To celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, wouldn't it be nice if our government stopped pushing wiretapping to increase our vulnerability? The warm fuzzy feeling of security and privacy seemed considerably less reassuring after FBI Director Robert Mueller called for more surveillance an... Read more...

(lol^) I'm quoted, along with fellow "hip-hop intellectuals" Talib Kweli and Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill, in an article in Philadelphia Weekly on whether or not Jay-Z is a member of the Illuminati. It's the cover story of this week's issue. You might want to pick up a copy, fo... Read more...
Last Thursday, I wrote an article for Slate about The Anthology of Rap, officially published this week by the Yale University Press. In that piece, I pointed out the errors I'd found in reading the book's transcriptions of rap lyrics. (I also noted how tricky and difficult such transcription can b... Read more...
Hmmm... So why is ^ not dead yet again? Anybody know? People like him uuuuuusually end up dead *cough* William Cooper *cough* In a rare interview, Assange tells Forbes that the release of Pentagon and State Department documents are just the beginning. His next target: big business. Early next ... Read more...

Good day mates, this week’s topic is a short story. I am going back to what I know how to do best, story telling. Besides writing a weekly blog, I am also a comic book writer. I have been so focused on my blog I miss the art of story telling. Here it is, a short story I am s... Read more...
Did you get the memo? Biting, once the most taboo of all Hip Hop offenses, is now allowed. We’re not talking homages or tributes; there is wholesale thievery and blatant mimicry going on. The latest example is Hip Hop producers and their delegated days to leak new material to the Internets.... Read more...
A large file-sharing link site dedicated to rap and hiphop music and news has been raided by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The servers of RapGodFathers, a site with close to 150,000 members, were seized and moves put in place to take over its domain... Read more...
Surprise! Two blogs in one week. Enjoy! Peace, love, and Soooooul Glooooooo!Title: S/O By *Box Shout out to a world illuminated Girls so jaded And the boys that they dated Guys that out did them Let's hope they're not related Heads shaved on the sides Mohawks faded They all look a... Read more...
Nigger A member of any dark-skinned people. Extremely disparaging and offensive; a Black person, a person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible inferior, ignorant, etc. A victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by Blacks; a person who is economically, politically, or soc... Read more...