“When you walk into a room, do you count the white people in a room?” One of the first questions my friend Kyle, who is Black, posed to our white friend, Katie.…
Although medical marijuana has been legal in California for more than two decades, the new year brought the arrival of recreational legalization. California’s retail cannabis shops opened on Jan 1, in what…
Sol Hip-hop music has always been a socially-, politically- and culturally-driven art form, from Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five’s “The Message” to Public Enemy and Kendrick Lamar. Sol, a Seattle-born rapper,…
If you follow astrology or believe in the power of the moon, you know this year birthed many divine lunar marvels, including the Great American Eclipse on August 21st. The last time…
Lesotho Grants First Medical Marijuana License Africa contains fifty-four fully recognized sovereign states (countries), nine territories and covers over twenty percent of the Earth’s total land area. The continent is immense, and…
One of the fascinating aspects of music is that there is a genre that fits any mood. Every emotion can be teased when listening to new varieties of music. Miles Bonny’s trumpeting…
RIZE Entertainment was able to attend Capitol Hill Block Party this weekend and while we were there we spoke with one of the most original and electrifying performers of the entire festival. Chanti…
Zion I Talks Vaping, Fatherhood, Systematic Oppression in Hip Hop and More Zion I has been a staple to the independent underground hip hop world since the first album Mind Over Matter…
RIZE Entertainment was fortunate enough to attend The inaugural Summit at Upstream Music Festival this year. This part of the festival is a two-day event with keynote speakers, that included Macklemore, Quincy…
Visionary artists aren’t motivated by profits. Instead they are plagued with an incessant itch to share their work with the world. Reno Sculpture Festival has served as an outlet for the third-dimensional…
