Thoughts on God’s love and redemption through conscious and Christian hip-hop
Kendrick Lamar supposes “what God feel like” on the song “GOD.” from the album Damn., one of the biggest albums of 2017. When the album was released back in April (on good Friday no less), this was one of the songs I listened to again and again and again.
This fall, Reach Records' hip-hop artist KB released the album Today We Rebel. One of the most thought provoking tracks from the album is the song "New Portrait."
Here’s the follow up to the previous post "Premeditated". It’s not quite everything I wanted it to be, but I think it serves its purpose. So, here we go.
An acquittal was given on Friday September 15 for former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley in the fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith. The defense for the officer requested a non-juried trial. The circuit judge, Timothy Wilson, looked at the evidence and decided that the officer was not guilty of the charges brought against... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I wrote about not being shook. And then, I’ll admit it, last week, I got shook. Last week, the numbers got to me. Labor Day weekend the sirens wailed, and wailed, and wailed. Choppers spewed. Choppers flew. Searchlights crept over concrete. The numbers got higher. Maybe it was summer’s outro, a... Continue Reading →
This is a story about one of the many things that has contributed to the current state of affairs in Baltimore City, from the perspective of the perpetrator.
For me it wasn’t five, or six, or seven. I didn’t understand what James Baldwin spoke of until I was in my late 20s. The cowboys, in general, were the strong men, often, but not always white, and completely fearless. They did not fear the bad guys, or the authority that sat above them. They... Continue Reading →
In a previous post I talked about the posture of Baltimore City Police Chief Melvin Russell as he addressed a group of churches at Central Presbyterian in Towson after a screening of the documentary Walking While Black on the evening of June 12, 2017. He spoke about the opportunity the local church had to help... Continue Reading →
So this wasn’t the planned post for this week, but in light of recent events I thought this might be appropriate. Above, we see United States citizens in Durham, North Carolina pulling down a Confederate statue on Monday, August 14, 2017. This action came as a response (in part at least) to the violence that... Continue Reading →
The story behind the name, and the reason this blog exists.
Festival of Booths 