Jazzi Black

1 week ago | thebeatdfw.com | Jazzi Black

Everything is bigger in Texas, even our bees! According to NBC, out of 243 spellers competing in this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, 22 were from Texas and four were from North Texas. After the 10th round ended Wednesday, only one of the nine spellers who remained was from Texas: Plano’s Faizan Zaki. 13-year-old Zaki who is a 7th grader at Plano’s C.M. Rice Middle School, has competed four times for the cup.

1 week ago | thebeatdfw.com | Jazzi Black

Congratulations are in order for Brittney Atkins, daughter of platinum recording artist Ja Rule, and her new husband Tevin Aitken! The two tied the knot over the weekend in New York at Villa Barone Hilltop Manor, where they were definitely “Livin it up” with a Great-Gabsy themed ceremony. As the oldest of the three, she has self-claimed the title as his biggest motivator saying, “I put the battery in his back. When my mom got pregnant, he signed his first record deal.

1 month ago | thebeatdfw.com | Jazzi Black

In most underrepresented or marginalized communities, Earth Day is not one of those holidays we take a lot of pride in. In a lot of ways, minorities have been excluded or undermined in environmental research and conversations. It wasn’t until 1989 when Kimberlé Crenshaw, a civil rights activist and scholar, introduced the term intersectionality to the world that environmental advocates begin to dive deeper.

1 month ago | thebeatdfw.com | Jazzi Black

Heritage is rich in Dallas, Texas with milestones that include the 1993 Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl win, or, Dallas being the largest city in the South with a segregated school system until 1961. Behind these significant events are the communities that continue to live beyond the spotlight, where Don “Tortellini” Thomas II is using his lens to capture history. Growing up as a musician and athlete, Don organically gained ambition to challenge himself and be a leader to those around him.

2 months ago | thebeatdfw.com | Jazzi Black

Midday personality Jazzi Black and professional creative 1WILLAYE who were once peers at Prairie View A&M University, reconnect too discuss his rise in the music world. 1WILLAYE said it’s been a journey explaining, “(I)just started off with DJing,  doing my thing with that. Got a chance to go on tour a couple of times, you know what I’m saying. Produced a platinum record, all that good stuff.