This story is the inaugural product of the MAYDAY:Black Incubator. On an August night, sealed with frizzy edges and afro pick salutes, fingers caress vinyl darker than the night sky. From that moment, Black American culture orbited turntables in a South Bronx neighborhood, and young hip-hop grew to become a bold storyteller and an agent […]
Ashley Tate
ASHLEY TATE is a young Black poet in Birmingham, Alabama. Her work touches topics of love, race, and womanhood. On a rainy day, she retreats to a candle-lit corner of her room with her nose in a book.
