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...RAPPER NAS NAMES YOU AS A BLACK ROLE MODEL. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE TRACK...
...felt stupid when I first heard it. Nas was on my [PBS] program a few weeks ago. We did a whole conversation on the show, and it never came up. I didn't ask him about it because I hadn't heard it yet. But when a rapper drops my name in a song and says something positive, I'm humbled...
Although Terry’s verses on the three songs currently posted on their website are made up largely of boasts and jokes (“I can’t understand why I’m the rapper they hate on / I’m not quite the best but not wacker than J-Kwon”), they also hint at his back-story, making occasional references to his brother’s incarceration and his upbringing in Baltimore...
Brandon M. Terry ’05, president of the Black Men’s Forum, transformed into a rapper known as “Hollaman” to follow the somewhat comic duo with socially informed rap, targeting issues concerning politics and the status of African-Americans in society with his words. He touched on this theme in one of his more poignant lyrics, “Bush wants to talk about terror / Baltimore’s got 300 murders a year with no Al Qaeda...
...final two performers were the published poet known only by the title, “Melissa,” and the newly signed local rapper Sean Dwyer. Melissa gave her thoughtful prose dramatic vivification with hand movements and body language depicting the stories within her stories. Dwyer finished off the night with an energetic delivery of original songs, and offered CDs to the many eager students and poetry buffs in attendance...