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‘Fire In Little Africa' Album Commemorates Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial The album’s mission is to recondition the minds of listeners while serving as an auditory viewpoint of Black America today. Last year, more than 50 Oklahoma-based artists set out to record Fire in Little Africa, an album that commemorates the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Rappers, singers, and producers spent several days working tirelessly from their respective locations, aiming for musical excellence. While the recording process was unconventional due to the emergence of the pandemic, the collaborat...

Save this story for later. The Tulsa massacre of 1921 was perhaps the single worst act of racial violence in the terrible history of Jim Crow. But, for generations, few people—even in Tulsa—knew about it. Now the rap community of Tulsa is coming together to change that, with the new record “Fire in Little Africa.” Plus, four staff writers on President Biden’s Rooseveltian agenda. Biden wants to end the near-consensus in Washington that big government is bad. But are his ambitions grand enough to withstand the realities of American politics? Joe Biden Wants to Be Like ...

Rolling Stone Poetry and Jazz Meet in a Vision of Tulsa’s Past and Future Fire in Little Africa’s debut single, “Shining,” features some of Oklahoma’s strongest voices By When a group of hip-hop artists from Tulsa, Oklahoma, began work on the collaborative project Fire in Little Africa last year, they had a dual purpose: The album is meant both to etch their hometown’s history into an artistic monument, honoring the 100th anniversary of one of America’s worst acts of racist violence, and to promote a thriving local arts scene that is happening right now in the present...

Designing Women III: MOTHER Opens at Egg Collective’s Tribeca Gallery May 4, 2021 According to the National Women’s Law Center, more than 2.3 million women have left the American labor force since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, 2020. For Hillary Petrie, partner with Stephanie Beamer and Crystal Ellis in New York’s Egg Collective, this data is more than just an “incredible loss in creative capital.” It points to the “motherhood penalty,” or the sociological term for the price women pay in their professional careers when they also serve as parents and caregivers....

“Carrying the legacy of the Black Wall Street community, Fire in Little Africa is a body of work filled with purpose and prolific storytelling. I am honored and feel privileged to have Motown Records/Black Forum partner with Dr. View, the Bob Dylan Center, and Guthrie Center to release this impactful hip-hop album.”  The project was recorded in Greenwood, Oklahoma over five days last year at studios set up at landmark locations throughout the city, including Greenwood Cultural Center. It was executive produced by Stevie “Dr. View” Johnson. “ Fire in Little Africa has evolved int...