In 2004, Facebook had 70,000 users—most of them Ivy League elites. Most people had no idea it existed. But before the site hit the nearly billion yokels it boasts today, one kid traveled NYC to sell the idea. This is what it looked like. That kid was Eduardo Saverin, since immortalized in The So... Read more...
![Ab-Soul (@AbdashSoul) – The Genius Idiot [Video]](http://iamnotarapperispit.com/wp-content/uploads/XE5dD-612x463.jpg)
While at his first headline show in New York City, Ab-Soul speaks about growing up in a record store in Carson, California, and his early influences. Ab-Soul also performs a verse off his new album, “Control System,” giving meaning to the term “genius idiot.” Hear what he says about Ba... Read more...
![Constant Deviants (@incrediblecutts) – Wont Stop [Music Video]](http://iamnotarapperispit.com/wp-content/uploads/0472.jpg)
In 1998, when Constant Deviants were fresh on the scene, the duo released "Can't Stop," an ode to hip-hop that put the Baltimore- and Brooklyn-based duo of M.I. and DJ Cutt on the map. The single served as the foundation for Constant Deviants' now loyal fan base, a swarm of supporters that event... Read more...
New York City's Community School Districts are being redlined: the practice of systemically denying resources to poor and minority neighborhoods. According to a new report by the Schott Foundation for Public Education, because of New York City's policies and practices, the c... Read more...
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07/05/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Edu-tainment,
News,
The Facebook Killer,
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The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) has released new social media guidelines. Among the various new rules for teachers, Facebook friending with students has been banned. Doe Social Media Guidelines In an attempt to minimize social media negligence, the New York City Department o... Read more...
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28/03/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in A Truth Moment,
African-American Awareness,
Black People
00 African men, women and children have lain beneath the busy streets of New York for 300 years, waiting to tell their stories on the extent of slavery in the city. In March 1992, leading African-America archaeologist Michael Blakey arrived at the burial ground in downtown Manhattan. "I had... Read more...
Outrage over the Trayvon Martin shooting is spreading as marchers took to the streets in New York City and Miami demanding the arrest of the shooter, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Three weeks ago, the unarmed Martin was shot in a gated subdivision outside of Orlando by Zimmerman,... Read more...
From direct community programs to compelling video presentations, there are a growing number of initiatives aimed at uplifting Black male youth. In the period since the nation was rocked by the economic recession, nothing has been as heartbreaking to observe as its impact on the employment prospe... Read more...
A 2Pac musical play is coming to Broadway in New York City possibly as soon as the end of this year, the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation confirmed with XXLMag.com. “It’s based off the music of Tupac,” Vernal Cambridge, Executive Director of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, told XXLMag.com... Read more...