The BJP and the TRS are locking horns over how September 17, the day the last Nizam of Hyderabad surrendered to the Indian Union in 1948, should be remembered. The NDA government has announced that September 17 will be officially celebrated as Telangana Liberation Day and has encouraged the state government to follow suit. The … Read more
This past week, Talib Kweli publicly called out music manager Eothen “Egon” Alapatt for allegedly stealing rhyme books belonging to the late MF DOOM. Egon is Madlib’s manager and business partner, who was previously A&R and general manager of Stones Throw Records before launching Now-Again, Rappcats and assisting in the business of the Madlib Invazion … Read more
George Washington is a problem for George Washington University, according to the Washington Post. For years, the university’s capital city has struggled with the shadow of President Washington’s slave ownership. In 2020, university officials began investigating the school’s sports team name, Colonials, because of “the ways colonists ravaged color communities.” Last month, “Colonials” disappeared. In … Read more
