it for other festivals.
And like those other festivals, maybe we make it a yearly thing; or trips more often if we find things over there that draw us back.
Moving Madaraka Festival from Seattle back to Kenya signified the importance of not only arranging for individuals to travel back to Africa as it was with the case of Ghana’s year of return initiative, but getting significant events back to Africa and keeping them in Africa as a way to build a sustainable bridge allowing people of all backgrounds to travel to Africa to enjoy a festival of a lifetime, immerse themselves in the African culture, and inspire global change and collaboration towards mitigating climate change, which does not only threaten the climate but is an existential threat to our music, culture, and livelihood.
– One Vibe TV
Dope music and culture do it again. Let’s get together; for the community and the cause. It’s a Vibe. One Vibe Africa! Matter of fact, why not show love and SUPPORT right now: Cop the EP (linked below) #ForTheYouth #ForKisumu #ForKenya #ForOurWorld
Hit the jump for more on that. The fam Mazzi really blessed with the knowledge on this one. Knowledge and blessing right to mobile #Mobilize
S.O.U.L. PURPOSE AND ONE VIBE AFRICA PRESENT: YEAR OF RETURN (EP)
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3D Na’Tee Tells Students At Dillard University Her Greatest Accomplishment (Video)
February 10, 2020
Again, we are doing looking at something different for the Nooner post. Still very beautiful, but in a different way.
(This time a dude actually tries to shoot his shot. Beat me to it. HAHA!)
Now this is a guest lecturer I would NOT have missed in school. 3D Na’Tee with such real talk and WISDOM here. Lean in and listen. Won’t take long. You WILL wish it was longer!
– @ojones1
“Charm City Kings” Hits The Streets… And The Screens… This Coming April (Trailer)
January 21, 2020
Okay. OKAY!
Meek Mill making it work in the movies. Salute. And this “Charm City Kings” looks epic. Teaser showing snips from what should be a wild story to tell. Check it…
Fourteen-year-old Mouse (Jahi Di’Allo Winston) desperately wants to join the Midnight Clique, an infamous group of Baltimore dirt-bike riders who rule the summertime streets. His older brother, Stro, was their top rider before his tragic death—a loss that consumes Mouse as much as his passion for bikes. Mouse’s mom (Teyonah Parris) and his police mentor, Detective Rivers (William Catlett), work overtime to help the charismatic teen reach his full potential, but when the Midnight Clique’s leader, Blax (Meek Mill), takes the boy under his wing, the lure of revving his own dirt bike skids Mouse toward a road way past the straight and narrow.
Puerto Rican director Angel Manuel Soto (Dinner Party, 2018 New Frontier VR experience at Sundance Film Festival) returns to the Festival with this electric feature that pulses with teen gusto, thumping Hip-Hop, and amazing bike tricks. Soto directs an astonishingly talented cast to create a narrative bursting with pitch-perfect performances and intoxicating emotion. Based on the documentary 12 O’Clock Boys, Charm City Kings is one boy’s unforgettable journey toward manhood.
(AND Jada and Will Smith are helming this as Executive Producers?? Oh heeeell yeah!)
– @ojones1
Posted in Action, Film, Hip-Hop, Lifestyle, Trailer, Videos, Youth | Tags: Angel Manuel Soto, Charm City Kings, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Meek Mill, Teyonah Parris, Will Smith, William Catlett | No Comments »
Rich Brian – “Kids” (Prod. By Bekon & The Donuts x Frank Dukes x Brian Imanuel x Craig Balmoris) [Video]
December 27, 2019
You’re big in your city. Rich Brian is the king of his continent! He said so in the video… watch. Real sh!t. Gotta love the style, too. Shot selection is nowhere near the glam glitzy fronting shizzy. Dope music and feel good vibes come through. Essence of Indonesia. Wonderful!
Checked out “The Sailor” yet? Got RZA on a feature. Yeah. Go check it out!
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Travel, Videos, Youth | Tags: BÄ’KON, Bekon & The Donuts, Brian Imanuel, Craig Balmoris, Donuts, Frank Dukes, Kids, Rich Brian, The Donuts, The Sailor | No Comments »
Fab Boy Boochie With R.I.P. Bars For ‘Cupcake’ (Video)
October 30, 2019
Shout to Birmingham’s (Alabama) Fabboy Boochie (aka Charles Smith) for this timely rhyme I caught on the Facebook feed. I think we will all feel this one for a while. We should. We must do better by our children.
We keep losing our babies in the most heinous ways. Recently, Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney was kidnapped from a party, and her remains were found a week later (more after the jump). Damn.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, Hip-Hop, Human Interest, Videos, Youth | Tags: Alabama, Birmingham, Charles Smith, child death, Cupcake, Fab Boy Boochie, Fabboy Boochie, Kamille McKinney, Kidnapping, MURDER | No Comments »
Intentional Act Of Kindness Earns Kids A New Friend, Clothes, Cash & A Special Visit (Video)
October 7, 2019
That is exactly how human beings are supposed to interact with one another… It’s not more complicated than that… Somebody’s having a hard time, and you help them.
Tearjerker alert. Mondays are Mondays. Watch this though. You WILL get hit in the feels. And you can blame Ellen and Will for ‘chopping them onions’ and ‘making your eyes rain’ as they celebrate these kids and their awesomeness!
#BeKindToOneAnother
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Cover Story, Hip-Hop, Human Interest, Inspirational, Interview, Relationships, Series, Television, Videos, Youth | Tags: anti-bullying, Antwain Garrett, Ellen, Ellen Degeneres, Ellen Degeneres Show, Kindness, Kristopher Graham, Michael Todd, Will Smith | No Comments »
Principal Akbar Cook Is Still Taking Care Of His ‘Babies’ With His ‘Lights On’ Program (Video)
May 27, 2019
First, a spot on Ellen (see our post here). Now, CNN is covering the Newark (New Jersey, USA) principal. This brother Akbar Cook and his amazing work should keep getting the spotlight on big awesome platforms as an example of what normal people who dare to show extraordinary care can do to make this world a better place!
“When it all gets down to it, we’re saving lives,” says Akbar Cook, the principal of West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey. Cook founded and directs, a program that gives students a safe place to go on Friday nights, when crime and gun violence are prevalent. In the past three years, Cook says, West Side hasn’t lost any students to gun violence.
– CNN
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, Education, Human Interest, News, Videos, Youth | Tags: Akbar Cook, at-risk kids, at-risk students, CNN, Lights On, New Jersey, Newark, Principal Akbar Cook, The Good Stuff, Westside High School | No Comments »
When They See “When They See Us” People Will Really Understand The ‘Central Park Five’ Story (Trailer)
April 22, 2019
“When They See Us” was conceptualized and co-written by Ava DuVernay for Netflix and it is coming to take hearts and minds and twist them… to make us feel everything the falsely accused (and eventually exonerated) Central Park Five.
Just LOOK at who is attached. The exec producers (Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro) all the through to casting (Michael K. Williams, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, Niecy Nash, Blair Underwood)… they will draw MILLIONS of viewers! We must learn. ALL of us.
Based on a true story that gripped the country, “When They See Us” will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The four-part limited series will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise. Beginning in the spring of 1989, when the teenagers were first questioned about the incident, the series will span 25 years, highlighting their exoneration in 2002 and the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014.
“When They See Us” premieres May 31 only on Netflix.
– Netflix
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News: Flint Residents Can Now Get Some Clean Water From The ‘Water Box’ (Video)
March 6, 2019
Dope! Good look for the youth, for Hip-Hop & ministry, for our people, and for humanity! Shout to Jada Pinkett Smith, Just, First Trinity, & Jaden Smith and The Water Box for doing this (respek on their names) and to the Reupspot on Facebook for the scoop.
FULL STORY: JADEN SMITH IN FLINT, WATER BOX (FOX 2 DETROIT)
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Cover Story, Environment, Hip-Hop, Human Interest, News, Technology, Television, Videos, Youth | Tags: Clean Water, Detroit, Drew Fitzgerald, Ezra Tillman, Filtration, Filtration System, First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, Flint, Fox 2, Fox 2 Detroit, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith, Jason Rothkop, Just, Karen Weaver, Michicgan, The Water Box, Water, Water Crisis, Water Filtration | No Comments »
Just Dala: Meet the Bubble Heads of Cape Town (Doumentary)
January 30, 2019
Sneakerheads in the hood are sneakerheads in the hood, worldwide. And they (including you, if the shoe fits) will see at least some of themselves in this docu-film.
In our short documentary, “Just Dala,†we explore the small but growing sneaker culture that exists in the city’s Cape Flats. Known colloquially as “bubbleheads,†South Africa’s sneakerheads are in a league of their own. Here we talk to some of the scene’s most influential insiders to learn about life in one of the country’s poorest communities and how locals live their life with dignity and with the freshest kicks.
– Highsnobiety
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Schools Are Still Separate And Unequal In The Deep South (Video)
January 24, 2019
The fight is NOT over! We just celebrated MLK Day, and sure, all the crowds were likely integrated to varying degrees… and even Vice President Mike Pence was on TV quoting King… BUT we STILL have MUCH work to do. Time to go back to school(s)… and fix this!
These students are still facing segregation and inequality every day at school, more than 50 years after Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement.
– NowThis
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, Education, Videos, Youth | Tags: NowThis, NowThis Reports, School Inequality in the Deep South | No Comments »
Due Out Next Year: “See You Yesterday” (Trailer)
December 13, 2018
DOPE! Blerds (Black Nerds) rejoice! Spike Lee is getting in on the sci-fi superhero genre and adding some color to the fracas. Taking a short submitted for an HBO film competition and blowing it up into a Netflix project. Spike’s protege, Stefon Bristol, who helped script the short, will direct. Co-stars from the short, Eden Duncan-Smith and Danté Crichlow, will star in the “See You Yesterday” reboot. Adding onto the cast will be Astro Bradley, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Wavvy Jones.
Watch the original short’s trailer above to get an idea of what you’ll be getting in 2019 on Netflix…
Posted in Film, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Trailer, Videos, Youth | Tags: Astro Bradley, Danté Crichlow, Eden Duncan-Smith, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Netflix, See You Yesterday, Spike Lee, Stefon Bristol, Wavvy Jones | No Comments »
Does Will Smith Enjoy Being Famous? What Do You Think? (Video)
December 3, 2018
Nothing was off limits, and he promised to tell the truth. So she asked. And Will gave here the WHOLE truth. Interesting.
In our first episode of Ask Uncle Will, we explore the positive and negative effects of fame.
– Will Smith
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, Series, Videos, Youth | Tags: Ask Uncle Will, The Truth About Being Famous, Will Smith | No Comments »
Cavalli Talks To His Terminally Ill Grandpa About His Coming Death (Video)
October 26, 2018
Sometimes you need a good cry. Coach Jim Valvano (aka Jimmy V, late great ESPN commentator and namesake of the Espys cancer courage award) said you need to think, laugh, and be moved to tears DAILY to have one helluva life. That, plus that I am all about FAMILY, made posting this a must-do for me. Very emotional, but you gotta watch!
#MovedToTears #NoShame #HaveTissues
– @ojones1
Pio Tastes Ainsworth’s Gold Wings (Video)
October 15, 2018
Aha! Looks like #ExcessWithPio is like “Most Expensivist” from a kid’s perspective. That, plus chicken wings coated with a gold dust. Okay, I’m in!
Pio La Ditingancia discovers a whole new level of 24k magic. 💸 Let’s see what these gold wings from The Ainsworth are all about. #ExcessWithPio
– The Game on BET
– @ojones1
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Young Devyn – “Bars On I-95 Freestyle” (Video)
October 10, 2018
When Young Devyn did the Friday Freestyle for Sway, he told her to go on every show and wreck! And best believe the mid-teen phenom emcee is doing just that! Watch her work on this ep of ‘Freestyles On Bars On I-95.’
#MumbleRapIsQuiet
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Radio, Series, Videos, Youth | Tags: Bars On I-95, Bars On I-95 Freestyle, Connecticut, Freestyles, Young Devyn | No Comments »
Activism/Politics: Dear Young People, “Don’t Vote” (Video)
October 8, 2018
This ad by Occupy Democrats is good, scary good. Don’t think it will ‘scare’ millennials, but maybe it will get them thinking… maybe even ‘dared’ into voting in next month’s midterm elections.
Hope so #KnockTheVote #VoteDammit
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Politics, Videos, Youth | Tags: Knock The Vote, Midterm Elections, Occupy Democrats, Rock The Vote, Vote, Voting | No Comments »
History: Did You Know The Panthers Were Instrumental In Bringing Healthcare To The Community (Video)
September 28, 2018
Just being a follower here, we can assume that you know that the Black Panthers were NOT just gun-toting White-hating anarchists and agitators. But this vid… this is for the one looking over your shoulder; the one that maybe you should invite over and give your chair and let learn the truth! The Black Panthers were not only stepping up to defend downtrodden people of color against abusive authorities, but they were stepping in where the authorities would not – providing food and healthcare programs unlike anything offered to brothers and sisters who would not get help elsewhere.
– @ojones1
Being Sean: Introducing Ibum Obu And Her First Single Titled “Tongue Tiedâ€
September 26, 2018
The last post we shared from the homie Sean “DJ Cisco” Thomas, he was relating all his feelings (and fears) that come with a milestone in his daughter’s life. Well, that was “Daughter #1” (Syd). His new post, it turns out, is all about “Daughter #2” (Ibum). Read on, and listen!
IBUM OBU – TONGUE TIED (ITUNES)
– @ojones1
Posted in Exclusives, Human Interest, Music, Relationships, Series, World Music, Youth | Tags: Being Sean, BeingSean, Cisco, DJ Cisco, IBUM OBU, Sean Thomas, TONGUE TIED | No Comments »
Meet The New Principal Of Newark’s Westside High School, Akbar Cook (Video)
September 25, 2018
Ellen always comes through with the great ‘feel good’ stories. This one on the brother Akbar Cook certainly ranks near the top of that stack. Watch.
Ellen sat down with Akbar Cook, Principal of a Newark, New Jersey high school, who after noticing at-risk students being bullied for dirty clothes, worked hard to install washing machines and dryers so the kids could do laundry. After hearing his story, Ellen teamed up with her friends at Cheerios to help Principal Cook continue to do good and support his “babies” at school.
Take care of the babies, Akbar. Our babies! And bless you, Ellen, for shining the light on this.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Education, Human Interest, Interview, Series, Television, Videos, Youth | Tags: Akbar Cook, anti-bullying, at-risk kids, at-risk students, Ellen, Ellen Degeneres, Ellen Show, New Jersey, Newark, Principal Akbar Cook, Westside High School | No Comments »
