Discussing the Diaspora as seen through an internal Black lens
March 3rd, 2010
Guru aka Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal aka Keith Elim, suffered a heart attack over the weekend due to unknown causes.
He under went surgery Monday that was successful, and released a statement today through his production partner Solar’s PR site.
The statement in part reads that:
Solar wants to make clear that only he has access [...]
Tags: DJ Premier, Gang Starr, Guru
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March 3rd, 2010
First, on Basic Black on PBS they discussed Professors of Color’s struggle to gain tenure, the Congressional Black Caucus corperate connections and big spending on galas, and the fued between Al Sharpton and Tavis Smiley that erupted After Smiley’s comments on the Tom Joyner Morning Show last week.
Then listen to Roland Martin’s commentary below. [...]
Tags: Al Sharpton, Roland Martin, Tavis Smiley, Tom Joyner
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December 27th, 2009
Putting this post up for the third year in a row.
I don’t actively celebrate Christmas for spiritual and philosophical reasons; but Stevie Wonders’ Someday At Christmas has a great message that goes beyond the norm. A message that if the world headed would be something. So as last year I’m posting it for a [...]
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