🧿I am a native of @CityofNewarkNJ.
I still live here.
I help run @3MilesEntLLC.
I have three kids: one by blended family with @Peaceman74.
I don't sing or front a band.
I actually rhyme, however. Got two full albums.
Wrote a book.
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Actor Rusty Goffe, who played the Oompa Loompa in the original 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, was recently spotted at The Chocolate Expo singing the famous “Oompa Loompa” song he sang in the film.
@Chime I've been Chiming for like six years now and I do it because I can build my credit score fairly easily! Never had a FICO until I did. And I love the SpotMe boost! 🐾 #WhyIChime $ThaGataNegrra
Because of the violent scenes, this video of "They Don't Care About Us" (Prison Version) was hardly shown on TV and has much fewer views than the version recorded in Brazil. It was the first time in Michael Jackson's career that he released two official videos for the same track (both directed by Spike Lee).
"Jump" is the debut single by Kris Kross (Chris Mac Daddy Kelly and Chris Daddy Mac Smith) from the album Totally Krossed Out (1992). They were only about 13 when they recorded the track. Jermaine Dupri discovered them in an Atlanta mall, saw the talent and produced the entire music.
It spent 8 weeks in a row at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (a record at the time), sold over 2 million copies in 1992 alone, and was the third best-selling single of the year in the US. The video, shot in Atlanta, captured a very rare blizzard (first snow in 20 years in the city).
In 1996, Michael Jackson wanted to shoot the music video for “They Don’t Care About Us” in Brazil, specifically in the Santa Marta favela in Rio and in the historic Pelourinho neighborhood in Salvador.
The Brazilian government refused, concerned that the footage would highlight poverty and damage the country’s international image in the midst of its bid for the Olympics.
But the project didn’t stop. Jackson and director Spike Lee went ahead anyway. In Santa Marta, local drug dealer Marcinho VP, reportedly a Michael Jackson fan, guaranteed the crew’s safety without charging a fee. Without official backing, the production went ahead under the protection of the people living there.
The final video did not sugarcoat reality. It highlighted inequality, featured the Afro-Brazilian group Olodum, and amplified the song’s central message: frustration, resistance, and the fact of being ignored by those in power.