Ime Ekpo

Bio Highlights

Ime Ekpo is a journalist specializing in hip-hop culture, African diaspora history, and Black enterprise. In 2014, Ekpo started a niche-based Tumblr Old School Hip-Hop Lust, which became one of the platform's highest-ranked classic hip-hop blogs Ekpo has written for Street Khemistry, The Source, BellaNaija, NBCU Academy and she is also the founder of the online publication Rich Black Earth, where she highlights victories throughout the African diaspora. She has been an affiliate resident at PureWow since 2023, where she works on commerce content.