Each year Memphis rap artist Lionheart sponsors a block party on Tate Avenue in South Memphis, featuring live rap performances and free barbecue. The purpose …
Every summer in June, the Memphis rapper Blac Youngsta sponsors a South Memphis Block Party on McMillan Street in honor of a neighborhood youth named …
As I was driving toward downtown on Lamar Avenue, I noticed this mural on the wall of an old warehouse. I had not noticed it …
Who’s the baddest? At least someone thinks that South Memphis is, and they took a fair amount of time to tell the world so on …
MemShop is a local effort to revitalize Memphis neighborhoods by placing temporary shops in vacant store space in strategically located areas. The organization has recently …
William Bell was one of the first young men from South Memphis to walk over and investigate the Stax Records studios as they were being …
The Mad Lads were yet another Memphis vocal group with South Memphis ties, and they recorded a number of singles and a handful of albums …
Memphis was an exception to the rule that Black vocal groups were a largely Northern phenomenon, as the city had a number of great Black …
Memphis contemporary soul band The Bo-Keys have been actively involved in preserving the unique legacy of Memphis soul music, and are an annual featured act …
As the column of smoke from the north of the Stax Museum grew blacker, higher and more dense, people could no longer ignore it. A …
