In honor of Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary, we assembled 4 student ministers who are not just proficient in the Word, but also who are part of the hip-hop generation. In this episode, we discuss the culture, the music and how to free it from the enemies who have exploited it. Since our people are lost in the savagery of the "wild, wild west", it's only…

For the 2nd installment of "The Symphony" panel discussion series, DJ Rockwell sits down with four students ministers of the Nation of Islam to answer the question "can hip-hip be guided back to a right course?" The panel members are: Student Minister Abel Muhammad of Chicago, IL, Student Minister Abdul Haleem Muhammad of Houston, TX Student Minist…

For the 3rd installment of "The Symphony" series, we focus on the women in hip-hop. Although there are a few exceptions, the prototype for the modern-day female rapper has been to show a lot of skin and keep the rhymes raunchy. They are selling a lot of records and competing with their male counterparts....but at what price? This panel discussion f…

In this episode of #TRRS, DJ Rockwell sits down with 3 of his hip-hop heroes - Hakim Green (Channel Live), Wise Intelligent (Poor Righteous Teachers) and YZ - to discuss how hip-hop went from being a tool to educate Black youth to becoming a weapon to poison them. The O.G's of so-called "conscious hip-hop" will step up to speak to the issue facing …

Playwright, artistic director and founder of The Mahdi Theatre Company, Margaret Mahdi joins us for a one-on-one to talk about the making of her popular stage play "Bronzeville". The show recently played in the historic Apollo Theater in New York and was also covered in The Final Call newspaper. Tune in as she explains how the performing arts are k…