Level Up with Gene and Jay

02/22/2026

Big ups to and The Poetic Diaspora on their incredible performance last night at the U of M’s Northrop Theater for their album release concert. Featured performers included NUR-D, KNOWN Mpls, Brandyn Tulloch, Singers Of This Age (SOTA) of VocalEssence, ComMUSICation and Endia Tierra. Hosted by Chadwick “Niles” Phillips..

02/17/2026

DAY OUT FOR DEMOCRACY PROTEST! Jaylani Hussein from told the crowd,Minnesota this our moment! Our civil rights! This is our fight!

02/17/2026

DAY OUT FOR DEMOCRACY PROTEST in South Minneapolis. Instead of a moment of silence the citizens had a moment of noise!

02/05/2026

With all the craziness going on in the United States, we need this now more than ever. Throwback-spoken word Artist , Poet and Author Joe Davis recites, his favorite poem titled “Show Up” 

02/02/2026

The people together will never be defeated!

02/01/2026

We met Jolly Good Ginger today at memorial site on 26th and Nicollet. He took some great drone footage of the natives dancing and doing a ceremony! Check this video out!

01/26/2026

The The New York Times published a piece today showing the aggressive tactics ICE is using on Minnesotan’s. They used our live stream from January 10 where a federal agent pushes a citizen in front of a moving bus. To watch the live stream and its entirety go to comments. 

The New York Times reviewed dozens of videos taken in recent weeks in Minnesota and identified multiple aggressive tactics that ICE and other federal agents used during immigration arrests and in encounters with protesters. https://nyti.ms/3ZwD5Ax