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Malcolm Shabazz was visiting Mexico to meet with the leader of an activist group and was supposedly the victim of an attempted robbery when he was killed. The details surrounding his murder have not been released and attempts to reach Mexican officials have turned up unsuccessful. To read the full story on NBC News, click the link below.
I just think Ciara has a great aura about her and comes from a place of love and light. She’s very well-spoken and nothing but smiles. Therefore, she makes the cut on my site!
Let’s see, how can I explain this? I feel as if there has been a secret society this whole time and I just got invited to join. It’s as if a weird sense of enlightenment has come over me. I have more drive, more clarity and more guts! Dreams that I have always looked at as far into my future, are closer than ever before and I can taste a change coming. I look around and see so many people living a day to day routine, just like a robot and I find myself silently screaming at them like, “WAKE UP! DON’T YOU REALIZE HOW BORING YOUR LIFE IS?!”
Furthermore, I see sprinkles of other people around me who are getting the same itch to scream at the robots. I’m uncertain of what’s specifically happening, but it’s true what they say about how everything changes in your 30’s. If you jumped from your 20’s to your 30’s and felt nothing, I’m almost convinced that you’re missing a queue. Maybe a big life change needs to happen in order for you to jump out of your monotony.
Mariah Carey and Miguel finally make magic together in the studio and drop “Beautiful”. Have a listen and as always, let everyone know what you think!
Being as though Juicy is one of my favorite Biggie tracks, I’m not sure if I can handle another remix to the original Mtume song. However, Tamar is trying her hand. I’m not sure how I feel about it, only because “Love and War” has become one of my favorite songs of the year and she pretty much has to outdo herself. Let me know what you think!I’m at a pivotal place in my life right now. How do I know? I can feel it. Everything that I had known to be a custom, a habit and a trademark is beginning to take on a new form. The people around me are changing, friendships are becoming more dynamic and honest, daily habits have become boring. I’ve been here before, remember? I explained everything to you guys in my post, “One Day I Woke Up & Was Bored With Life!” and I expressed how I felt like I needed to make a change. Well, here I am again. Learning that life is unpredictable. We can plan, but no matter what, there is always a higher power that has the last say. I haven’t been taking this sudden change too well, to say the least. I could feel the stress in my shoulders and I literally had knots up and down my back. Abruptly, the things that I had known and built a routine around, suddenly altered and I wasn’t sure what to do. Even as I write this, I’m still uncertain of what my next steps will be, but I am in a position to not just dream…I have the chance to start living.
Last month I openly spoke about how maintaining the integrity of your brand is essential (click here for post) and it seems like some celebrities are learning this lesson the hard way. The lines of creativity and pushing the envelope are being defined more and more each day and big endorsements are beginning to be snagged from some top performers. Recently, Mountain Dew parted ways with rapper Lil Wayne due to the backlash that was received from his verse in the Karate Chop remix, which references Emmett Till; the young boy who was killed for flirting with a white woman in 1955. Lil Wayne raps, “Pop a lot of pain pills, Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels, Beat that pus*y up like Emmett Till…”
The rapper offered an apology letter to the Till family and he states:
Dear Till Family:
As a recording artist, I have always been interested in word play. My lyrics often reference people, places and events in my music, as well as the music that I create for or alongside other artists.
It has come to my attention that lyrics from my contribution to a fellow artist’s song has deeply offended your family. As a father myself, I cannot imagine the pain that your family has had to endure. I would like to take a moment to acknowledge your hurt, as well as the letter you sent to me via your attorneys.
Moving forward, I will not use or reference Emmett Till or the Till family in my music, especially in an inappropriate manner. I fully support Epic Record’s decision to take down the unauthorized version of the song and to not include the reference in the version that went to retail. I will not be performing the lyrics that contain that reference live and have removed them from my catalogue…
“I have tremendous respect for those who paved the way for the liberty and opportunities that African-Americans currently enjoy. As a business owner who employs several African-American employees and gives philanthropically to organizations that help youth to pursue their dreams my ultimate intention is to uplift rather than degrade our community.
Best, Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. Lil Wayne (Statement)
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