Thanks to Billboard & 1800 Tequila’s ‘Back to the Block’ campaign, I recently had the opportunity to provide a brief history and timeline of Houston’s thirty years as a significant center of hip hop culture. Here is the article: THE HIP-HOP HISTORY OF HOUSTON with Travis Scott I am thankful that I got the opportunity
His mama called him Clay But I never called him Clay I called him Ali He Is The Greatest Even though He Is Gone His greatness is present. I’ve always called him Ali Because he was self determining He was A free black man In a nation driven by un-freedom and anti-blackness. He was unapologetically
I’m thankful it was televisedThankful for the video archiveThat shows that the cop lied8 shots fired at him while he ran awaymore than 15 feet awaythe last shot took his lifea day before many people across the world celebrated the resurrection of Jesus the Christbut Walter Scott did not riseHe lay dead while the killer
At twelve Not an adult Not responsible But my body read as criminal Condemned because of its tint Its too dark But its darkness was assigned a personality One that does not matter And when the bullet punctured my skin I learned that black life does not matter That I could not be a kid
I know that death is upon me Its bound to happen Hell I faced death when I began life And since that moment I’ve been in a fight for my life Cause death is ubiquitous Constantly threatening me If it aint the violence of every day life It’s the violence I inflict on me It’s
Last Saturday evening my thirteen-year-old son and I went to see Marvel Comics’ latest superhero themed film Guardians of the Galaxy. Me being the the uncool dad who does not know any of the new music, does not really get down with sci-fi, who just wanted to spend some time with his son had many
PLEASE DON’T SHOOT ME. PLEASE DON’T KILL MY VIBE. I’m just tryin’ to stay alive Tryin’ to suvive. It ain’t my time to die. I still got work to do. But I wonder if my work is in vain Is my livin’ in vain Sure you can say “No, of course not! It’s not all
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