Menu Search
Author

Niya Falls is a multiskilled journalist. She received a BA in journalism from Georgia State University in 2017.

Follow Niya @fiyaniya

Articles by this author

Article Nov 28 2019

Bring Your Crew: Ruff Ryders

“Bring your Crew” is a new series that will go back through Hip Hop history and highlight the impact that different crews had, as well as the music they created. A crew can be a group, members of a label, or even a group of MC’s that came together and created music but never really considered themselves a […]
Article Oct 24 2019

Bring Your Crew: Terror Squad

“Bring your Crew” is a new series that will go back through Hip Hop history and highlight the impact that different crews had, as well as the music they created. A crew can be a group, members of a label, or even a group of MC’s that came together and created music but never really […]
Article Aug 24 2019

The First Female Rap Group: The Sequence

Before Salt-N- Pepa, before MC Lyte, and before Roxanne Shante, there was The Sequence. Cheryl “The Pearl” Cook, Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm, and Angela “Angie B” Brown (later to become Angie Stone) formed The Sequence, the first female rap group to sign to a major label and go gold. Their biggest hit “Funk You Up” (1979), […]
Article Aug 16 2019

Forgotten Founding Father: Disco King Mario

By 1971, Disco King Mario was an eminent DJ in the Bronx. He was known for his superior sound system and his love for combining music and a good time. Mario came up during the era where you had to be tough enough to bring your equipment out, because of how prevalent gangs and violence […]