ArtsATL’s Creative in Residence guest-editor program seeks out diverse voices in Atlanta's arts.
Atlanta has many nicknames: Hotlanta, A-Town, the Hollywoo...
The Akan, a West African ethnic group, are famously known for their Sankofa bird symbol, which shows a bird reaching back to retrieve an egg with its mouth. The...
Freestyling is the cornerstone of the rap genre as we know it contemporarily. It evolved from the toasts and "dozens" recited over live beats during early hip-h...
“When a griot dies it is like an entire library is burning to the ground.”
-- African proverb
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In the rap community, when a lyricist displays wit and skill...
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta today announced $1.15 in grants through the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund to help organizations impacted by Covid-...
Representatives of at least 30 metro Atlanta's black arts organizations will meet next week with the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta after sending a le...
Where do Atlanta’s poets, storytellers and freestylers launch their careers or bring home their successes? As with almost everything else in our city, the answe...
Alex Acosta was born on the hip-hop solstice. He is one of the founders of Soul Food Cypher, a society of freestyle rappers that build community, celebrate the ...
On November 16, 2018, Lauri Stallings and the moving artists of glo began working with a group of grade schoolers at the Barack & Michelle Obama Academy in ...
