NPR profiles Carmen McRae; Harlem native (b. 1922), singer and pianist. Actually, NPR calls her a “song stylist,” which for some reason conjures up images of Kanye West for me. I guess he would have been sampling spirituals and chain gang songs.
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Did you know that Dougie Fresh (Harlem native) has six sons and two of them have a rap group? I didn’t know that. Some of these rap pioneers are getting up there in age. Pretty soon we should be getting some rapping grandchildren.
{Star}
You may have seen on the news recently that video of teenage girls beating up a man in a subway car. The Harlem teen who shot the video says it’s not staged, but police and others are not sure.
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Columbia Spectator profiles Community Board 9′s soon-to-be new chair, Pat Jones. Community Board 9 covers West Harlem.
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Posted on December 7, 2007 by loveisdope