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"I hustle words and pimp sentences. On those rare days when the block is dry and my people fiend for a fix, I deal out essays. Someone has to defend my generation of hoodlums. Since I was one of them for so long, I figure it might as well be me."
Recent Posts Tagged With 'Barack Obama'
Hustling Obama
A lot of people died to make this moment in history happen. The path to an Obama Presidency was paved by the blood, sweat and tears of millions of people you have never heard of, but who believed in this moment so passionately, they sacrificed every...
This Is Why I Love Hip Hop (Summed Up By Jay-Z)
When Jay-Z does a remix of Young Jeezy’s song, My President Is Black, it summed up everything I had hoped to say for the past few days. Listen to the words of Jay-Z, then talk to me: Jay-Z My President is black Remix LIVE 1-18-09 from p...
The Image Of Michelle
When Michelle Obama smiled at the jubilant crowd in Grant Park on November 4th and waved her expression of thanks, I think millions of women across the world saw not only a beautiful, regal Black woman and dedicated mother and wife; I submit that the...
