Rosa Clemente is a renowned activist and former 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate who sat down with the team at Hard Knock Radio for their ongoing Hip Hop is 50 Series. During the interview, Clemente spoke candidly about her upbringing in the South Bronx and how she was first introduced to hip hop through […]
Archives for April 2023
More Fall Out w/ Antioch Police as Racist Text Messages Are Released to the Public
Last week, Antioch, California, was rocked by a scandal involving racist and homophobic text messages exchanged by over two dozen police officers. The messages, which the FBI discovered, revealed a disturbing culture of bigotry within the department. In response, reporter and organizer Frank Sterling again appeared on Hard Knock Radio to shed more light on […]
Why No Outrage Over the Russians Arresting Evan Gershkovic Like We Had w/ Brittney Griner?
Russia recently arrested Wall Street journalist Evan Gershkovich and charged him with spying. The circumstances leading up to the arrest are unclear, but it is suspected that Gershkovich may have been conducting investigative journalism in Russia, which the authorities interpreted as espionage. With that in mind, let me ask y’all this: why is no one […]
E-40 Encounters Karen-Like Drama in Sacramento
Can’t believe some dour, grade A, extreme hater got the homie, Bay Area rapper E-40 kicked out last night’s NBA playoff game between the Warriors and the Kings in Sacramento. The reason why? Because he was standing up and cheering in a tight back-and-forth nail-biter of a game. The woman in question wanted E-40 to […]
Are White Rappers Guests in Hip Hop?
This guest stuff is nonsense on a number of levels. If there is a guest in Hip Hop, it’s the music industry and all that comes with it… At the same time, one might equally argue that Hip Hop is a guest in the music industry. Many of us who consider ourselves practitioners made a […]
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