Skip To Main Content
Akiba Solomon on Muck Rack

Akiba Solomon

Verified
Chicago
As seen in: The Marshall Project, Slate, Refinery29, Essence, The Root, AlterNet, Ebony, Hachette Book Group (HBG), Hip-Hop Wired, MadameNoire, Colorlines and
Writer & Entrepreneur. I write The Saturday Essay for 200,000 + ambitious people living and working on their own terms.
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Akiba

Contact Akiba, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

15 summer readings by black authors -

|
By Lauren Wilkinson, Jayne Allen, Lamar Odom, Akiba Solomon Verified
| 360wisemedia.com
Summer is sort of here, and meaning it is time to recharge your melanin at beaches and parks, stretched out with some great summer reading. Below you will find 15 of the most popular books of the season by black authors (in alphabetical order). 15 Summer Readings by Black Authors by Lauren Wilkinson New York City writer Lauren Wilkinson has made her gripping debut with a novel that .
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (3) Issue with article?

"Rap Girlies" And the Rise Of Face-Card Rap

|
By Akiba Solomon Verified
| TV One Verified
For decades, the official “Women in Hip-Hop” discussion focused on the scarcity of female MCs with record deals. As the story went, (straight) men didn’t want to hear women rap; at best, they wanted to f*ck them. The added cost of their makeup and hair was a popular cop-out. And despite valiant displays of unity, such as Lil’ Kim’s “Not Tonight” video, the industry insisted that there was only room for one queen at a time.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (3) Issue with article?

SUNDAY ‘NOIRE: Sundress Season And The Flavor Black Women Bring To Summertime

|
By Akiba Solomon Verified
| MadameNoire Verified
MadameNoire Featured Video I’ve always been a feast-or-famine dater. But between this endless pandemic, quitting drinking and my almost-physical aversion to dating apps, I really don’t get out much these days. Before you send condolences, it’s fine. I truly prefer watching HBO’s “Southside” reruns to jibber jabbering with underwhelmers over appetizers. That said, I will admit to one major flaw of not dating: It begets more not-dating.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?
See all 94 licensed articles (95 Total)