Happy Birthday Malcolm X

When I was thirteen I read "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". It was a life changing defining moment for me. At that age young Jewish boys have a bar mitzpah, a ceremony that symbolizes and celebrates becoming a man. Me reading the life story of Malcolm was me becoming a man. He was a hero. He pointed out things in this world that I really needed to see and particularly at that age. He caused me to use my mind and become an intellectual threat to those only looking to see me or "my kind" shuck and jive. Now that I think of it that was around the time I decided to become a rapper as well. The power of mind and voice working in tandem is a lesson I learned from Malcolm. I should take this opportunity to chide another hero Dr. Cornel West about his stance and public abuse of Obama and encourage him to take heed the words of Malcolm when he said "There can be no Black-White unity until there is first some Black Unity". Happy Birthday Malcolm X you never really died because your spirit lives on.

King of Pop Forever

It's been a minute fam but I'm back. As the film "This Is It" plays in the background I was inspired to finish my statement on the 3 greatest music artists in history, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Prince. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop is obviously the most popular artist of all time. His star power has only gotten brighter since his untimely passing. When I was a child MJ was as the height of his fame and vividly remember how larger than life he was. I often wondered was he that big because I was a child or was he just that big in general? What I discovered was the latter. As someone in the business I analyze trends and buzz and things of that nature. And there as not been an artist since then to capture the attention of everyone from every culture no matter the individual's genre preference. R&B fans, Rock fans, Country fans, Jazz fans they all came out to buy his albums and see his concerts. Now there certainly are a lot more subgenres now than there were then. But still there arent any artists today that would capture those big 4 markets.You know what we allllll know the MJ legacy. Nuff said.