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When Hasan Salaam thinks about the history of Black music, he relates it back to Okinawan martial arts. The style, practiced by the indigenous people on the Japanese colonized Okinawan Islands, was banned so it had to be practiced in secret. They would it look like a dance and fashion their weapons from common household and farming tools. By practicing in secret, indigenous people were preparing themselves for the day when they could rise up against their colonizers.

Michael Jackson's oldest son turned 16 this month, and his birthday wish sheds light on what his future may hold.

Singer Bobby Brown is headed to jail next month to serve a 55-day sentence imposed for his second drunken driving conviction in a year.

Almost two weeks to the day since Amber Rose showed off a very round baby bump at the Grammys, the new mom and her hip-hop star fiancé, Wiz Khalifa, have welcomed a son.

The hip-hop artist, organizer and educator will be stopping at Portland State University on Thursday to perform and make a presentation on the history of Black music and its role in resistance.

You may have heard Geo's music as half of the Seattle-based hip-hop group Blue Scholars, but now he's also working in photography for the "Rappers W/ Cameras" project and is the artist-in-residence at Town Hall Seattle.

Fresh from winning two Grammy Awards over the weekend – one shared with her local mentor Thara Memory – Portland native Esperanza Spalding is featured on this week's Oregon Art Beat special, "Masters of Jazz: The Next Generation."

(CNN) -- Sunday night's 55th annual Grammy Awards were as much about the performances as it was the actual statues handed out.