A woman incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla is the first female to record and release an original hip hop track from … [Read more...]
Nina Simone: legendary singer, songwriter and civil rights activist
Born Nina Simone Catherine Waymon, Nina was a singer, songwriter and a civil rights activist. She recorded more than 40 albums between 1947 and … [Read more...]
N.W.A helped set the stage for modern hip hop music
N.W.A – Rap Group (1987-95) The N.W.A rap group was at first criticized as a misogynistic hip hop crew that glorified drugs and crime. But the … [Read more...]
Bread & Roses perform for Death Row
Entire concert was videotaped for Death Row viewing Prisoners and outside guest Tony Saunders played a concert for the 700-plus men housed on … [Read more...]
World class musician returns to SQ after long hiatus
Blues harmonica player Mark Hummel, 63, returned to San Quentin State Prison in August to discuss his music and to play a few tunes for the men in the … [Read more...]
SQN celebrates Black artists and entertainers
Rapper Kendrick Lamar made history by becoming the first hip-hop artist to win a Pulitzer Prize. Lamar won the honor for his fourth studio album, … [Read more...]
Prisoners Who Love Music
Many of the men at San Quentin love music. “Asked on the Line” conducted 23 random, informal interviews with men in blue and asked, “What is your … [Read more...]