‘Scientific/Non-Fiction’: an innerview of rapper Ras Ceylon
by POCC Minister of Information JR Ras Ceylon and Reggae King Capleton in Berkeley. Ras Ceylon is a very unique artist that lives in the Bay. He’s politically active, his family is from Sri Lanka, he...
View ArticleTransitions on Traditions and Black programming under fire at KPFA: An...
Join other defenders of Black radio for the screening of ‘Disappearing Voices: The Decline of Black Voices on the Radio’ on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 6:30 p.m., at the Black Dot Cafe, 1195 Pine St., West...
View ArticleLil’ D and his new book ‘Weight': an interview wit’ Concrete Jungle publisher...
by Minister of Information JR Darryl Reed aka Lil’ D – that big cell phone shows how long he’s been behind enemy lines. Lil’ D aka Darryl Reed is one of the biggest hustlers ever born on the streets of...
View ArticleSave KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio, Flashpoints and Full Circle
Join the Rally to Save Hard Knock, Flashpoints and Full Circle on Thursday, Nov. 11, 4:30 p.m., in front of KPFA and the Pacifica network, 1925-1929 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley by Minister of...
View ArticleRevolutionary and Gangsta: an interview wit Aisha Sekhmet
by Minister of Information JR Aisha Sekmet When I was riding in Memphis last year, my homegirl Phu’cha put me up on this revolutionary gangsta rap music by a woman I had never heard of, Aisha Sekhmet....
View ArticlePoor Righteous Teachers: an interview wit’ Wise Intelligent
by Minister of Information JR Wise Intelligent The Poor Righteous Teachers, right alongside X Clan, Public Enemy and Brand Nubian were some of veterans of Hip Hop from the first wave of conscious...
View ArticleThe Oakland femcee Ms. B and her new mixtape, ‘Stix, Stonez, Red Bottoms & Rap’
by Minister of Information JR I have been rocking wit’ Ms. Be and her Gemstone camp for a couple of years, and I always told them, Ms. Balance from the group Nutritious needs to put out a solo album....
View Article‘Go Getter’: an interview wit’ the rap songstress Mahasen
by the People’s Minister of Information JR Mahasen is one of my favorite artists in the Bay bar none. She is gearing up to release her new album “Go Getter” in September, so I just wanted the SF Bay...
View ArticleSocial consciousness, prison struggle and perseverance: a personal account
by Larry ‘Key’ Mitchell It’s been quite some time since I submitted an article to the Bay View paper, and I don’t usually write about personal struggles and experiences in political or socio-economic...
View ArticleChillin’ wit’ Turnd Up Radio owner DJ X-1 of KPOO
by The People’s Minister of Information JR KPOO Radio is the first station on the dial to play local Hip Hop. DJ X-1 is one of the godfathers of the Bay Area Hip Hop radio movement, and he is famous...
View ArticleCalifornia transfers Pelican Bay SHU prisoners to general population despite...
by Mutawally Joka Kambon It has been a few months since my release from 20 years of solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison (SHU) to Step 5 of the Step Down Program (SDP). I thought I should...
View ArticleThe Bay Area mourns the Jacka
Tribute to the Jacka TODAY, Sunday, Feb. 8, 3-7 p.m., on KPOO 89.5FM or kpoo.com, hosted by M.O.I. JR by The People’s Minister of Information JR The Jacka On Monday, Feb. 2, ‘15, one of the Bay Area’s...
View Article‘Hard Times/Good Times’: an interview wit’ rapper T-Rydah
by The People’s Minister of Information JR T-Rydah, one third of the Black Panther Fugitives rap group, is gearing up to release a solo album, produced solely by Jamil, another member of the group,...
View ArticleBay Area rapper Paris releases ‘Pistol Politics’
by The People’s Minister of Information JR One of the fathers of political Hip Hop on the West Coast is still at ‘em and getting ready to strike again with the Sept. 11 Guerrilla Funk release of...
View ArticleStone Ramsey invades the street lit genre
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Stone Ramsey and Mistah Fab I constantly cover the Bay Area independent Hip Hop scene because I believe, like the great Marcus Garvey, that we need to know...
View ArticleCelebrate 40 years of life in the Black Community: The SF Bay View...
San Francisco Black Film Festival director Kali O’Ray and SF Bay View associate editor JR Valrey are making a movie about the Bay View’s 40-year history of liberation journalism. It’s a work in...
View Article‘The Black Woman Is God’ art exhibition is back!
by The People’s Minister of Information JR One of the first conscious things that we realize when we are babies is our connection to our mother. We usually learn to connect with our father later, but a...
View ArticleBay View turns 40!
Bay View turns 40! Part 1 Editorial by Bay View publisher Dr. Willie Ratcliff It’s 2016, 40 years since Muhammad al-Kareem founded the New Bayview, now renamed the San Francisco Bay View, in 1976....
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