Artist go thru highs & lows wanting recognition acceptance money sanity etc...while fighting poverty insecurity & doubt. I know firsthand how close we are to never hearing from one of our favorite artist again. Don’t take them for granted treat each project like it’s their last
RIP Ka, rap's greatest minimalist, Brownsville's finest, inimitably dedicated himself to his city & craft. The master of quiet rage, writing zen koans with unremitting soul & passion. Pain, grief & wisdom in every bar. An artist as pure & real as anyone who ever spit cold facts.
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BT received this footage from a campground in East Anchorage, Alaska moments after an exchange of gunfire left one civilian & one police officer seriously injured
Details of the shooting, & what criminal charges will be filed, are still forthcoming 🧵
Frantz Fanon—that bright and shining star, theorist and revolutionary—was born on this day in 1925 on the island of Martinique.
“We are nothing on earth if we are not in the first place the slaves of a cause, the cause of the peoples, the cause of justice and liberty” (1961).
When the Supreme Court eviscerated abortion rights, people in cities across the U.S. mobilized rapid-response demonstrations to voice their outrage, and demand federal action to ensure abortion access in all 50 states.
“We have the fortune of having that relationship with the Alaska Native communities, who offer their expansive knowledge of the region from being here since time immemorial.”
Let me off the ride, please
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