Remembering Amiri Baraka: my encounter with “the great one”

Photo: Gary Settle/The New York Times Amiri Baraka, formally known as Everett LeRoi Jones, was born in Newark, New Jersey on October 7, 1934.  He grew up in an era where racism and violence against blacks was the horrendous reality.  Therefore, it can be assumed that over the span of his lifetime his eyes have […]

Pusha T, the Last Great Gangsta Rapper

  How gangsta is Pusha T? So gangsta that on his first official solo album, the killer My Name Is My Name, the marvelously menacing Virginia rapper includes a soaring inspirational anthem, “Hold On”—and invites the profoundly unsentimental Rick Ross to join him on it. Read More…. View full post on Hip Hop Security

Great Things To Come!

Article submitted by Shirley Ready @ The Ready Center Greetings Ready Center followers! As Buck Ready already wrote, we here at The Ready Center apologize for the long delay in helping you stay prepared. Read More…. View full post on Hip Hop Security