A couple years ago, in the wake of the death of a prominent hip-hop figure, I wrote about the divergent reactions from the public to this sudden and devastating event -- grief and sympathy vs. relief and apathy -- as well as the importance of looking at people's lives holistically and not engaging in the… Continue reading Grief & Revisionist History, Part 2
The albums, EPs, songs, and music videos that kept me going in January 2020
Some brief, barely-edited thoughts about something I've been thinking about. So Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky was recently detained in Sweden for over a week now after a fight he was involved in in Stockholm. Fellow rappers like Tyler the Creator, Jaden Smith, SchoolBoy Q, and many other celebrities have shown support for Rocky and have… Continue reading Unconditional Solidarity: Do we take it for granted?
[*Note: I've purposely omitted the name of the primary subject of this post; however it shouldn't take long to figure out who it is that I'm talking about.] Somebody died the other day. He was a popular rapper, from Florida. His death has been a heavily discussed subject on social media over the course of… Continue reading Grief, the Value of Life, the Propensity to Change, and Revisionist History
Black Spasmodic 