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Kendrick at the Super Bowl: When Truth Takes the Stage
There’s something happening in culture right now—something deeper than just rap beefs or sports rivalries. It’s about truth. It’s about...


Jan 14 min read
Mixtape Methodology and the R.E.S.T. Mixtape: A Freedom-Centered Framework for Outcast Christianity
In the face of imposed binaries and rigid epistemologies that fail to account for the lived realities of marginalized communities,...

Nov 26, 20243 min read
GNX: Kendrick Lamar's New Album
GNX’s album is nothing short of a full-bodied experience—one that demands the listener’s attention and introspection from the very first...


Sep 22, 20244 min read
The Heart of the Future: Kendrick Lamar, AI, and the Wisdom of Emergence
Kendrick Lamar’s work is a masterclass in storytelling, artistry, and cultural critique. Through this approach, Kendrick accomplishes...


Jul 31, 20243 min read
Hush Harbors and Hip-Hop: Rhizomatic Fugitive Spaces of Black Spirituality and Resistance
Both hush harbors and hip-hop, in their purest form, operate as rhizomatic networks that resist submission by dominant systems...


Jun 5, 20244 min read
If Atonement Is Necessary, Let It Be For This:Unpacking Patriarchy & Toxic Masculinity
This blog is inspired by my conversation with the one and only Michelle Higgins. The concept of atonement has long been central to many...


Feb 29, 20241 min read
The Holy Ground of Hip-Hop
by Tamice Spencer-Helms


Jun 1, 20224 min read
The Weight of Transformation: Kendrick Lamar’s The Heart Part 5 and the Urgency of Black Conversations
Kendrick Lamar’s The Heart Part 5 is a masterclass in storytelling, where art and technology meet to reflect the tensions,...


Oct 26, 20194 min read
Kanye West Might Become a Banana*
There has been an overwhelming response from the masses (particularly white evangelicals) to Kanye West’s new album Jesus is King. I...
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