We went from picking cotton To chain gang line chopping, to Be-Bopping, to Hip-Hopping Blues people got the blue chip stock option Invisible man, got the whole world watching — “Hip Hop” by Mos Def This decade was my awakening to the world of black music, which transcends, undergirds and circumvents all American music. I […]
Rewind: VHS Tapes, Imperfect Memory, and Hope
A pit nearly ate a boy—or, at least, that’s what I remember. The boy is looking out the window of his bedroom as the light reddens outside. The ground starts cracking open and the red light invades the room as the house begins to shake and the ground yawns wide. The boy is grappling with […]
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