by JR Valrey, The Minister of Information People who were teenagers or older when the internet was introduced in 1996, should remember how innovative, ground breaking, and life changing this technology was; for the first time, the world was a click away. Over that quarter … Continue readingLocal NFT company sayBLOWE is Offering an Exclusive Mac Mall NFT Collection
By JR Valrey, The Minister of Information What interests me most about Ms. Ninja is her ability to transform into people before your very eyes, similar to the great comedian Eddie Murphy, as can be seen on her live skits on Tik Tok and IG. … Continue readingNinja Gaiden: A Look at the Career of the Stand-Up Comedian Ms. Ninja
By JR Valrey, The Minister of Information My first love, in elementary school, was always nature. My friends and I would go to ponds and creeks like at Arroyo Park in East Oakland and Crab Cove in Alameda to catch tadpoles, insects, and frogs. My … Continue readingTrap Nature Man: Scid Howard Speaks
By JR Valrey, The Minister of Information Headlines nationwide are splattered with “Smash and Grab-gangs are Looting High-End Consumer Districts Nationwide”. The message that the media is sending is of fear, and it could not be conveyed in a more fluid way. Who should be … Continue readingThe Looters’ Politik: A Black Community View on the Recent Looting Locally and Nationwide
By JR Valrey, The Minister of Information On Wednesday September 22nd, the Oakland School Board voted that all children over 12 years of age, in the Oakland Unified School District, will have to be vaccinated with the Covid vaccines, in the following school year. There … Continue readingThe Plight of a Black Male Un-Vaccinated Teacher in Oakland
By JR Valrey, the Minister of Information In late July ‘21, I was honored to be the road manager for the Tony Toni Tone’s “Timeless” Tour, which also featured singer Keidra On Stage, to Panafest in Accra, Cape Coast, and Elmina in Ghana, West Africa. … Continue readingOakland Singer Keidra On Stage, Alongside Internationally Known Tony, Toni, Tone Performed at Historic Festival in Ghana
By JR Valrey, the Minister of Information In the spirit of Black New World Media giving people their flowers to smell before they die, I have to introduce a legendary artist from Oakland, who has gone virtually unnamed among the great muralists of the area. … Continue readingMuralist Tim B. Talks About Performative Activism, and Creating Aerosol Murals to Combat It, His Life’s Work, and More
By JR Valrey, the Minister of Information Reminiscent of the great crooners like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Donny Hathaway, Ty Astor is a very talented vocalist that I met at D. Wiggs’ Small Stage Sesh, on a Monday, in East Oakland. Ty Astor stood … Continue readingTy Astor is the Future Sound of RnB from the Bay
By JR Valrey, The Minister of Information School’s all over San Francisco have been opening in phases, as society’s fear of the corona virus is starting to subside. Now that students have been stuck in distance-learning for over a year, there are a host of … Continue readingThe Quagmire Behind Re-Opening San Francisco’s Public Schools: an interview with SFUSD Board Member Kevine Boggess
By JR Valrey, the Minister of Information StunnamanO2 is one of the most explosive performers, and articulate rhyme-slangers on the underground Hip Hop scene of the San Francisco Bay Area, who has recently been making a name for himself. I had become aware of him … Continue readingThe Entrepreneurial Spirit of Frisco Rapper StunnamanO2