I’m my best friend, and I’m my worst enemy, and no one else can hurt me unless I let them. Is you feelin’ me? ~Gucci Mane “Worst Enemy” (2009)
Gucci Mane and the Power of Hip Hop Therapy
Stop Trying to Convince White People White Supremacy Exists
“I don’t call myself a white supremacist. I’m a civil rights activists concerned about European-American rights.” ~David Duke, Member and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
3 Reasons Dr. Phil and the Cash Me Outside Girl are Problematic
“I’m extremely violent. I mushed her in the face because she wouldn’t get out my face. I ran out four times in one day, and the cops brought me back every time.” ~Danielle age 13
Mask Off: Hip Hop, Opiates, and the Opioid Epidemic
According to the Centers for Disease Control, opioid abuse has reached epidemic numbers. Although the incidence of abuse and overdose have largely affected suburban communities, controlled prescription drugs have been seeping into Hip Hop culture for two decades.
13 Times Tupac Prophesied, Inspired, and Challenged Us to Be Great
“When was the last time anyone told you how important you are? Did you know people stood on auction blocks and were bought and sold so that you could stay alive today?”
~Dr. Maya Angelou to Tupac Shakur on the set of Poetic Justice
Yo White Evangelicals…What Would Jesus Do?
“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” ~I John 4:1
7 Ways Hip Hop Culture Can Eclipse White Supremacy
“Whiteness is the process by which White people fail to recognise how race impacts their lives; White privilege is the personal benefits of living in a society where Whiteness is centred; and White supremacy are the political outcomes of this racial buffer.” ~Dr. Zuleyka Zevallos, Applied Sociologist & Swinburne University Research Fellow
4 Reasons Cindy Campbell Is The Mother of Hip Hop
“Hip Hop saved my life.” ~Lupe Fiasco
