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“I blame my mama for turning my brother into a crack baby.” (Keep Ya Head Up) — Tupac Shakur *This is Black Music Month and just like clockwork people will ask the age old question, what happened to Black music, especially Hip Hop? However, like previous Black Music Months, June 30th will find many scratching [...]
“You took my style/I’m takin’ it back” – How Ya Like Me Now-Kool Moe Dee *The annual Black History Month program sponsored by Steppin’ Fetchin’ Sneakers was going as planned. Dr. Thomas “D. W.” Griffin, was giving his usual boring speech about how slavery wasn’t so bad, when all of a sudden a group of [...]
“Most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamp” – – Fight the Power-Public Enemy *The year is 2020, and Goebbels Entertainment Company has just released its Academy Award nominated documentary, Rap, Unchained about how Hip Hop was successful in emancipating millions of Black children from mental slavery during the late 80’s. While it briefly [...]
“For those who pose lyrical/ but really ain’t true Their times limited/hard rocks too” — Times up-OC A long time ago, on a rooftop in a place called the South Bronx, a group of Hip Hop wise men were sitting around listening to “Rappers Delight” when they had a vision. One day the culture that [...]
“Religious images destroy the psychology of the Black Man/Who is crucified then vilified” – Crucified-Professor Griff *Last month, rapper ”The Game” raised eyebrows when he released the cover art for his upcoming CD “Jesus Piece” which featured a thugged out “Black Jesus” wearin’ a bandanna. The controversy was further fueled with the weekly “Sunday Service” [...]
*“Shadow boxin’ when I heard you on the radio.” – Mama Said Knock You Out-LL Cool J Recently, on the top rated, “Chicken and Waffles Morning Show,” something happened that shook up the rap world. The hosts were kickin’ it with militant Hip Hop artist, “Songhai” when he started name checkin’ rappers who he claimed [...]
“Don’t believe the lies/look me in my eyes” – Fear — Drake *Recently, the History Network announced that it was launching a new program, “True Hip Hop History.” The show is being promoted as a groundbreaking effort to expose America to the authentic origins of rap music. The first episode, scheduled to air later this [...]
“Back in the day when I was young/I’m not kid anymore “ – Back in the Day-Ahmad *When Hip Hop legend, “Knowledge B. Born,” headed to the stage to finally receive his Hip Hop Lifetime Achievement Award, he clutched in his right hand a speech written in graffiti that he had wanted to deliver for [...]
“Sophisticated ignorance/write my curses in cursive” Otis-Kanye West and Jay Z *When the controversial rap superstar , “2 Shackles” granted an interview to an investigative journalist at the New Jersey Times he agreed that it would be no holds barred. When the reporter grilled him on everything from his recent baby mama drama to his [...]
“Them Alphabet Boys got us under surveillance” – Soul Survivor-Young Jeezy *The National Council of Black Leaders recently held a public forum called “The Conspiracy to Destroy the ‘Hood. “ When the first speaker, Dr. Afrika Shabazz revealed tons of information exposing a genocidal plot against African Americans, the panelists just rolled their eyes and [...]
“They schools don’t educate/all they teach the people is lies” — They Schools Dead Prez *It was a typical day in Mrs. Lefkowitz’s world history class. And, as usual, no one was paying attention. Of course, she didn’t mind as long as she was collecting a paycheck. So while the gangstas were fightin’ in the [...]
“A million names on walls engraved in plaques/Those who went back received penalties for their acts” — Triumph -Wu Tang Clan *For years, Hip Hop’s hottest rapper, the Boss had made millions of dollars hustlin’ his misogynistic, minstrel murder music off as Hip Hop. When people would accuse him of promoting the genocide of the [...]
“Our country ‘tis of thee/land of liberty/But that’ll never be/not in America” – Amerika- Trick Daddy *It was the annual Independence Day party and Club US was packed wall to wall with Black folks dressed in red, white and blue looking like thugged out Uncle Sams. Everybody was enjoying the holiday to the fullest. But [...]
*Although broken glass was everywhere, unemployment was at a record high and 911 was a joke, Clive Saddler’s Sedgwick Ave neighborhood was not the jungle the media portrayed; it was home and full of promise. But everyday the six o’clock news would run stories about drugs, murder and falling property values.That was until Universal Development [...]
*On June 19,1865, Black folks in Galveston,Texas finally got the Emancipation Proclamation announcement that slavery was over. They were ecstatic that they no longer had to choose between pickin’ massa’s crops or gettin’ beaten with rawhide. June 19, 2012, rap artists got the Hip Hop Emancipation memo that they no longer had to be coons [...]
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