The life and times of DeWayne Carter have been highly documented. His seeming allergic reaction to condoms, the sizzurp, and his recent year and a day jail sentence has all seem to distort what Carter truly is, and that is simply one of the best lyricist to ever grace the mic. I assume that is why I found the documentary chronicling his life so riveting. The Carter spares no details as it lends you a candid view of the life of Carter, leaving you in an awkward disposition, of feeling proud and hapless at the same time. Im pulling for Wayne to get himself together and return to music in better shape than he left.
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The life and times of DeWayne Carter have been highly documented. His seeming allergic reaction to condoms, the sizzurp, and his recent year and a day jail sentence has all seem to distort what Carter truly is, and that is simply one of the best lyricist to ever grace the mic. I assume that is why I found the documentary chronicling his life so riveting. The Carter spares no details as it lends you a candid view of the life of Carter, leaving you in an awkward disposition, of feeling proud and hapless at the same time. Im pulling for Wayne to get himself together and return to music in better shape than he left.
I was listening to my “Reality” radio one morning on the way to work and there was a discussion about the Performance Tax that is being proposed in Congress. Now the way this works is that a fee would be charged to record companies any and every time that an artist’s song is played, being recouped by the record company…
A visually compelling blog, a quality product, and a unique combination of style and substance, the BKc could run a clinic on how to be a successful lifestyle brand. Authenticity, inspiration, and passion are a few words that come to mind when thinking of the BKc lifestyle. Derived in 2006 by Founder and Creative Director Quigi Theodore’s affection for the Brooklyn aesthetic, the brand has fused the creative, social and cultural aspects of the borough to mold the lifestyle.
If the uninitiated, Rep. Charles Rangel (D- NY) is among highest ranking Black men on Capitol Hill–until recently when said power was yanked for alleged ethics violations. The Harlem congressman has been doing “Wavy” with his hair decades before Max B or Dip Set so how did a New York news station confuse him with blacker than 12:02am actor Wesley Snipes?
Kanye West is our own John Mayer. The tortured genius of the Windy City music mind is always on full display at any given minute while that typically means candid moments with one of our favorite rappers it also gives the media plenty of fodder to kick around as well if he mispeaks or does some other random stupidness.
There are only two places that Kanye West can retreat to and be himself and remind us why we love whatever is going on in that funny shaped head of his–that’s his music and his blog, which was just relaunched.