“Our future is our confidence and self-esteem.” ~Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971-September 13, 1996)
“Picture My Prophecy”: The Best 48 Tupac Songs of All Time
And Still We Rise: Overstanding the Hiphop Declaration of Peace
“We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.” ~Excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have A Dream speech
Focus: Hip Hop Appreciation Week 2019
“Hip Hop is the name of our collective consciousness. We’re not just doing our collective consciousness; we ARE our collective consciousness.” ~KRS-One (Hip Hop Appreciation Week 1998)
Nipsey Hussle, Spirituality, and The Temple of Hip Hop
“The best thing you can do for a person is to inspire them. That’s the best currency you can offer: inspiration.” ~Nipsey Hussle
Red Rose in the Gray Pavement
“Ten years from now, I would just like to have laid the blueprint down that other people can follow, that came from similar situations.” ~Nipsey Hussle in a 2018 Black Enterprise interview with Mia Hall
21 Savage: Hip Hop’s Face of Immigration
“Been through some thangs but I couldn’t imagine my kids being stuck at the border/Flint still need water/People was innocent couldn’t get lawyers.” ~21 Savage “a lot” verse performed on The Tonight Show 1/28/2019
#Kaeperbowl: The Silencing Continues
“I got to sacrifice a lot of money to perform. But there’s a man who sacrificed his job for us, so we got to stand behind him.” ~Cardi B on refusing to perform during the Super Bowl to support Kaepernick
Hip Hop is a Goldmine
“You’ve [Hip Hop] got the youth of the world in the palm of your hands.” ~Quincy Jones
THIS WHOLE MOMMY THING
“…I think I underestimated this whole mommy thing.” ~Cardi B
Hip Hop in 2018: Open The Door, I’ll Get it Myself
“The essence of Hiphop is beyond entertainment: The elements of Hiphop Kulture may be traded for money, honor, power, respect, food, shelter, information and other resources; however, Hiphop and its culture cannot be bought, nor is it for sale.”~ 7th Principle Hip Hop Declaration of Peace