Tag: harry belafonte

• Write on Time: Part 1

    Jay Z has what a lot of rappers don’t have: consistency, longevity, growth and a lush body of work that fans and haters alike analyze to politic about. I’m no different. So about this new album, 4:44…this new masterpiece has people talking because they didn’t see it coming. Hov has always understood the power…

  kashema

  July 4, 2017

  observations

  444, gloria carter, harry belafonte, hip hop, jay-z, lyrics, masks, new black, rap, reasonsable doubt, truths

• Silence and Violence

  

  One week ago, activist, Brittany “Bree” Newsome scaled a pole and took down a Confederate battle flag in South Carolina. This is called civil disobedience but as child of 1990’s hip hop, I call it, silence and violence. Those of the Fox News breed will say I am promoting negativity. NOPE, come here, let me…

  kashema

  July 4, 2015

  observations

  Beyonce, black lives matter, bree newsome, confederate flag, eric garner, free bree, harry belafonte, hip hop, hoodies, i can’t breathe, james ian tyson, jay-z, miami heat, oxford english dictionary, protesters, rap, russell simmons, silence, trayvon martin, violence