If there is violence going on in your community there are ways to get involved to be part of the solution. Like what Ashel does in Oakland, you can do that in your community too.
Email: theleague@99problems.org to get help getting started! Peace and love.
Kendrick Lamar is on everybody’s radar these days. The Compton emcee adds his Cali swag to the soundtrack of the forthcoming game Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. I’m not a big video game fan, but it would be pretty gangsta to play a shooting game with some West Coast rap in the background. Less war, more [...]
P. Diddy is responsible for breaking a lot of artists. However, those shitty deals that were worked out between Puff and those artists never puts them in the best position. From Black Rob, Loon, to Shyne, the Bad Boy roster has seen their share of prison cells due to their stagnant music careers and ambitious [...]
Mark Twain said, “Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.” Today, we acknowledge that there is much wrong with our educational system such as: teaching to the test, cookie-cutter approaches to learning, de-emphasizing hands-on and physical education, ignoring innovation, and much more. From a student’s point of view, school can be boring, vexing, and confining. [...]
A Virginia high school English teacher is under investigation for allegedly asking the only black student in the class to read a poem in a “blacker” manner. Jordan Shumate, a ninth-grader at George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, Va., says he was reading aloud Langston Hughes’ “Ballad of the Landlord” when teacher Marilyn [...]
Almost two years ago, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, signed the ‘papers please’ bill into law. Millions waited for President Obama to address national immigration policy, but nothing changed. The bill has continued to be challenged and will make its Supreme Court appearance this summer. Something else happened soon after the immigration bill was passed. Another [...]
I agree that gang violence is getting out of hand. Even though it is on a decline, it is still a big problem. A big way to fix it is definitely by having the “hood saving the hood.” WE all need to be aware and make a change for the better.