Champaign Is Also A Band: Justin Michael Hendrix

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