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In life and art, death was never far from Earl Simmons.
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By Tirhakah Love
Mr. Love is a culture writer from Houston. His work on music, pop culture, and politics has been published in Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times and Entertainment Weekly.
April 10, 2021, 10:38 a.m. ET
If youâve ever attended a DMX concert, itâs more than likely that youâve seen him cry. As the adrenaline of the night would cool, the rapper born as Earl Simmons would pray, acting as the intercessor for the holy spirit on behalf of the audience, through a sheet of sweat and tears.
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John Coltrane (NPR)
As Black History Month comes to a close, events around the region celebrate the accomplishments of extraordinary African-Americans
Philly Jazz Legacy is a collaborative discovery process to explore how to preserve, interpret, and share Philadelphia’s expansive jazz history. (Philly Jazz Legacy)
The legendary John Coltrane revolutionized jazz music with his innovative style of play. Though he died of liver cancer at just 40 years old, Coltrane’s legacy as one of the most prolific and influential artists of all time endures. The Philadelphia Jazz Legacy Project will pay homage to him in a free talk with Lewis Porter, a musician/educator who authored two books on Coltrane and documentarian/historian Steve Rowland, producer of the audio doc “Tell Me How Long The Trane’s Been Gone.” Jazz Legacy project director Suzanne Cloud will host.
Sofiya Ballin is an independent journalist and the creator of the Black History Untold project.
Over the course of 30 minutes, 14 people artists and academics, activists, and wrongly imprisoned inmates sit in front of a draped black backdrop to share stories in Sofiya Ballin’s film “Black History Untold: Revolution.” The film, part of an ongoing oral history project by Ballin, is the focus of a series of virtual events offered by the Penn Museum this month and beyond. A Feb. 10 screening of the film was followed by a discussion with Ballin and collaborative programs manager Zoë Rayn Evans. The series continues with a conversation about honoring Black stories in white institutions on Feb. 17 and a screening for students on Feb. 24.