Raymond “Boots” Riley was born on April 1, 1971 and is a founding member and lead vocalist for the Coup, a radical, edgy, Oakland-based underground hip-hop gro...
Pam Warren (a.k.a. Pam the Funkstress or Purple Pam) was born on November 11, 1966 in Shreveport, Louisiana and died on December 22, 2017. Warren was a DJ, mos...
Pauline Oliveros was born on May 30, 1932 in Houston, Texas and died on November 24, 2016 in Kingston, New York. Pauline Oliveros’s life as a composer, perform...
Steven Arnold was born on May 18, 1943 in Oakland, CA. He was a surrealist who worked in various mediums: film, photography, painting, illustration, theater, a...
Casper Banjo was considered disabled, black, and gifted. Born in Memphis, TN, Banjo often faced racism growing up in the forties and fifties, which was one of ...