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Renard “Slangston Hughes” Bridgewater
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Aug 10, 2022

Business is Blooming with Blucid Floral

Despite several beloved New Orleans dives, restaurants, and small businesses shuttering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lower 9th Ward native, licensed florist, and floral designer Brandi Charlot opened Blucid (Bih-lu-sed) Floral last fall. The flower bar’s name takes inspiration from the “B” in its owner’s name, and the lucid denotes…

Culture

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Business is Blooming with Blucid Floral
Business is Blooming with Blucid Floral
Culture

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Mar 7, 2020

Hip-Hop’s Swiss Army Knife

Soul Sonix Studios (say that three times fast) sits in the rear of an extended shotgun in the Gert Town area of the city. An annex just past the kitchen follows a long hallway of white walls and hardwood flooring where you discover a quiet, yet buzzing room of sounds…

Hip Hop

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Hip-Hop’s Swiss Army Knife
Hip-Hop’s Swiss Army Knife
Hip Hop

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Jan 12, 2020

New Year, New We

New Orleans native Jasmine “Demplz” Olivier wears many hats: rapper, singer-songwriter, sewer of Black Masking Indian suits, and mother. She grew up between the city’s 7th and 8th Ward neighborhoods, in addition to stints in both California and Dallas, before firmly re-planting her feet on Crescent City soil. Like several…

Music

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New Year, New We
New Year, New We
Music

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Nov 27, 2019

Traptism By Fire

Playing in the high school marching band has been a natural stepping stone for many New Orleans musicians. In addition to learning the fundamentals of an instrument, the preparation and performances during weekly football games, combined with the cacophony of sounds and bright lights of Mardi Gras parades, create the…

New Orleans

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Traptism By Fire
Traptism By Fire
New Orleans

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Nov 27, 2019

A Hustler’s Spirit

Austin Levy (A. Levy) is a modern day Jack Of All Trades: touring hip-hop emcee, event curator, audio engineer, recording studio owner, and all around go-getter. …

Hip Hop

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A Hustler’s Spirit
A Hustler’s Spirit
Hip Hop

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Jun 9, 2019

Don’t Stop Misbelievin’

As the saying goes, no two journeys are the same. Everyone has a story to tell, with its fair share of peaks and valleys along the way. In this day and age, some would argue it’s never been easier to pursue a career as a creative. With the freedom to…

Comedy

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Don’t Stop Misbelievin’
Don’t Stop Misbelievin’
Comedy

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Mar 10, 2019

Instagreat!

A little over a year ago, New Orleans-based musician Joshua Starkman decided to position his iPhone a couple of feet away, pick up his guitar, and through a squinty-eyed stare, utter the phrase, “Have a great day” into the camera lens after playing a couple of chords. 200+ videos and…

Music

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Instagreat!
Instagreat!
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Nov 12, 2018

Kick, Push

On a muggy Saturday morning in September, before temperatures reached 95º, a line of customers stretched from the entryway of Humidity Skate Shop more than halfway down Dumaine Street to the next corner. …

New Orleans

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Kick, Push
Kick, Push
New Orleans

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Jul 8, 2018

For The Record

Just about everyone has a moment when they fell in love with Hip-Hop: this poignant instance that you can’t help but recall in vivid detail years later like it was yesterday. You laugh or get excited just thinking about it. It’s a hypnotizing, aural-based epiphany — a sensory overload where…

Music

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For The Record
For The Record
Music

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May 12, 2018

Cinco De Beamin

Across the country, May 5 is circled on many calendars and noted as a national holiday in the U.S., despite Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric. Cinco de Mayo highlights the defeat of French military forces at the city of Puebla de Los Angeles in 1862. In the 1960s, activists used the annual…

Music

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Cinco de Beamin
Cinco de Beamin
Music

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Renard “Slangston Hughes” Bridgewater

Renard “Slangston Hughes” Bridgewater

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“I do this for the neighborhood, not for Bourbon Street.” — Big Chief Delco (The Creole Osceolas) http://reverbnation.com/slangstonhughes

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