GRAND MARSHAL: LAROYCE C. HAWKINS
bronzevillelife2025-08-09T05:39:26-05:00In this exclusive interview for Bronzeville Life, Chicago PD star LaRoyce Hawkins sits down with Nikki Carpenter
2025 BUD BILLIKEN® HONORARY MARSHALS
bronzevillelife2025-08-09T05:42:03-05:00HONORARY MARSHALS: Carol L. Adams, Ph.D., Dr. Peggy A. Montes, Stacy Davis Gates, McKinley Nelson, & Jasmyne Rudan
GRAND MARSHAL JASON WEAVER
BronzevilleLife Editorial2024-08-09T17:32:06-05:00by Nikki Carpenter In May 2024, Disney celebrated 30 years of The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl. Vocalists who performed the original songs from the 1992 cult classic film, were invited to perform a [...]
Antwone Muhammad: Healing, Discovery, and Recovery
Mary L. Datcher2022-11-02T10:58:38-05:00According to the American Cancer Society statistics, Black men have the highest incidence rates of breast cancer (2.7 out of every 100,000 men), followed by White men (1.9 out of every 100,000 men). Nearly ten [...]
KIM FOXX Making HERstory
Myiti Sengstacke-Rice2020-04-01T16:50:02-05:00By Myiti Sengstacke-Rice Kim Foxx is challenging a system where there are more African Americans under correctional control than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. She took on [...]
Jojayden Handmade: Changing the Face of Men’s Fashion
Mary L. Datcher2020-04-22T02:21:47-05:00For the past five years, along 53rd Street in downtown Hyde Park, there has been a growth spurt of new retail businesses along with the older ones such as community staples--Mellow Yellow, Valois, and Pizza [...]
Rahmaan Statik: The Man and the Mural
Mary L. Datcher2019-06-14T17:21:54-05:00As the weather warms up and Chicagoans begin to shed layers of sweaters, scarves, gloves, and boots—we look forward to all the beautiful things the warmer climate brings. There is unique cultural beauty throughout Chicago’s [...]
DJ Pharris: Leading The Pack
Mary L. Datcher2019-06-14T17:16:26-05:00Pharris Thomas is not your typical DJ. What started for Thomas nearly 40 years ago in a similar fashion to other DJs from his peer group—ended up carving a specific single lane designed by him. [...]
Merry Green: Celebrating 25 Years of Black Women’s Expo
Mary L. Datcher2019-04-15T22:47:35-05:00The Black Women’s Expo has become rooted in Chicago’s social scene and a yearly standing date for thousands of African American girls and women throughout the region. Created 25 years ago, it has grown into [...]
Val Warner: Style, Gratitude and Grace
Mary L. Datcher2019-03-05T10:19:43-06:00For the past 13 years, Chicago television viewers have become familiar with the charismatic style of Valarie Warner. Her debut in 2005 as the traffic reporter for the WGN morning news team where she was [...]
Syleena Johnson: Creating An Empire
Mary L. Datcher2019-01-31T21:10:10-06:00Syleena Johnson is not your average entertainer. Over two decades, the Harvey, Illinois native has developed an uncanny niche of broadening her ability to forge a lane beyond the recording studio. The daughter of legendary [...]
Ryan Henry The Artist
bronzevillelife2019-01-21T11:01:24-06:00Ryan Henry, more than a tattooist, more than a television star—he’s an artist with vision. In 2013, Henry opened his renowned tattoo shop, 9Mag, located here in Chicago. The shop’s birth was a result of [...]
Vic Mensa New Music, New Look
bronzevillelife2019-01-21T11:10:50-06:00The resurgence of hip-hop talent can be credited to the fresh sounds of Chicago’s SaveMoney crew. A group of artists brought together by local spoken word guru, Brother Mike. Vic Mensa met Chancellor Bennett, better [...]
Deon Cole Never Slowing Down
bronzevillelife2018-12-15T19:31:32-06:00Deon Cole is no stranger to the comedy circuit. His rise to fame has been a long and well-earned journey. His family moved from the Roseland community to Dolton in the South Suburbs. His growing [...]