Antoinette Baldwin

Mango Mash Up

King Mango & Will.I.Am Wear Blackface in Shameless Attempt to Resurrect Careers

Forbidden, fruit.​Bumped out of the spotlight, local icon King Mango and hip hop superstar Will.I.Am have resorted to shamelessly donning blackface in order to resurrect their flagging careers.Critics say the move has set African-Americans and mangos back "1,000 years." "Will.i.am. wearing blackfa ... More >>

Protest: King Mango Strut Creator Won't March

Lurkzilla Via Flicker CCA very Miami satire: Chonga Girl as grand marshal a couple of years ago.When Glenn Terry started a satirical parade called the King Mango Strut in 1982, life was more simple. He plopped down two cardboard boxes at the end of a street with signs that read, "Closed fo ... More >>

King Mango Strut Organizers Are in a Feud

"Sarah Palin" at King Mango Strut.​For the last two decades, the brilliant lunatics who run the King Mango Strut parade have been a happy little family. Their meetings -- which were speckled with old hippie types -- felt more like a showcase of standup comedy than a community planning board. ... More >>

Loco Nuts Grove

"Sarah Palin" at King Mango Strut.​For the last two decades, the brilliant lunatics who run the King Mango Strut parade have been a happy little family. Their meetings -- which were speckled with old hippie types -- felt more like a showcase of standup comedy than a community planning board. ... More >>

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

"Sarah Palin" at King Mango Strut.​For the last two decades, the brilliant lunatics who run the King Mango Strut parade have been a happy little family. Their meetings -- which were speckled with old hippie types -- felt more like a showcase of standup comedy than a community planning board. ... More >>

Fruit for Thought

For 21 years, the King Mango Strut has been a countercultural rebuke to Miami political chicanery