On the latest Champaign Is Also A Band, Sven chats with Justin Michael Hendrix (who you may recognize from another Showers pod) about his organization HITNHOMEBOY, his song “Cream,” and his favorite non-musical things.
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Episode 61 – Justin Michael Hendrix "Cream" – Champaign Is Also A Band
Sven zooms with Justin Michael Hendrix about his song "Cream," his organization HITNHOMEBOY, and his favorite non-musical things.
SONG: CREAM
ALBUM: Collection of Songs on Soundcloud
Favorite Treat: Body Armor Pineapple Coconut SuperDrink/ anything with Nutella
Photo Credit: Photographer is Boots Howard; Hair is #HairByNaysha; Make Up is Kay Hunter
REFS:
Jahlil Beats
Meek Mill
Jay-Z
Wutang Clan
C.R.E.A.M. [Song]
Ballroom Community (Ball Culture)
Toxic Masculinity
Rapper's Delight
Crack Epidemic
(Further reading, re: Drugs and Racial Disparities)
Reganomics
East Coast vs. West Coast
N. W. A.
Fuck Tha Police [SONG]
Sylvester
Cakes da Killa
Leikeli47
House Music [Genre]
Late Stage Capitalism
Wall Street [Movie] (1987)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps [Movie] (2010)
Watergate Scandal
Selling Senate Seats
Beyoncé Homecoming
ODB – Ol' Dirty Bastard
#HITNHOMEBOY x Manhood for Sale [Movie]
St. Louis
Michael Brown
Ferguson, MO
Jim Crow Laws
George Floyd
Breonna Taylor
Ahmaud Arbery
Kiwane Albert Carrington
Intersectionality
Wash-U
Dr. William Patterson
Krush Groove [Movie]
Def Jam
Nutella
Tina Turner
Tina Turner Doc
Ike Turner
Pigeon Holed
"What's Love Got to Do With It?" [Song]
"Private Dancer" [Song]
"Proud Mary" [Song]
"I don't want to Fight" [Song]
"The Best" [Song]
Woody Alan/Mia Farrow Documentary (Allan v. Farrow)
The 13th [Link to Full Movie]
Paris is Burning
Pose
Tongues Untied
All Boy's Aren't Blue – George M. Johnson
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America – Darnell L. Moore
Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays – James Baldwin
Black Boy Out of Time – Hari Ziyad
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? -Beverly Daniel Tatum
Fight the Power [Song]
Public Enemy
JustinMichaelHendrix.com
Instagram: @justinmichaelhendrix
Twitter: @hitnhomeboy
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