Originally published on MLK Day in 2010. I will publish my latest remarks later on today. I thought I would repost my latest MLK Day piece with this robust conversation about King’s legacy and Glenn Beck’s demonstration occurring. More thoughts about all of this are possibly forthcoming… There is little doubt that Martin Luther King […]
January 15, 2013
From January 16, 2012: Yesterday President Obama and his family celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday at the historic Zion Baptist Church in Washington, DC. While there, the Obamas listened to the Deacon read passages from Dr. King’s seminal “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”[1] Yet, I wonder if the President was aware of the […]
August 17, 2012
On June 3, Hot97 DJ Peter Rosenberg took to the stage at MetLife Stadium to address the crowd at the radio station’s annual hip hop concert, Summer Jam 2012. While warming up the crowd, Rosenberg says, “I see the real hip hop heads sprinkled in here…I see them. I know there are some chicks here […]
August 17, 2012
*Originally posted on my Facebook page June 12, 2012 In some ways, the Beastie Boys’ impact on hip hop culture, and their place in the genre’s history, is rather obvious. One only needs to observe their names and look at their color of their skin. Adam Horowitz (Ad Rock), Mike Diamond (Mike D), and Adam […]
January 21, 2013
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