I got wind of High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul online - but in a way that was unexpected, and which I would soon come to learn, a little unfair. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that a book about one of the Hip-Hop groups I adore was on the horizon. But the group’s reaction to this book by...

There's always a beginning to these kinds of things. Here's mine.

I got the honor of interviewing Anacaona Rocio Milagro, an acclaimed poet from Washington Heights, New York City about her literary journey shortly after the publication of her debut book, "To Make An Island of a Street Corner."

A brief look into the first trip I ever took, and how an underground Hip-Hop song stuck to me as a nickname.