Archive for January, 2011
Introducing the Petroleum Empire Media Group (P.E.M.G.) Collective
P.E.M.G. is a collective of high school-aged MC’s mentored by the social activist, NYOil formerly known as Kool Kim, of the progressive 90’s hip hop group UMC’s. I dig what they’re about. Check the 6-video playlist above including five videos from their weekkly cypher sessions and one of an appearance at ‘Live @ Best Buy’ last month ….
Watch more video from P.E.M.G. HERE.
[spotted via Grandgood]
Music video: Jasiri X – The Real Huey Newton
LYRICS:
I remember Joshalyn Lawton police put a gun to her head
she was 7 all she could see was the weapon
how could this sweet little girl be threatening
6 witnesses the cop wasn’t even questioned
although it sounds simply insane
that officer killed a man who was mentally deranged*
6 months later this is my city where the mayor
fought a cop then got off a half hour later
and I say a prayer for Fredrick Germaine Carter
found hanging from a tree in Mississippi
and I ain’t talking bout in the 60s
this was last week
they called in a suicide so they can keep the blacks sleep
keep puffin ya hashish and sippin on champagne
a guarantee that n-ggas won’t do a damn thang
demand change my pen comes from a hand grenade
And this ain’t a diss to whiz and currency
cause I was burning tress everyday to age 23
and look what the Lord made me
All praise be to the God that raised me
You don’t crush the seeds you water them
if you wanna see your sons shine Father them
Huey was just 24 when he started the Panthers
F a problem lets start with the answers
One HOOD
Related:
* Man arrested in Yonge St. standoff has medical issues, mother says. [Toronto Star]
[via Grandgood]
Michael Steele Withdraws from RNC Chairmanship Race
Seriously, I’m gonna miss that guy. Just for the comedy factor alone!
Racists Totally Freak Out Over Muslim ‘Batman of Paris’
“Another day, another racist freakout over non-white superheroes. But unlike the hilariously dishonest racism we saw when the Council of Conservative Citizens called for a boycott of Marvel’s Thor movie on account of a mythical Norse god’s depiction as a black man, a recent round of conservative attacks on Nightrunner — DC’s Muslim Batman of Paris — are prejudicial in a more insidious way. While the CCC put forth a laughably tenuous justification for their outrage, it was with respect to one specific character in one specific context. The argument against Nightrunner, led by conservative blogger Warner Todd Huston, is based on the bigoted belief that a Muslim superhero is by definition an exercise in deceitful political correctness, and that Muslims are natively evil.
Introduced in this month’s Detective Comics Annual #12 and Batman Annual #28, Nightrunner is a 22-year-old Algerian Muslim who’s lived in Paris his entire life (it seems reasonable to assume he was born in France, but at the very least he was raised there). Born Billai Asseiah, the character is uncommonly adept at the highly YouTubeable gymnastic form known as parkour. That and Asseiah’s sense of justice make him an ideal recruit for Bruce Wayne’s new Batman, Inc. initiative, whereby he franchises Batmen to cities all over the world.
Huston views French Muslims — which is to say, immigrants or those descended from immigrants — as inauthentically French, and, as such, that Batman would choose a Muslim as Paris’ champion is gravely offensive to him and his loathsome ilk….”
Music Video: Wyclef Jean – Earthquake
MP3: Wyclef Jean – Earthquake [hulkshare download link]
Related:
The Root on Why Haiti Remains Poor.
Previously on The Kitchen:
– Jasiri X – 4 Haiti (Charity Single)
– One Year After the Earthquake, Haiti’s Still in Ruins….
[via Nah Right]