Archive for May, 2011
1981, Me at 5 with Uncle Covak–talking”Reaganomics”. Dear Gill Scott, I’m very sad to hear you passed yesterday. You were one of my very favorite artists. I discovered your music as a teenager, going through my father’s records. In many ways you were the link between my father and I; and the bridge between two [ READ MORE ]
I was very sad to hear Nate Dogg passed. His music was influential in my development as an artist, and helped me bridge the gap between the “high world” of graduate school and the school of the African American street. I’ve spent much of my talking life trying to merge “smart” and “ghetto”, and “super [ READ MORE ]
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