Ime Ekpo
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Medium,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo Canada,
Yahoo News Malaysia,
Yahoo News UK,
Yahoo Singapore,
Yahoo Finance,
Yahoo Finance Canada,
Columbia News,
Flipboard
and
Covers:
Hip-Hop Culture, Black Culture in America, Africa, and the Diaspora
Journalist • Contributor Writer @Forbes (Entertainment) | Bylines: @thesource @bellanaijaonline | Founder @richblackearth | ONLY IG: @ ime.writes
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Ime Ekpo’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Ime Ekpo is a cultural journalist whose work centers hip-hop culture, African diaspora history, and Black enterprise. In 2014, she launched Old School Hip-Hop Lust, a niche Tumblr blog that quickly became one of the platform’s highest-ranked classic hip-hop archives. This early success led to a contributing role at the now-defunct Street Khemistry, where she profiled foundational artists and documented the genre’s evolution.
From 2017 to 2022, Ekpo served as a contributor at The Source Magazine…
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Interview
See all 15 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
I was a contributing writer to the now defunct Street Khemistry where I covered the modern happenings of hip-hop class acts.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes. My father owned one. On weekends, I used to play with it really using it, thinking it was a toy. Little did I know, it was a tool.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Vivian from the Netflix show Inventing Anna.