Before there was Jeremy Lin, Yao Ming and the few other Asian-Asian American NBA players, their was Wataru “Wat” Misaka, the first person of color to be drafted by the NBA to the New York Knicks in 1947. His legacy was largely forgotten until recent years, Wat Misaka joins Jackie Robinson in 1947 in breaking the racial barrier in U.S. sports. The first four black NBA players were drafted three years later in 1950: 1st – Earl Lloyd – Washington …
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The music video for TOKiMONSTA’s “Soul to Seoul” (off her 2013 sophomore album Half Shadows) has been released. For those that are unfamiliar with TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee), she’s a Korean American electronic music producer-DJ who is associated with the Brainfeeder collective-label (Flying Lotus – founder, Thundercat, The Gaslamp Killer, Ras G, Taylor McFerrin, The Underachievers, etc), as well as synthpop duo MNDR, and the Hip-Hop group Thirsty Fish (Dumbfoundead aka DFD aka PARKER, Open Mike Eagle, Psychosiz). Her music can be described as chill, …
Roxiny “HERO” – Roxiny (pronounced Rox-E-n-E) is a Dominican born singer/songwriter/producer based out of NYC. Her style of music can be described as experimental pop, dream pop, electro, on the wavelength of the current future pop movement (combining the singer/songwriter aesthetics with electronic music production styles). Checkout her recently released track called “Hero,” the music video and song reminds me of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Games”. For more info on her music check Roxiny’s website and various social media under the handle …
Milestone Media and comics began in 1993 by four successful black comic writers, illustrators, editors, and publishers: Dwayne McDuffie (RIP), Denys Cowan, Michael Davis and Derek T. Dingle. In the beginning they created black characters for their universe “Dakotaverse” (in a fictional Midwestern city called Dakota) but soon expanded to having characters of other ethnicities (Asian, Latino, and White) as well as characters of various class, gender, sexuality, and political beliefs. The founders of Milestone didn’t want to be pigeon holed as a company that …
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