The homie Prophetic is going live on WMSE.org at 8:00 PM CST. Check him out and be sure to tell your friends. Remember you can catch Proph perform live tomorrow at #AsktheCandidate at the Bradley Center from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event is free to the public.
#AsktheCandidate is an opportunity for Milwaukee’s voters to jump into the local election conversation through technology and social media. The event will be hosted by the Wisconsin League of Young Voters Education Fund in conjunction with Urban Underground, League of Women Voters, African World Enterprise, Urban League Guild, Apprentice Organizers Project, Citizen Action, the Reproductive Collective, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Community Planning Council, MICAH, Pathfinders and Wisconsin 9to5.
#AsktheCandidate will take place at the Bradley Center’s 4th Street Atrium from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. this Wednesday, March 21st. The goal of this FREE event will be to provide participants with a platform to become an active stakeholder in local government through an exciting and interactive conversation with local candidates.
The event will be streamed live from the Bradley Center via the League of Young Voters Education Fund’s Ustream channel, YoungVoterLive.com. There will be a reception with complimentary appetizers and cash bar from 5PM to 6PM.
I’ve never partied on St. Patrick’s Day. Most years, the alcohol-filled holiday takes place on a work day and I have always been about my business. Call me a square, but one day of drunkenness and another day of recovery slows down the hustle.
But just because I have never chugged green beer at Mo’s Irish pub doesn’t mean that I am a party pooper. People of all ethnicities have a right to go bananas on this sacred Irish holiday. And every year people do…and every year people of all backgrounds get into drunken fights.
So I am not surprised that last night a group of young blacks, turned UFC wannabes, turned Milwaukee’s Water St. Bar District into a scene from Fight Club.
But it does piss me off.
This week I partied with 100,000 people at SXSW and not once did I see black men fighting. Not once! And we were out there getting it in in a major way. In fact, over the years the city of Austin and SXSW organizers have actively recruited the urban music community because they realize the importance of rap and its monetary value.
Unfortunately, the city of Milwaukee and the business community (not just white) gives two donkey dung dumps about urban music and its economic potential. Every time I have tried to throw semi-major hip-hop events that are explicitly about voting or stopping the violence, I faced resistance from the downtown business community. Even when I throw out my track record and references, the excuse is always, “we are not trying to attract that crowd.” There simply is a lingering impression that hip-hop music events bring rachet a$$ especially negative club goers.
The homie Gerald Walker is popping up on all the scene now and it’s a good look for Milwaukee again. Cheaters never prosper and #BelieversNeverDie. Gerald’s music has been milling around the Mil (which is short for Milwaukee) for a minute but he’s really starting to get some traction. #salute.
This record was originally Sade’s but was re-produced by Cardo of Taylor Gang Productions. Take a break with ya girl and let the sounds of Gerald Walker run in the background.
LISTEN HERE
The homies made ThisIs50. That’s a good look. Make sure you go and cop that Paranormal Karaoke!
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