Check out this powerful poem by Bobby Drake. B.Drake is a League Alum and Milwaukee based spoken word artist and producer. Police brutality is real, and it’s a relic of 20th century thinking. We can’t let the bad apples continue to spoil the bunch. Go here to learn your rights!!
Bobby Drake — “I Am Somebody” by 99problemsdotorg
One shot rang and another shot rang Screams turn into silence Followed by black suits And a choir about to sang. They traded their noose for a glock So they no longer burn us or Lynch us from trees They create policies to murder us on the block I’ll take political bullshit ALEC for 1,000. [...]
Artist, poet, writer, musician, MC, rapper, and Chicago native, Malik Yusef is no stranger to success. This year, he won a Grammy with Kanye for the writing of “All of the Lights,” but this poet didn’t always have it so good. Malik dropped out of high school because he had difficulty writing and speaking aloud [...]
An old classmate recently leaked a home video from 1990 of The Throne’s Kanye West reciting an MLK-dedicated verse from a poem entitled, “His Name Means Love.” Read more: HERE
Remember Jay’s infamous “My favorite hue is Jay-Z BLUE” line or his freestyle rendition of “Grammy Family” where he ends it with, “baby BLUE Maybach like I own Gerber.” He even goes on to say, “I got daughter(s) on the way/If the prophecy’s correct/then the child should have to pay/For the sins of her father/So [...]
I see you strapped up ready to let your pistol loose Jump out boys In the black navi taking pictures Life’s a marathon young soldier, not a race. What you need to do is slow down your pace and just listen Ya missin the whole world Settling for chump change That shyt is Crumbs And [...]
I am a student at St. Thomas More High School. I was wondering if you could come to my class and speak on how pop culture has influenced you as an artist.
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