Darryl Robertson

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Darryl Robertson

At the 2016 Grammy Awards, as the cry “Black Lives Matter” was still reverberating across the world, hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar, who took home five Grammys that night, used a masterful performance to call out America’s history of racial violence. He appeared chained outside a prison cell before leading a chain gang to the center of the stage.

Dec 4, 2024 | ebony.com | Darryl Robertson

Atlanta has been a center of Black life and community since the Reconstruction era. As far as hip-hop is concerned, the ATL has blessed Black folk with enthusiastic cultural memory, street anthems and dance moves—Bankhead Bounce, Walk it Out, A-Town Stomp and Soulja Boy's Crank That. So, it makes sense that for season two of Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow, the hit show flew down south to Georgia for the winter. Atlanta’s hip-hop scene serves as a microcosm of the changing styles in the music industry.

Sep 30, 2024 | ebony.com | Darryl Robertson

America’s disbelief in Black intelligence runs the gamut, from the classrooms to football fields. Decades before Tony Dungy became the first Black head coach to win a Super Bowl, the Hall of Fame inductee was a stellar quarterback for the University of Minnesota. Because of anti-Black beliefs about our mental capacity to play QB in the NFL, Dungy was converted to a defensive back upon his NFL debut.

Sep 5, 2024 | ebony.com | Darryl Robertson

A major theme anchoring the life of Ketanji Brown Jackson is manifestation. Inspired by Schoolhouse Rock!, a cartoon that aired on ABC network and taught children math, science and civics, Justice Jackson wrote in Miami’s Palmetto High School’s yearbook that she wanted to be the first Supreme Court Judge to appear in a Broadway play. Fighting for justice on Broadway is not a far-fetched dream, either.

May 9, 2024 | lactualite.com | Darryl Robertson

Une diplomate canadienne et un officier de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC) ont fait l’éloge et exprimé leur gratitude à un homme d’affaires haïtien sanctionné qu’Affaires mondiales accuse de liens avec des gangs, après qu’il eut autorisé le transport par hélicoptère de citoyens canadiens et de policiers sur son terrain de golf de luxe le mois dernier, suggèrent des courriels fournis par ses avocats.