In Eritrea, Masse (ማሰ) and MelQes (መልቀስ) performances, just like what’s now called free-style hip-hop, are combination of speech, prose, poetry and singing and delivered in a rhythmic flow, on the spot, without any rehearsals. BY MILKA TEKLOM | ERITREA PROFILE I don’t think I am cold-hearted but when I hear gang-related shoot outs, my […]
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BY NATNAEL YEBIO W. When Nip was killed last year outside his Marathon shop in South LA, the world came to a stop. Tributes came from one end of the world to the other. Government officials, artists from all medium, actors, musicians, and sport icons paid their respects to him, while his fans across the […]
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BY OBI EGBUNA JNR SIMUNYE | THE HERALD As the mighty people and nation of Zimbabwe are in the middle of celebrating their 39th year of independence and territorial integrity, the African Diaspora is being moved by the recent loss of one of Mother Africa’s glorious sons Ermias Joseph Asghedom, better known as Nipsey Hussle.
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BY ANGEL JENNINGS | LOS ANGELES TIMES At the age of 19, Nipsey Hussle took the money he earned hustling on the streets of South Los Angeles and bought a plane ticket to his father’s homeland — a tiny country in eastern Africa that fought a brutal war to secure its place in the world […]
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BY AANU ADEOYE | CNN Eritrea’s Minister of Information Yemane Meskel has paid tribute to rapper Nipsey Hussle who was shot dead in Los Angeles on Sunday. The rapper’s father is from the African nation and Hussle visited Eritrea in April 2018 where he sat down with the Ministry of Information’s website for a wide-ranging […]
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“You might have the material advantage in America but life is not all about that. The sense of family, peace, and respect is alive out here in Eritrea.” Eritrean American recording artist and entrepreneur Ermias Asghedom, better known by his stage name, Nipsey Hussle, is one of the few success stories of rappers turned into […]
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The star Tiffany Haddish is one of the many in the entertainment industry to represent the Eastern-African country of Eritrea. Check out ten other stars who are proudly Eritrean. BY VICTORIA UWUMAROGIE While walking the red carpet at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday night, comedian Tiffany Haddish stood out, but not for her usual colorful antics. Instead, […]
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