“…while county crime rates have declined, incarceration rates have risen, challenging the narrative that jail expansion is driven by public safety needs.” https://t.co/Nka6JVQ5Hv
NEW JACK CITY (1991) had no shortage of great music, but Troop and LeVert performing “Livin’ for the City” is the kind of scene that lives rent free forever.
🔥 UGK x Diamonds & Wood (1996)
They laced this one with pure soul. "Diamonds & Wood" wasn't just a song it was a lifestyle. Candy paint, slab culture, and Southern game all wrapped into one timeless record. Texas rap royalty. 🤘🏾💎🌳 #UGK#RidinDirty
"奉 Subhanallah"
When read vertically, it reads as 奉 in Chinese; when rotated 90 degrees to the right, it reads as Subhanallah in Arabic.
Japanese Islamicate calligraphy inspired by Haj Noor Deen's Sini script.
Calligrapher: Naoki Yamamoto
TT girlies are singing Young Hearts Run Free rn. Great song with sad inspo.
Candi Staton had just opened for Ray Charles when her ex almost threw her off the balcony. She told him to rethink it bc the mob owned the hotel.
He eventually backed off. Those lyrics are real.