All Types of Photography Images

All Types of Photography Images

Essential Gear for All Types of Photography Images   As a photographer you need to know your way around the different equipment necessary for capturing quality images. However, as a novice you may not be familiar with these items and their importance in the field...
IS CLASS A SIMILE FOR RACE IN AMERICA?

IS CLASS A SIMILE FOR RACE IN AMERICA?

In his first piece for #itchysilk, Kenneth Norwood takes us into thoughts regarding class and race and asks: is class a simile for race in America? In it he argues that while for many, class and race are inseparable, this is in many respects too...
HOW MDMA MADE WHITE PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH HIP-HOP

HOW MDMA MADE WHITE PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH HIP-HOP

In her first article for #itchysilk, the erudite Georgia Chambers analyses the popular name checking of the drug MDMA within contemporary hip-hop. Unlike hip-hop tracks of yesteryear where cannabis name checking occurred because it was one of the drugs of choice...
BIGGIE ‘THE BON APPÈTITÈ’

BIGGIE ‘THE BON APPÈTITÈ’

In his second piece #itchysilk writer Amar discusses the enduring love affair that some have with Biggie. April 1997 his sophomore album Life after Death (1997) reached the number one spot on the Billboard charts. It was a sophomore helping Biggie along the...
GANGSTER RAP-HEGEMONY CIRCA 1980

GANGSTER RAP-HEGEMONY CIRCA 1980

In the first of a three-part feature, #itchysilk writer Malik Crumpler discusses gangster rap hegemony. In many respects as a genre it should be vilified. After all, it glorifies violence, degrades women and revels in the taking and selling of drugs. Contrary to logic...