https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:17:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/variety/entertainment/arts/the-soundtracks-to-our-suffering-how-black-artists-have-used-song-as-a-medium-of-pain-and-protest/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:13:41 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=15562 Marching through the streets during the pandemic, boycotting buses in Alabama or sitting in at Confederate landmarks are a few examples of how Americans often stand up against injustice. However, one of the most powerful yet grossly underestimated channels through which Americans, and especially Black Americans, have ushered in these movements has been through the art of protest songs. Music has accompanied Black Americans, not only as a means to motivate but as a means to disrupt the status quo, for centuries. As a tradition that was brought from across the seas, the first enslaved Africans often used songs, or]]> https://hunewsservice.com/variety/entertainment/a-star-to-the-stars-a-light-in-face-of-darkness-in-memoriam-of-harry-belafonte/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:48:43 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=15559 A Black man, a son of immigrants, an entertainer and a fervent defender of civil rights, Harry Belafonte broke the mold for Black entertainers aiming to enter Hollywood. But he also showed that it is not necessary to compromise one’s beliefs to achieve success.  Belafonte took his permanent resting place among the ancestors on Tuesday, dying of congestive heart failure. He was 96 years old. Born in Harlem, New York, to Jamaican and Martinique parents, Belafonte started his career far from the entertainment world. Having dropped out of high school, he enlisted in the Navy in 1944. Upon his return]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/national/supreme-court-is-hearing-case-on-legal-claims-for-appeals/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:22:10 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=15552 By Cory Utsey Howard University News Service The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is hearing a case today surrounding the preservation of legal claims for an appeal. The case, Dupree v. Younger, 22-110, concerns itself with the prospect of appellate review, which is a term that refers to the power obtained by a higher court to examine the decisions made by a lower court. The court will resolve whether or not the filing party, Neil Dupree, has the right to reassert a claim that was made in a pre-trial motion during the post-trial motion and obtain appellate review.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/variety/entertainment/arts/an-ode-to-the-legacy-of-chocolate-city-go-go-music-lives-on/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:37:31 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=15539 With a Latin funk-infused rhythmic sound, go-go music has filled the streets of D.C. since the early 1970s. In 2023, the sounds might be heard from the Metro PCS on Chuck Brown Way– named in honor of “The Godfather of Go-Go” – or blasting from the speakers of someone’s car, but in the 70s and 80s, D.C. natives of all ages could go to the go-go and hear live bands for less than $5.  As a sound, go-go is known for its call-and-response structure and for its ability to keep people moving on the dance floor. But as an experience,]]> https://hunewsservice.com/variety/entertainment/hip-hop-the-rap-act-and-the-demonization-of-rap-culture/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:45:01 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=15236 Those who believe that art should be separate from the artist are most often referring to the exploits of their “problematic faves,” but this concept remains especially relevant when considering how certain art forms and their proprietors face demonization. The case against rapper Young Thug and the Young Slime Life (YSL) label, which began the week of Jan. 9 in Atlanta’s Fulton County, has garnered much attention and renewed arguments about lyrics being used against rappers in criminal court cases, therein begging the question of whether lyrics should be seen as separate from an artist’s lifestyle. Thug and other affiliates]]>