Riding with Death: Defining Anti-Blackness

Published 09/25/2014 by TheSkillz3000

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Riding with Death by Jean Michel Basquiat. Riding with Death by Jean Michel Basquiat.

Black people only have one recognized right in this world — the right to death. This right is not the right to choose when or how we will die, it is not a coveted right. This right is also not the same guarantee of death that all living beings share. That everyone will eventually die is not to say everyone shares the same relationship with death. The anti-black world positions black people in close proximity to death so that the threat of gratuitous murder awaits us at every corner. This is the price of living Black in the Anti-Black world.

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MAGAZINE: The 100 Best 2Pac Songs | Complex

Published 04/16/2014 by TheSkillz3000

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Complex Magazine gives us their list for the best 100 2Pac Songs ever. Pretty interesting right? Well we definitely thought so too and figured you’d all enjoy taking it back and debating their opinions as well. Who doesn’t love a good hip hop debate? Especially when it involves one of the greats with numerous classic albums like Makaveli, Strictly for my N.I.G.G.A.Z. and All Eyez On Me. Well let’s get into the list now…

100. Runnin’ (Dyin’ To Live) [Feat. Notorious B.I.G.] (2003)
99. When We Ride (Feat. Outlaw Immortalz) (1996)
98. 16 on Deathrow (1997)
97. Military Minds (Feat. Cocoa Brovaz & Buckshot) (2002)
96. We Do This – Too $hort (Feat. 2Pac, MC Breed & Father Dom) (1995)
95. Thugs Get Lonely Too (Feat. Nate Dogg) (2004)
94. Check Out Time (Feat. Big Skye, Kurupt & Natasha Walker) (1996)
93. Out On Bail (2004)
92.  Bury Me A…

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[NEWS] 140331 JYJ’s Kim Junsu Appointed as Honorary Ambassador of Goyang City

Published 04/01/2014 by TheSkillz3000

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JYJ’s Kim Junsu has been appointed as the honorary ambassador of Goyang city in Gyeonggi province, where he spent his childhood.

Goyang appointed Kim Junsu as the honorary ambassador at a ceremony that took on March 31 at Goyang City Hall’s citizen conference room.

Goyang has been nicknamed as the ‘new hallyu’ international tourist city for establishing a K-pop arena concert hall and MICE complex for hallyu tourism in 2013 and having the only five star hotel in Gyeonggi province, the MVL hotel Kintex.

By appointing Kim Junsu, who is well known as a singer and a musical actor, Goyang hopes to claim and promote its brand image as the city of K-pop and new hallyu culture.

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Article/News: KPopStarz – 2NE1 Tells Fans If They Are Showing A Sexy Concept On ‘Wide Entertainment News’

Published 03/20/2014 by TheSkillz3000

2NE1 Tells Fans If They Are Showing A Sexy Concept On ‘Wide Entertainment News’

    The powerful female group of 2NE1 who are battling hard with the nine ladies of Girls’ Generation, took some time off to attend on the March 19, 2014 episode of Mnet’s “Wide Entertainment News.” The episode featured some questions that the girls were not really prepared to answer. Though the ladies came out with great answers in the end.

    The Questions

    The question in-which the MC asked them was regarding the concept of sexy since numerous females thus far has taken this route when they made their return. From Girl’s Day, AOA, Dal Shabet, and Rainbow Blaxx, to now Sunmi. The question asked was, “These days, a lot of girl groups are doing the sexy concept, but 2NE1’s not doing it because they can’t?”

    The answer for the girls was stated by Park Bom as she…

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    Article: STARN via YahooNews: 2NE1 talk about competing against Girls’ Generation

    Published 03/15/2014 by TheSkillz3000

    2NE1 talk about competing against Girls’ Generation

    STAR N NewsBy Kim Dong-Joo | STAR N News

    • 2NE1 talk about competing against Girls' Generation

    2NE1 talked about competing against Girls’ Generation.

    Recently, 2NE1(CL, Park Bom, Sandara Park, Gong Min Ji) had an interview at a hotel located in Yeouido, Seoul, and talked about competing against Girls’ Generation, who released a new album at around the same time.

    Girls’ Generation released their new mini album, ‘Mr.Mr.,’ on February 24th, and 2NE1 have released their new album, ‘CRUSH’, onFebruary 26th.

    CL said, “Our world tour date was decided from one year ago. We could not perform any new songs during our last tour, and we did pushed ourselves hard so that we can present new songs during this world tour. But, we never expected that we would compete with Girls’ Generation.”

    She went on, “They are our seniors, and they showed a great number of different looks during many years. We are incomparable, because we…

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