Poetry and Jazz Meet in a Vision of Tulsa's Past and Future

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Tulsa hip-hop collective Fire in Little Africa honors history and celebrates the future on 'Shining,' our latest Song You Need to Know.

There’s a feeling of warm nostalgia to the horns, bass, and vibraphones on the track, and it’s reflected in the sumptuously shot video, which takes place in a jazz club full of well-dressed performers and patrons enjoying a night out. For history-minded viewers, the Roaring Twenties setting might also bring to mind the cruelty and bloodshed that Tulsa’s white community brought down on its black neighbors for the crime of building a prosperous life in 1921.

Jerica Wortham, who closes out “Shining” with a fantastic verse after strong appearances from Dialtone and Ayilla, begins with a direct reference to Greenwood Avenue, the center of black life in Tulsa before the massacre. “We’re what it looks like when we got our own backs,” she continues emphatically. “We’re what it looks like when we build it back black/We’re what it looks like in a hundred years’ time/Got the audacity to walk up out these ashes and shine.” It’s a simple but bold declaration.

 

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Absolutely Triumphant work here! From Poet to Poet, You know/ I got to Know it! This fusion Rocks!!

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