Kanye on SNL back in (judging from the haircut I’m gonna guess) 2007 parodying himself interrupting award shows. Hilarious. Shout to smeli for pointing me to this.
Clearly Kanye is a professional at interrupting award shows. MTV knows this (remember, MTV show incidents have been staged in the past) and no one from last night’s incident went home a loser.
Kanye stuck up for his big bro’s girl
People like me who never cared about Taylor Swift had to sit through the chorus of her song and say things like, “Well, you know, she’s not bad…” In turn she gains fans and sympathizers alike.
Beyonce got to look like an angel.
People that hate Kanye were provided with more reason to hate Kanye.
People that love Kanye’s antics got more reason to like him
“And the White man [MTV] get paid off of all of that” ~ Mr. West, All Falls Down
Wins for everyone!
Definitiely no excuse for numerous statements like this:
(via blackisbeautiful)
In the twords of MZ. Report I’ll part with this:
Have you wondered why reviewers and blurb-writers are quick to reassure readers that a book about Africa (usually one written by a Black African about Black Africans) is NOT JUST AN AFRICAN BOOK BUT IS UNIVERSAL, as well? As if ‘African’ and ‘Universal’ are mutually exclusive. Nobody ever informs the reader that a great English or American novel is universal because the assumption, of course, is that it is.
-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Everlasting crush
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During our first 200 years in America we were forced to fight for our human rights. In the Twentieth Century we fought against the law of the land to attain our civil rights. Now, in the Twenty First Century, we are fighting for the right to determine our own consciousness. In the end, we shall be victorious.
This is so on point, click and read….Everything but the white devils part, haha. Shout out to blackisbeautiful on another great link.
It’s not just about Egypt, it’s about the trend of re-writing the awesome accompishments of black people into obilivion. We all know history is written through the eyes of the “victor.” Uncovering the lies about Egyptian leaders is one of the first steps to unraveling the wasteland of lies spread about the whole continent.
PS I don’t know about this banning the N-word thing though, haha
Minstrel Man by Langston Hughes
Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter
And my throat
Is deep with song,
You do not think
I suffer after
I have held my pain
So long?
Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter,
You do not hear
My inner cry?
Because my feet
Are gay with dancing,
You do not know
I die?
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Enter vociferous Hollywood movie star who rallies the masses, and goads Western governments to collect and send 100,000 mosquito nets to the afflicted region, at a cost of a million dollars. The nets arrive, the nets are distributed, and a ‘good’ deed is done.
With the market flooded with foreign nets, however, our mosquito net maker is promptly out of business. His ten workers can no longer support their 150 dependents (who are now forced to depend on handouts), and one mustn’t forget that in a maximum of five years the majority of the imported nets will be torn, damaged and of no further use.
This is the micro-macro paradox. A short-term efficacious intervention may have few discernible, sustainable long-term benefits. Worse still, it can unintentionally undermine whatever fragile chance for sustainable development may already be in play.
- Dambisa Moyo from “Dead Aid”
This book had shifted my outlook and changed my life. It’s a must read for anyone who is interested in Africa.
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I need to read this.
The author was also one of Time’s magazine top 100 most influential people of 2009
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HIP HOP WEALTH
Dr. Stephanie Shonekan is the Director of Black World Studies at my school. She is hosting a virtual symposium regarding Old/New Wealth. She wrote a short piece on Hip Hop Wealth HERE If that’s something that interests you, I highly recommend you read it and make a comment. Share your opinion. Join in on the conversation.
Also the review that I am writing on the book “Dead Aid” will be a part of this conversation as well, it will be up in the next week or so. I’ll be sure to let you know.
Left my 2 cents about Lil Wayne, new rappers making any money, and the greatest rappers alive (haha) earlier. Join in on the conversation… It’s an interesting one
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Between “Mammy” and “Miss Ann”: The “problem” with Michelle at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
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Lesson for Africa from global economic crisis - CNN.com
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Why We Don't Condemn Our Pirates -- by K'NAAN
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I’m not the biggest fan of K’naan’s music but he ALWAYS comes w/ the real. This is another one of those instances….in literary form. He’s a Somali born rapper (sometimes singer) so he adds much needed perspective to this crazy situation.
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Naka On Wood Productions: Knock Here
Looks this good don't grow on trees
