ei tie
h d been rele ed e rlier by ct "
Ii e elte el' "It' like a .
jungle ome times, it mak me
wonder how I keep from going' •
under" nd the Fe rle our'
"Problems of the World Today". ..
"It w little different," he' .
e we ere a .tu By
to come with ome
elutions. I thin th t what' "
h ppening today nd wh t' hap­
pening now nd wh t ha h p- .
pened t thi particul r emin r i
Ii ke lot of BI c women now
know that they have the green
light." -
om n.
"I've een BI c women put
hi te men in check so deep, nd
they [white men] don't know how
to deal ith BI ck women. Of
course, they need us to dupport
them and give them the strength,
but, you know, we 11 h ve dif­
ferent role ."
DADDY-O MADE hi
•
I
e
Portrayal of
Women in
u ic."
Some of
the p r-
t i c i p a n t
Ii ted in the
progr m
I e
B·tche '
ith Prob­
lem, Hoe
with an At-
titude and few others did not
attend. Tho e who did par­
ticipate included Si . Soulj h of
Public Enemy fame, April Silver,
pre ident of the Howard U. Stu­
dent Association and Sis.
Bridgette Moore of Tommy Boy
Records and the Hi p Hop
Women' Progre ive Move­
ment.
, Once our women
begin to get into the
business side of the
music industry it's
going to be a whole
different story'
made a
f e
rem rk ,
ami, in
tw i t of
fat e ,
Heavy D
and the Boy were ejected from
the ympo ium for lack of proper
conference credentials.
Apparently, the campus police
are not frequent viewers of Black
Entertainment Televi ion (BET)
becau e the whole world know
Heavy-D. Heavy-D is immen ely
popular because of hi rap song
which opens and clo e Keenan
�i h a po ent me
age.
1A portion) or Beginning Segment or "Anthology or AfrI�an H
by Carolyn Warfteld
Art.r COTtYspond,nt
: The period that induced masses of
African-Americans to rise up and be
iecognized as human beings had an
',lIect on Walter Bailey.
I "As a teenager, tbe 60's were
fickle times for me," he recounts. "I
4id not believe my community had
. value because of all the neighbor­
� eruptions from Coast to coast. I
w in a mind plit from civil rights
.rxt insurrections. My yearning to
know who I was and where I fit
itruck hard in 1967. One day the
�igbt of "CHANGE IT" sprawled in
araffiti Jarred my vexation like a
�gbt beam hurled by �ric1cs."
I Bailey moved 360 degrees for­
ward and began to research and
study mythology, religion and
iociology.
. In 1968 he enrolled at the Univer­
illy of Hartford Art School and la­
tnen his training a poQr experience.
'My instructors would not allow
portrayal of black images. Apples,
ld sneakers and white models were
ihe aesthetics for being an am t by
Briefly
... Rapper Too Short suf­
t fered minor injurie in a
· head-on collision that left
· one dead ...
... And Philadelphi
· marks the site of the First
· African-American Music
· Celebration. The even will
· be held July 7-9 at the
: Wyndham Franklin Plaza
• Hotel. ..
... Beltve it or not es­
: limated yndication
· revenues for the Cosby
: Show is $600 million an­
: nually ....
Europan standards," Bailey con­
tinued.
"Getting the basic allowed
development of techniques sui ted for
what I needed to depict, Black "Im­
ages."
TODAY BAILEY is a painter,
graphic artist and change agent for
Black youngsters. His manner of
dialogue is for the "mental and
spiritual consumption" of African
and African-American history,
" Anthology of African History" is
his tool. A hieroglyphic story - on
three eight-foot panels that sport 33
images painted in primary acrylic
polymers. The mural's top row are
"Stages of African History," the bot­
tom row "The Experience of the
Americas."
The anthology, a graphic com­
position, explains the universal prin­
ciples of man and woman, the natural
and forced migration of ,the Black
race and the human experiences en­
countered in each ocial adaptation.
African His tory, is an artistic com­
position that is attractive to the eye
and senses.
"Children of the future will need
a new road map, " Bailey assures.
"The next 9 years are crucial to the
21st century. Black youth who learn
African and American history will
remove negatives and fill, in what i
needed. Their earch for specialized
training will eek visions for the fu­
ture."
Bailey's cholarship in inter­
pretating historical cycle in the
Black race's exertion for ocial jus­
tice is important.
"Black folks who hold the
African legacy in their minds, get
new training and et new career
goal will defy the stagnation and
decline ushered into the 90' to
breakdown di cipline and self­
worth."
To book "Anthology of African
History," plea e contact W Iter
Bailey at 863-2008.
Ivory W yan' brea through Fox
Television comedy erie In
Living Color.
The principal figure of thi
ympo ium w Si. Soulj h of
Public Enemy.
S CRI ICIZED the Blac
man for not t king hi rightful
pi ce in civilization and colded
the Black woman, for not aiding
the onward march of liberation
from mental and piritual de th
'0 evident in the theatrical name
of some of the invited conference
participan like B·tche with
Problem and Hoe with an At­
titude.
Also in the udience w Rus­
ell Simmons the head of one of
the most prestigiou hip hop
labels, DefJam Record as well
Donnie Simp on of SET.
Meanwhile, Daddy-O id he
w thoroughly impre sed with
the conference. "I'm 100� more
8ehind- The-Scenes
d t
1 t ou t I uld
I .. 0 Produc-
tion (B P), Public En my nd
D ddy-O' roup Stet- - onic
re wh t he d cribe "the
gr n light meaning th t we re
the gr up th t ave th green
I ight" to ct u ing the Bl c
liberation motif in tbeir hip hop
numbers.
"When we [Stet a onic] m de
A/ric in 1 86 and Public Enemy
came out in 1987 i th Rebel
Without a Pause nd then KRS­
One relea ed By Any Means
Necessary [ round the ame
time] II of these cts howed the
others it' o .. to pe about
your people. "
For in ranee, he id group
like the Poor Rigteou Teachers,
Brand Nubian, Movement X, X­
said incl uded both a new Stet- a­
sonic album and a 010 project.
BE GAVE ex mple of the
kind of group that have t ken
dv ntage of the "green light"
like X-KI n who "touched on .
omethings that came right out to
the whit man and aid'I think
you're coward, chemically con­
niving .. .' That' something ..
Cbuc and I never did."
D ddy-O' future pI n he.:
Spike Launche
ecord
a
el
By Ll' a Collin
Spike Lee 'ha igned "Jungle
Fever" st r Lonette McKee to 40
Acres and a Mule Music-work,
the label he's formed wi th
Columbia Records, "to try and
put some life back in R&B. 1
just can't listen to, BJack radio
anymore," Lee say. "It's ter­
rible. What we do with our films
is we give a lot of talented
people shots that otherwise
WOUldn't get them, and we're
going to try and do the same
, thing with music."
The label will feature new
e nwhile the 'rage over "
ReIn Harlem" eern to be.
paying off for director/actor Bi1�
Duke, who ha ju t been tapped
to direct an action undercover
cop drama titled "Deep Cover",
which is et to go in 0 produ lion J,
in August.... r
Seems Whitney Houston has',
finally made up her miod about i j
which film will erve ji the I
showcase for her acting debut. , ,r:
Houston will tar in "Th ",
Bodyguard", oppo ite Academy "
Award winner Kevin Co tner.
artist in R&B, funk, di co, rap,
blue and jazz ... Spike wa
among tho e rna ing the cen at
the Canne Film Fe tival like
Tina Turner, Robin Given,
Eddie Murphy, Quincy Jone and
hot, young director, John
Singleton, wh e film "Boyz N
The Hood" is generating shock
waves.
The movie, lated for release
in July, is a raw, yet compelling
look at a day in the life of a gang­
infested South Central LA neigh­
borhood.