I Am

Volume 5, Issue 1

“Unfortunately, as a pivotal space of cultural production for brown girls, Hip Hop’s willingness to acknowledge a broader spectrum of the black urban experience—one that addresses the multi-dimensions of class, color, sexuality and exposure among other factors—has yet to be seen. We still lack accurate representation of contemporary black womanhood and femininity. Little from a black female standpoint regarding their images and representations, constructions of identity and ideologies has been given much airtime.”

- Mia K. Chae Reddy, Ph.D., Can I Get a Window Seat?: Erykah Badu as a Site of Expression, Resistance and Erotic Power

Founder/Executive Director: Mazi Mutafa

Editor-in-Chief: Jason Nichols, Ph.D.

Managing Editor: Shonda Goward, MA

Art & Culture Director: Nick Schonberger

Literary Editor: Fred Joiner

Graphic Designer: Mia D. DuVall

All proceeds fuel the work we put it in for those in need of safe spaces to express themselves through and experience Hip-Hop in its purest form.

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