Jadon Woodard is a rapper based in NYC who has sprouted in fame rooted in the D.I.Y. rap scene. From handing out mixtapes on the streets to rapping on subways, Jadon found a break when becoming more prominent with big-name performers and spoken word poetry. As a part of Arts Connection’s Teen Reviewers and Critics
His throne room lies vacant before us, the halls of his reign, oblique, the air of his fellowship encapsulated in heaps of golden dust, remnants of pride, of arrogance, resentment, mutiny, and bitter, iron greed. Incriminate us, if you will; accuse us of slander, if you please. But when we lifted those shining, rubicund curtains
The Afrolatino Festival, arranged at Bed Stuy’s Restoration Plaza, held its fifth-year event on July 7 and 8 to embrace the cultural assets and roots that cultivate being Afrolatinx. Initiating discourse on varying subjects addressing blackness among Latinx cultures, displaying the artistic facets of these cultures and promoting solidarity and activism among Afrolatinx individuals were some of
“I am an eighteen-year-old, second generation Asian-American. For too long, writing, language meant division—a disconnect. As the daughter of immigrants, it meant a barrier between myself and those closest to me. My Mandarin is too facile to carry on anything more than a superficial conversation. My mother once said that we are constantly, “grasping at
Spider-Man: Homecoming is currently the #1 movie in theaters and one of Marvel Studios biggest opening weekends for a solo film. Critics and audiences alike are not only praising Spiderman himself, Tom Holland for his brilliant portrayal but also Zendaya. Zendaya’s iconic and relatable character, Michelle, is a classmate of Peter’s who spends most of her time
Handsome Ghost, a Boston-born indie band, might be the next obsession you’ve been looking for. Tim Noyes, a high school English teacher turned musician, is the founder, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Handsome Ghost. He can be considered a lyrical mastermind, and to me, that’s an understatement. Noyes knows exactly how to channel his
Classic novels are something adored by the elderly and despised by modern youth. Perhaps it’s the complicated wording, the extended length of most of these revered titles, or the fact that many classics are required reading for adolescents, but just do not appeal to most of the younger generation. However, some of these timelessly loved
For pretty much all of fashion’s history, plus size fashion was a third or fourth thought—or not a thought at all. It wasn’t until this past decade or so that plus size fashion was allowed to be for a demographic other than women over the age of forty-five. Places like ASOS, Target and Forever 21
When traveling, every party must evaluate priorities. After all, you only have a limited amount of two resources: time and money. Typically, my family has preferred to spend more of both on seeing sights and less on our nightly accommodations. We weren’t planning to spend the bulk of our time in our hotel when the
As we move into the final half of 2017 (somehow we managed to survive) now is the perfect time to take a look back on some of the best television shows of the new year. Some are brand new (The Handmaids Tale), some are continuing shows (Master of None), and some were riding off into
Kesha wastes no time getting started on her powerful, feminist catharsis. The music video begins with very country-esque lyrics of “I wanna be your baby / your angel all in black / Your little blue eyed gypsy,” but Kesha hilariously and empoweringly yells “Okay shut up,” which is when the real track begins. Without hesitation, the
Tyler made me love rap music. Being brought up in what was then a strict Christian household, I wasn’t allowed to listen to hip-hop. Gospel music was all I knew, and I was becoming sick of it. I always liked and understood the concept of Christianity but was heavily uninterested in the Church environment. My
