Jay-Z and Yankee Stadium
I’m currently chillin’ in Madison, Wisconsin for an event and watching Jay-Z and Alicia Keys perform before the start of Game 2 of the World Series last night, filled me with such pride – both as a born-and-raised New Yorker, and for hip-hop. Yeah, I’m a longtime Yankee fan since the Reggie Jackson candy bars in 1978, but it was the fact here this dude Sean Carter, from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant stand up!!), who went to high school with some of my homies from back-in-the-day, has the whole world’s attention (again. smile) in this forum, was a really, really dope event to witness!
I’m 36 and I don’t have the same passion for rap music like I used to (enter anyone of your criticisms here_______________ ). I get more hyped watching Countdown with Keith Olberman these days or NBC’s “The Office”. I’m older, I have a beautiful wife and son, so what goes in the world on a spiritual/social/political level has much more of effect on me these days than your favorite hip-hop blog. However, last night I could not help in reveling in all things, Jay, Brooklyn, Alicia (oooooh : ) ) New York…hip-hop.
Go Yankees!!!
