Some of these rappers out here scamming to keep up with an image they think they gotta portray. A great man once said:
“Alibis ain’t matching up, bullshit catching up. Hit with the RICO, they repo your vehicle. Everything was all good just a week ago”
“I’m not Black I don’t come from the same things y’all come from”
*says niqqa*
*wearing a grill, i.e. AA HipHop culture*
*speaking AAVE*
*is literally of Afro descent*
God really sat me down for a nice lil minute to give me so much clarity, wisdom & awareness. Whole time I thought I was behind God was literally preparing me for what I’m now standing in. To whoever sees this enjoy the process, it’s much better that way. 🤍
DJ Premier Deep Cuts | Day 4
Fat Joe - "The Shit is Real (DJ Premier Remix)"
This joint always takes me back to a very particular time and place.
I love this era of Preemo production cuz you saw in real time how he was separating himself from everyone else.
Country singer Dolly Parton wrote the songs "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" on the same night.
When the first song was at the top of the charts in 1974, Elvis wanted to record his own version of the song. Dolly was interested until Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' manager, said that it was standard procedure that when the king of rock and roll covered a song - half of the rights to that song would go to him in the future.
She refused it.
"I said, 'I'm really, really sorry' and cried all night. It was terrible for me, on the one hand, it's Elvis. People told me: "You are crazy." It's Elvis Presley...' but I just couldn't do it. Something told me in my heart not to do it and I didn't. I know he would rock with that song. But I couldn't. And then Whitney Houston came along with her version and I made enough money from the rights to buy Dollywood."
She grew up in severe poverty and no one famous has done more for the education of the poor than her.
In 1990, the percentage of students who did not graduate from high school in her hometown was over 30%. She introduced the "Buddy Program", where all high school graduates received a nice sum when they graduated. It wasn't just a waste of money, she personally came and explained the concept to them - everyone should find a buddy, and whoever doesn't succeed she will find one for them. Everyone had to sign that they will graduate and do everything in their power to ensure that their buddy also graduates. She taught young people about friendship and helping.
The number of school dropouts dropped to below 6% and has remained so until today.
When 900 families lost their homes in the 2016 fires, she paid each family $1,000 for the next five months. When she came to the bank to finish the paperwork, she gave each family another $5,000 to find. A total of nine million dollars.
Also, her work - Imagination Library from 1995, was inspired by her realization that young people in rural areas and poor families already fall behind when they start school and that this prevents them from pursuing higher education. The goal of her program was for every child in her district to receive one book, once a month, from birth to school, completely free of charge, without any conditions. It started as an initiative in her hometown and has spread to a huge number of countries around the world.
By 2018, over 100 million books were distributed in this way.
She is also known for her witty statements, at the beginning of her career she said:
“I'm not offended by jokes about stupid blondes because I know I'm not stupid... and I'm not really blonde either.”
Student loans have been paused for 3+ years now. It seems like everything is fine without us having to pay, so they might as well forgive them at this point.
Austin Reaves produced 1.29 points per possession with AD as his screener and 1.27 ppp screening for LeBron this season
That is Earth-shattering efficiency. He has some serious—now playoff proven—initiator juice. No surprise if LAL has to match a max offer-sheet of 4/$99M