Posts tagged with Hurricane Katrina

Teach Ways To Stop Bullying with “Khalil’s Way” Written by David Miller

0 comments, 07/06/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Books/Magazine, Do The Knowledge, Dont Believe The Hype, E-Book, News

Khalil’s Way was inspired by the thousands of children who shared traumatic stories about being bullied in classrooms, locker rooms, and at bus stops, and countless other places.Khalil is an 11-year-old boy who lives in a tough neighborhood and is the victim of a school bully. Khalil... Read more...

Irony: Goldman Sachs Presents – Harmony Oaks New Orleans (Short Film)

0 comments, 21/07/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Documentary, mac, Politics As Usual, Propaganda, Video

When Hurricane Katrina devastated one of New Orleans’ oldest public housing developments, families were displaced and job opportunities became scarce. Goldman Sachs’ Urban Investment Group joined with an experienced developer, McCormack Baron Salazar, to destroy the neighborhood and displ... Read more...

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Mississippi River Flooding: Eight States Issue Flood Warnings

0 comments, 13/05/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News

As the swollen Mississippi River rolls south, many residents living along the "Big Muddy" are scrambling to get out of its path. If the Army Corps of Engineers opens up the Morganza spillway in an attempt to save New Orleans and Baton Rouge, it will flood a 3 million acre flood plain and displace ... Read more...

Stalley – Babblin’ (Video)

0 comments, 19/08/2010, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Music Video, Video

In commemoration of the upcoming 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (August 29th), Director and New Orleans’ own Brandan “BMike” Odums & 2-Cent present Stalley in “Babblin’” (produced by J. Rawls) off the Ohio native’s MadStalley: The Autobiography. BMike was inspired to cap... Read more...

Brad Pitt Commissions Designs For Rebuilding New Orleans Homes

0 comments, 11/08/2010, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Do The Knowledge, Dont Believe The Hype, Giving Back, News, World News

Thom Mayne of Morphosis in Los Angeles designed a house that would float if the city floods. James Timberlake of KieranTimberlake Associates in Philadelphia created a house with native vines climbing up the side walls to provide shade and coolness. Steven B. Bingler of Concordia in New Orleans en... Read more...

Jay Electronica in New Orleans (Video)

0 comments, 10/03/2010, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Interviews, Live Performances, Video

Jay Electronica takes the Mochilla people on a tour of his hometown: On November 1st, 2009 Jay Electronica met up w/ B+ and Eric Coleman of Mochilla to take them on a intimate tour of Jay’s home city of New Orleans, taking them down to his beloved Magnolia Projects in the Third Ward. The vide... Read more...

AZ feat. Nas – The Essence (Remix)

0 comments, 26/12/2009, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Exclusive, Music

The producer of the original revisited it 7 years later: Big shout to Damien “Deo” Blyden for making it happen for me over @ Motown back then & also a shout to my co-producer of the original version, Mike Risko I ain’t forget y’all, SALUTE!! Grammy Nominated for Best Rap Performance by... Read more...

New Orleans architect Mark Ripple Bets $150k to help high school

1 comment, 24/12/2009, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Charity, Giving Back, News, program

New Orleans architect Mark Ripple only plays the occasional game of poker, but he's willing to put all his chips on the table and risk at least $150,000 on somebody else's dream. That's the estimated value of in kind contributions that Ripple, his partners and consultants are donating to build wh... Read more...

Judge Says Government Responsible For Hurricane Katrina

0 comments, 20/11/2009, by Starboxx in News, Propaganda, Protest/Activism, Stranger than fiction

Justice has been served to a group of Hurricane Katrina victims, $719,000 of it to be exact. Judge R. Duval declared that the government, via negligence on the part of the Army Corp of Engineers, is directly responsible for many of the issues that people encountered after the winds settled. “Fo... Read more...