Viral Culture: The 2-year old rapper

By midday today almost 120,000 people had viewed the video of 2-year old Khaliyl Iloyi, the son of rappers Roucheon Iloyi and Femi Iloyi (aka smooflow). His parents together form British rap group Royal Priesthood. The fellow rapper in the video with Khaliyl is Alim Kamara. I agree with Boima: little Khaliyl makes more sense than half the corporate rappers out there.

Further Reading

Writing while black

The film adaptation of Percival Everett’s novel ‘Erasure’ leaves little room to explore Black middle-class complicity in commodifying the traumas of Black working-class lives.

The Mogadishu analogy

In Gaza and Haiti, the specter of another Mogadishu is being raised to alert on-lookers and policymakers of unfolding tragedies. But we have to be careful when making comparisons.

Kwame Nkrumah today

New documents looking at British and American involvement in overthrowing Kwame Nkrumah give us pause to reflect on his legacy, and its resonances today.