Rodney P. Mason Jr. was reluctant to join the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club. He was an Alabama A&M University undergraduate when his father, a Zulu stalwart, first extended the invitation.

NEW ORLEANS — When the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club take to the streets on Mardi Gras Day, they're showcasing more than 100 years of Carnival tradition. It's a tradition Rodney Mason ...

King Zulu has reigned in the streets of New Orleans nearly every Fat Tuesday since 1909. The first kings of Zulu wore lard cans for crowns and carried banana stalks as scepters. Jubilee-singers ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club has crowned its 2025 King and Queen, continuing one of the most celebrated traditions in New Orleans Mardi Gras history. Rodney Paul ...