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25 years ago today, the most ICONIC photo was taken 🐍

NEW song out now with @BennySlumz x @FreddieBlack401 "At All Costs". Hit the link for your preferred streaming service. #AtAllCosts distrokid.com/hyperfollow/to…

🚨 @sherylunderwood lets us in on the interaction she had w/ Tony Hinchcliffe before the Kevin Hart Roast. "Tap into the full conversation on @netflix 👀🎤

What’s The Dirt Got REAL WEIRD About Kendrick vs. Drake, Says Kendrick Ushered In The MISERABLE Hater Bitter Era But Drake & ICEMAN Is LOVE 🤯👇🏽 youtu.be/H2W3ylyOmqo Salute to @hiphopklipz36 for posting this story ✊🏽

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Credit: Shanell Oliver If you grew up in a Black neighborhood, you know what the corner store looks like. Chips, soda, ramen, canned goods with ingredients you can barely pronounce. That was the grocery store. That was the option. And somehow we turned that into a conversation about personal responsibility. The narrative that Black people just make poor food choices is missing the most important part of the story. The choices that were made for us, long before we ever walked into that store. Between 1968 and 1984, 11 out of 13 chain supermarkets left Hartford, Connecticut. That same exit happened in Black communities across this country. The grocery chains pulled out, and what moved in was not a farmers market. It was fast food, dollar stores, and convenience shops stocked with processed everything. Supermarket redlining is the deliberate practice of major grocery chains refusing to maintain stores in predominantly Black communities. It limits choices while driving up prices for whatever remains. Our communities are paying a premium to eat worse. That is not a coincidence. That is the design. It did not start with grocery stores. Redlining in the 1930s marked Black neighborhoods as hazardous for investment, locking entire communities into economic decline. When investment leaves, everything leaves. What stays is whatever can extract money from people with limited options. The health outcomes followed. In 2023, 23.3% of Black households faced food insecurity. More than double the rate of white non-Hispanic households. Higher rates of hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes followed right behind. Our ancestors were not eating like this. Before enslavement, before colonization disrupted African food systems, there was a relationship with food that was rooted and intentional. What replaced it was a system built on extraction. When someone in your family gets that diagnosis, know it did not happen in isolation. It happened inside a system that made certain foods unavoidable and certain foods inaccessible. The personal choices matter. But they exist inside structures that were built without us in mind. If you grew up in a Black neighborhood, you know what the corner store looks like. Chips, soda, ramen, canned goods with ingredients you can barely pronounce. That was the grocery store. That was the option. And somehow we turned that into a conversation about personal responsibility. The narrative that Black people just make poor food choices is missing the most important part of the story. The choices that were made for us, long before we ever walked into that store. Between 1968 and 1984, 11 out of 13 chain supermarkets left Hartford, Connecticut. That same exit happened in Black communities across this country. The grocery chains pulled out, and what moved in was not a farmers' market. It was fast food, dollar stores, and convenience shops stocked with processed everything. Supermarket redlining is the deliberate practice of major grocery chains refusing to maintain stores in predominantly Black communities. It limits choices while driving up prices for whatever remains. Our communities are paying a premium to eat worse. That is not a coincidence. That is the design. It did not start with grocery stores. Redlining in the 1930s marked Black neighborhoods as hazardous for investment, locking entire communities into economic decline. When investment leaves, everything leaves. What stays is whatever can extract money from people with limited options. The health outcomes followed. In 2023, 23.3% of Black households faced food insecurity. More than double the rate of white non-Hispanic households. Higher rates of hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes followed right behind. Our ancestors were not eating like this. Before enslavement, before colonization disrupted African food systems, there was a relationship with food that was rooted and intentional. What replaced it was a system built on extraction. When someone in your family gets that diagnosis, know it did not happen in isolation. It happened inside a system that made certain foods unavoidable and certain foods inaccessible. The personal choices matter. But they exist inside structures that were built without us in mind.

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Rest in peace, Dexter Wansel… Philly soul & jazz fusion pioneer, masterful keyboardist, producer & arranger whose cosmic vision shaped the Sound of Philadelphia. From “Love T.K.O.” & “Nights Over Egypt” to the cult classic Life on Mars, his grooves left an indelible mark.

Today’s Know Ya Hip Hop spotlight focuses on “Ashley’s Roachclip” by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, released in 1974 and produced by Carroll Hynson and Joe Tate.

"Posdnuos ain't better than 50 rappers in NY" Aiiiiiight man 😏

Big L would've turned 52 today 🕊 He had a brief, but impressive run, but left a legacy that people are still talking about. What are your favorite Big L lyrics or tracks?

I thought Jay said we're past the battle or whatever...

Happy bornday shout to my brother @FreddieBlack401! Get it how you live !!!

this message is for you because i think your music is good you are mega talented and more people should know. everybody please check his/her music out. * add link to your music, RT *

At a time when Hip Hop was still fighting for national recognition, Robert Ginyard known as Rob Base helped push the culture from New York City block parties onto mainstream radio and dance floors around the world. Emerging from Harlem in the mid-to-late 1980s alongside

Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, who was best known for the hit “It Takes Two,” has died at 59 from cancer. “Rob’s music, energy, and legacy helped shape a generation and brought joy to millions around the world. Beyond the stage, he was a loving father, family man, friend, and creative force whose impact will never be forgotten,” reads a statement on his social media account. “Thank you for the music, the memories, and the moments that became the soundtrack to our lives.” variety.com/2026/music/news/…

Thank you for the beautiful fun times !!! RIP Rob Base 🔥🕺🏾 1,2,3 Get Loose 🚀

Big shouts to @southernvangard for rockin' "Mansions" last week by me and @FreddieBlack401 Follow them "SouthernVangard" on all platforms. youtube.com/live/Vfqmz8FGynU…