Influenced by David Bowie’s 1972 glam rock era concept album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, where Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust alter ego represented androgyny, Saul Williams considers Niggy Tardust to be “a hybrid of race.”

“We’re successful, like we’re getting up there, we’re changing things but at the same time there’s still something going on where we’re not quite where we’re supposed to be.”

I am voraciously reading everything I can about Maine Anders and the more I read the more I feel the need to prepare myself for an act of nature.

Growing up, Charnier Corey never thought being an artist was a legitimate profession. He knew he could draw; he even won prizes in art class. But he thought that was the extent of it.

Oakland’s next door neighbor, this is the sign that lets me know I’ve officially sold out.

“It was her and I against the world, and in the world. It was her and I. If we made it, it was because she and I did it.”

The woman who put all Tyrones on notice, is ready to share her latest creation. Is she the baddest? The answer may be ’sho’nuf!’

WHAT DOES YOUR OUTFIT SAY ABOUT YOU?: I’m trying to stand out in a muted way.

Visit any Cineplex and if you’re lucky to see a Black film on the bill, it may not be the best representation of people of color…Luckily, there’s a woman behind a “nation” that wants to give viewers a different perspective.

“My parents always taught me it’s best to share what you know or it dies with you. It’s important that I step out of myself a lot of the time, step out of my studio and give back to the community…”