Milwaukee’s young Hip Hop community, which has a strong base in the Harambee neighborhood, flexed strong campaign support of McGee and celebrated his victory on April 15 at an Open Mic Showcase at Onopa. McGee earned the community’s support based on his history of good relationship building and empowerment of many of the city’s artists, from the Taste Emcees to Baby Drew. “I have been deemed the Mayor of the Hip Hop Community for years! I have literally raised many a Hip Hop Artist/Soldier,” he says.
May 2004
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For Mother’s Day I Want VICTORY LADY
I stopped in at the new Victory Lady at 3915 N. Richards St. in the new retail strip construction next to Wal-Mart. I asked one of the co-owners, Dawn McDermid what makes Victory Lady unique. She told me the company is privately owned and operated and for ladies only. She claims that they’ve been “Milwaukee’s Premiere Health Club for eleven years.”
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Women in the Grove: Living with HIV and AIDS
What does a middle-class, married, Jewish mother have in common with a comedian living in public housing, women struggling on general assistance, or women dealing with fathers of their children who are in jail, dead, or missing?
Posted inNeighbor Spotlight
Rafael Acevedo
Rafael Acevedo still remembers the day he arrived in Milwaukee. He was four, and his family had just immigrated from Puerto Rico. “It was intimidating,” he said. “We couldn’t talk to anyone. We couldn’t even talk to our teachers at school.” The family struggled. Acevedo’s father worked as a sweeper to support his family until […]
Posted inBusiness Briefs
May 2004
Here comes the sun! Owner Dan Fischer has unshuttered the windows of the Quarters bar on Center and Bremen. The new, expansive windows give quite a lift to both the building and the corner. A little sprucing up of the interior is also in the works. . . . . . . . . . […]
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