Sickle Cell Awareness Day is also on Juneteenth.
It’s important to recognize this especially since 90% of people with sickle cell are black.
There is a gene therapy treatment that basically cures sickle cell disease & is 90% effective, but it costs $2-3 million
Vic Mensa went from:
- Lead vocalist in a band (Kids These Days)
- Blog era rapper (Innanetape & SAVEMONEY)
- Political/"Conscious" Rap after signing to Jay-Z (16 Shots & Autobiography)
- Tried a bunch of other shit after falling off above (including public freakouts & breaking down on camera)
- Pivots into Social Media filmmaker and wins award for Orange Tree Series
- Premieres short-film at SXSW
You can always reinvent yourself, it's never over.
This Karmelo Anthony verdict being found guilty right after a Chinese man was found innocent after chasing a black kid down and killing him should tell you everything you need to know about what our priorities should be in these United States
That poor baby boy.
I don’t even have the bandwidth to articulate my thoughts on the he verdict against Karmelo Anthony.
Just profound sadness for another black boy lost to the system.
@SaycheeseDGTL I hope yall see what America is doing
Black boy gets shot in the back = Not Guilty
Black boy defends against two white thugs = guilty of murder
well tiny desk said no to me a couple times so I exercised free will and built my own! 'giant desk' out June 10th. 6 songs live from an office with these cool cats.