“I don’t care about backlash or any comments because In life you are going to be the hammer or the nail, I’m the hammer.” John Brown
A Friday of fun for you with this one! We’ve been waiting on this just to have a chance to sit with a man who doesn’t just talk the talk but he really walks the walk!
Sitting with John Brown, father of NFL All-Pro @amonra_stbrown@Equanimeous and Osiris…He shares with us how it’s truly on parents if your kids fail or succeed and that starting them young is the only choice!
We had to push back on some of it but we laughed a lot and learned a lot as John takes us through his approach from being Mr. Universe to instilling that same discipline, work ethic and education his sons needed to not just compete but dominate in everything they do. We also get into the backlash he faces not just for being tough on his kids but also the racism and harsh cultural criticisms along the way.
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Episode out now streaming on all audio platforms and @youtube #parenting #sports #youth #podcast #nfl @Realrclark25@FredTaylorMade@OfficialCrowder
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is credited as the Godmother of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Before Elvis, Johnny Cash or Little Richard, there was Sister Tharpe- A Black woman who forged her own sound in a male dominated industry.
She does not get the credit she deserves.
—Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an innovative gospel singer widely recognized today as the godmother of rock and roll.
Tharpe is the first known artist not only to use an electric guitar in gospel music but to give the instrument a melodic role as important as the voice’s role.
During her musical bridges, Tharpe would give free reign to her formidable guitar playing talent, unfolding soaring melodic lines puncuated by deep chordal rips and the occasional jump and leg pump; in essence developing musical tropes in the 1930s that would later be adopted by rock and roll legends Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash.
Tharpe’s innovation was not always well-received, with traditionalists regularly criticizing and devaluing her innovation.
Despite these attempts to derail her career or persuade her to adopt traditional approaches to gospel music, Tharpe remained deeply rooted in her religious beliefs and values and used her unique musical style to bring gospel music to audiences who would never have otherwise listened to it. Tharpe’s contribution to the development of the rock and roll idiom was finally recognized in 2018, when she was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
15 years ago we lost Pimp C
At 16, Chad Butler was a classically trained musician who sang Italian sonnets at Carnegie Hall in NYC. He received a Division I rating as a tenor & trumpet player in high school
Later in high school he taught himself how to produce rap music by ear
Many times you have great ideas but you don’t complete them because you fear people won’t understand your VISION🤷🏾♀️Look Go head & COMPLETE your IDEAS because you don’t want to miss out on what could be a SUCCESS 4 YOU! How will you ever know if you don’t FINISH what you started 💯
Starkville is proud to be the home of this weekend's 2021 Jeffery Simmons Football Camp. We look forward to having young campers from throughout the South visit Mississippi's College Town for this wonderful event. #HailState#StarkvilleMS https://t.co/FnZrSDaTg9