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FBI’s MLKonspiracy
A CNN special report on the FBI’s conspiracy against Martin Luther King, Jr. will air this Thursday, April 3rd, at 9pm. Initially the FBI was concerned with Kings possible associations with the...
View ArticleIs Hip Hop Mentally Challenged Music?
The Reign of Retarded Rap by Min. Paul Scott Over the last two years, Black America has been discussed by the mainstream media perhaps more times than in recent history. Between Don Imus, the Jena 6...
View ArticleBeing Proactive in 2009: Economic Stimulus For the Mind
Happy New Year! In the financial world, I don’t know anyone who was not eager to kiss 2008 goodbye. It was a tumultuous year, one frequented by reactive behavior. Reacting to failure a la Lehman...
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial
This April marks the 42nd anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the good folks at Build the Dream (dot org) are working on building a National Memorial in his name. They have...
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Hip Hop, Music & Politics at NCCU
I’m teaching a new course at North Carolina Central University called: Hip Hop, Music and Politics. The class explores the relationships between music and various political movements. By addressing...
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100 Schools of Thought
Local reflections on education from a young father in Durham, North Carolina… My daughter is bossy. Last night we stayed up until 3 a.m. playing with stuffed animals, drinking milk and watching ESPN....
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hip hop and spoken word curriculum in Durham public school system
A few months ago I started working with an incredible spoken word artist, Kane “Novakane” Smego, a member of the Sacrificial Poets. He was in the midst of developing a curriculum called YouTh ink,...
View ArticlePoetic Justice: A Documentary on Durham, Hip Hop and Spoken Word
I’m working on a documentary about an after-school program I’m involved with called Poetic Justice. Check out this poem from one of our students and peep an article I wrote about the program below:...
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Beat Making Lab in UNC Music Department
I’ve taught courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 2009, but until this semester all of my courses have been in the Department of African and African American Studies. This...
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Remembering Malcolm X
Forty Seven years ago today, Malcolm X was assassinated. Activist, Journalist and Durham resident Lamont Lilly reflects on Malcolm’s enduring legacy in this piece, entitled: We are Malcolm X – This in...
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