Action 5 Memphis:

“As Memphis City Schools leaders discuss the best way to deal with the crisis at Frayser High School, one young student is dealing with parenthood. The Action News 5 Investigators recently discovered 90 girls who attend Frayser High School are now pregnant or have already had a baby this school year. Read the rest of this entry »

With all the rap blogs I read everyday pretty much playing favorites, of course I’m going to discover an MC as talented as Skewby at a site I specifically keep an eye on for offbeat, non-rap picks. Thanks to the cool, cover-all blog/promo-machine RCRD LBL, now we can all enjoy this Memphis mold of Cassidy, Lupe & Q-Tip (Q-Lupassidy?) turn up the tempo on The Flobots “Handlebars” beat and prove that he can indeed ‘do it better.’ Not only in terms of this song, but just bending bars period. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By David D.

Unfortunate.

No, I’m not some bitter college fan whose bracket was destroyed by the game. I’m just a guy who likes to stick it to America like any other respectable human being.

And Memphis winning would have done that.

The team was full of young, African-American tatted-up males from varying backgrounds. They played a fast-paced, up and down game. The star of the team was a physical, scrappy kid who’s tenacity matched any one else on the court.

They only lost one game all season. Read the rest of this entry »