MAKE NEW YORK GRIMEY AGAIN

MAKE NEW YORK GRIMEY AGAIN

10 YEARS 2017-2027

The city changes. The history stays.
Black New York is not a footnote. It is the story. Explore the people, neighborhoods, sounds and struggles that made this city and the forces still remaking it.

  • “WHITE FLIGHT” & FEAR OF BLACK NEIGHBORS IN CANARSIE, 1990s

    In the summer of 1991, a white supremacist from Canarsie by the name of Brian Fining was seized as the suspect of fire bombing of a real estate agency, which took place on July 27. The motive behind it: the real estate agency was showing and selling homes to black and latino buyers in south…

  • “EARLY MORNING HUES” EP BY JAH HUEY (@JAH_HUEY)

    Jah Huey is a 20-year old lyricist from Brooklyn, NY out of the ORGornothing collective. Born in Crown Heights and raised in DC, Jah Huey was always submerged in music with a Hip Hop journalist for a father; blasting classic New York rap such as Nas, Biggie, Boot Camp Clik, Slick Rick, A Tribe Called Quest,…

  • BILL CLINTON AND HARLEM’S GENTRIFICATION

      When Bill Clinton moved to Harlem after his presidency, he opened his office at 55 West 125th Street. He received a huge welcome from loyal Harlem Democrats but was also met with discontent from Harlem residents who definitely weren’t fond of his presence in the historic neighborhood known as a “Black Mecca.” Publications such…

  • “LEFT HAND EP” BE.GENIUS & MANNY BLANCO (@beatgeniuss x @mannyblanco)

      “Born left hand, I’m already different.” The LeftHand EP is a collaborative effort by Fatally Cool’s Manny Blanco and Be.Geniu$. The standout tracks on Be.Geniu$ & Manny Blanco’s LeftHand EP are “Bag Talk,” the title track “LeftHand” and “Forth & Back.” “Bag Talk” is Brooklyn braggadocio rap and is emergence of what could be…

  • “GRITTY” – ALPHA MEMPHIS (Prod. Mike Lightz)

    Straight outta Queens is a prolific lyricist by the name of Alpha Memphis of the Genius Sounds Family collective. Produced by Mike Lightz, “Gritty” is a clear-cut example of what a New York record should sound like. Exceptional wordplay and a forceful delivery propels the track as it gives you that New York feel.  @AlphaMemphisGSF

  • “GOD COMPLEX” BY iR8

    #Artisans and Brooklyn’s own, iR8 (pronounced eye-rate), releases his first single off of his anticipated project, “36 Ways To Paradise.” Produced by Thundaa, “God Complex” is easily a tale of the black man’s plight living in the United States of AmeriKKKa. iR8 highlights the disparities of black and white in a nation that was built…

  • STARBUCKS COMING TO BED-STUY?

    There’s this long running joke that spans through the hoods facing gentrification through NYC. If a Starbucks pops up, the neighborhood is lost. Sort of like when people say “there goes the neighborhood,” when black people move into predominately white neighborhoods. Bed Stuy and Bushwick are two neighborhoods that have been infiltrated by yuppies and…