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HoSang Cops First Commonwealth Award

Posted by Street Hype Webmaster on Jan 30, 2010 in Blogs | 64 comments

Another radio endorsed bank in trouble?

Posted by mark on Jan 29, 2010 in Blogs | 114 comments

We are very concern that over the past twelve months, three companies that target the Caribbean and African American communities have been either forced to cease operations for allegedly violating government regulations or for fraudulent practices. The most recent is the popular, Top Dot Mortgage, while less...

-Photo Credit: Ajamu Photography Awesome Power with model Camille McDonald at ‘Team Jamaica on the Road to Beijing’ Reggae Charity Concert’ which was held last Sunday at Brooklyn College’s Walt Whitman Theater. Team Jamaica Bickle and VP Records, entertained scores of Reggae fans with the drum and bass sounds of the island, while raising much needed capital to fund Jamaica’s track and field athletes at Penn, and on their journey to dominate the XXIX Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China this August.	Maxine's Party	-Photo Credit: Ajamu Duane Stephenson, Etana, Cocoa Tea, and TJB Memeber Laverne Mattie at the 'Team Jamaica on the Road to Beijing' Reggae Charity Concert. Team Jamaica is off to a Roots rocking start on the road to the annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia this weekend, thanks to Reggae legend Cocoa Tea and his musical brethren who rocked Brooklyn College’s Walt Whitman Theater last Sunday for the ‘Team Jamaica on the Road to Beijing’ Reggae Charity Concert. Presented by Team Jamaica Bickle and VP Records, scores of Reggae fans were treated to the drum and bass sounds of the island, while raising much needed capital to fund Jamaica’s track and field athletes at Penn, and on their journey to dominate the XXIX Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China this August.
Photo credit: Revengemediainc.com Internationally acclaimed poet, Ainsley Burrows on stage with his back up singers Lakcresha Berry, Ming and Sparla Swa at his successful album launch and listening party, Tuesday, March 18th at the Shrine World Music Venue in Harlem. EVOLVER, Burrows fifth album is set to hit the streets on April 16th.	Honorees with their award at the 25th anniversary of the Trey Whitfield School, April 24, 2008, at the El Caribe, in Brooklyn, New York. From left are Ms. Janie C. Whitney, Founder of The Trey Whitfield School, Ms. Sheron Joseph, Ms. Emily Jackson, Ms. Iris Griffith, Ms. Auguste St. Eloi, Ms. Ava Bradshaw, Ms. Veronica Jordan and Mr. A.B. Whitfield. Ms Bradshaw, from Guyana, was the first teacher that was hired when the school opened in 1983, with an enrollment of a surprising 283 students. Jordon and Griffith are also from Guyana while Eloi is from Haiti. Ms. Janie C. Whitney, vision and mission was simple, a faith and character based school with high academic achievement at an affordable cost to families. -Hayden Roger Celestin Photo	AFRICAN MUSIC AND MAGIC: Musicians and storytellers Hasan Bakr and Kevin Nathaniel (in photo) will introduce pre-school and young school-age children to the sounds of Africa and the African diaspora through the story of a young musician, a magician, and how they save their village from the evil giant Abiyoyo. Instruments include the djembe, mbira, bongo, and shekere. This will be held on Sunday, May 18, 2008 from 2 - 4 pm at the Audubon Center in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. For further information please call Rohan at 646-221- 5608.