Dawn Okoro explores hip hop's portrayal of women of color in DECONSTRUCTED VIXENS

We LOVE Austin-based painter Dawn Okoro, so I just wanted to put you on to this upcoming art show Deconstructed Vixens.

#nowPlaying THE COMEBACK STORY EP by DJ Brimlo + Bavu Blakes (trust me, it's a big deal)

Bavu Blakes is one of my favorite emcees of all time.  There I said it.  He's been incognito for a minute, but just dropped a new EP with Mississippi to Austin transplant DJ Brimlo which I just dropped a Lincoln on before listening to it... because I want Bavu to release more new music.  You can stream it for free below though...

"Listen to my song before I strong arm the industry, blow up like a bomb, don't even forewarn the enemy..."-Myth #strangeFruitProject

Maybe it's just the Texas in me, but I love me some Strange Fruit Project. Which makes it all the more shocking to me that I totally missed A Dreamer's Journey when it came out in the fall of 2011. Totally...