Amanda Branch is portrayed on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Seattle. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
2 women accuse Seattle hip-hop artist Raz Simone of abuse, coercion By
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manda Branch, age 24, told herself everything would be all right. She was lying on the carpeted floor of her downtown Seattle apartment, and her boyfriend was forcibly cutting off her hair.
Struggling, she said she stopped when she realized she couldnât get up. Recalling what happened recently, Branch said she turned her head toward the window of her fourth floor apartment and watched as the Monorail passed by.
Solomon Simone, a Seattle hip-hop artist who goes by Raz, was cutting Branchâs hair that summer day in 2015, she said. Branch and Simone had been together for years, and often stayed at Branchâs corner street unit, over an espresso shop and nail salon. Branch said she wasnât allowed to leave without telling him. If she did, there were consequences. Simone de
Editorial – Classic Christmas songs all have a common thread in that they manage to capture the season’s magic and wonder. However, there is no right way to celebrate the holidays; some music isn’t celebrated to the same degree because it fails to adhere to the innocence associated with Santa Claus and the spirit he embodies.
We don’t just mean swears here or there, either. We’re talking adult themes that are 180° from the term “holly jolly.”
Here at HipHopDX, we’ve rounded up a list of 12 Christmas rap songs that you absolutely shouldn’t play when the kiddies are in the room.
Author of the article: Eric Volmers
Publishing date: Dec 18, 2020 • December 18, 2020 • 5 minute read • From the art exhibit Inside the Fall of CHOP by Nicole Wolf and Gavin John. Courtesy, Arts Commons. jpg
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Four hours after the outdoor exhibit called Inside the Fall of CHOP was installed on kiosks on 8th Avenue outside of Arts Commons, someone tore it down.
It wasn’t a complete surprise. Artist Nicole Wolf and photojournalist Gavin John’s exhibit was easy to get to, or at least the parts that were torn down were. They were posters that featured Wolf’s illustrations and John’s photography, inspired by their two-week stint in Seattle witnessing the tail-end of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) and its aftermath.
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