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By: Old School Tribune November 22, 2006 Dear Hip Hop: By the time that you read this letter, hopefully all will have been repaired within the U.S. government. As we stand in the final months of the year 2006, the majority of the world hates us, we have...
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By: Old School Tribune September 13, 2006 Dear Hip Hop: This past week marked the tenth year since Tupac Shakur passed away. We guess that this news was too much for you to bear since, soon after, you fell into a coma and haven't awaken yet. From...
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By: Old School Tribune March 24, 2006 Dear Hip Hop: This month marks the ninth year since one of your most promising disciples, Biggie Smalls, was murdered. As soon as BIG spit those few bars on that Super Cat joint, the Hip Hop community embraced him...
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By: Old School Tribune February 25, 2006 Dear Hip Hop: After watching the NBA All Star festivities this past weekend, and knowing that basketball is your favorite sport (you like the way they dribble up and down the court), we figured that we would give...
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By: Old School Tribune February 17, 2006 Dear Hip Hop: It has been nearly a decade since you fell into a coma. While many say that your illness started in the early 90’s, we believe that you fought until 1996; giving us our last legendary artist: Jay...
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By: Old School Tribune This past week, one of our generation’s best soul singers passed away. Gerald Levert died of a heart attack at the age of forty. Though Gerald had the inside track to success in the music industry because of his father, Eddie Levert...
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By: Old School Tribune While the terms Hip Hop and Rap may have been synonymous back in the 70's, 80's and early 90's, the terms were separated at the hip at some point during the mid 90's. To Old School listeners of the genre, Hip Hop...
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By: Old School Tribune This past week, one of our generation’s best soul singers passed away. Gerald Levert died of a heart attack at the age of forty. Though Gerald had the inside track to success in the music industry because of his father, Eddie Levert...
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Violence continues to be ever-present in Hip Hop and within urban communities. So many young lives have been lost over absolutely nothing. This fact had us thinking about a time when we settled our disputes by putting up our “dukes” and having a good...
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Violence continues to be ever-present in Hip Hop and within urban communities. So many young lives have been lost over absolutely nothing. This fact had us thinking about a time when we settled our disputes by putting up our “dukes” and having a good...
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Geraldine M. Jones, of Brownsville, reminded those at the 48th annual Mon Valley Chapter NAACP Human Rights Banquet that they must exercise their right to vote at every opportunity. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/s_589496.html Read...
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Speaking up for civil rights is one of Wendy Byrd's core goals as the president of Stanislaus County's NAACP chapter. http://www.modbee.com/1618/story/437951.html Read More...
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While unprecedented numbers of African Americans and young people are expected to register in this yearâs election, Jealousâ aspirations are higher. âThe NAACP has had a history of transforming this country and in that tradition, we will transform...
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Derrick Foward, president of the Dayton chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said last month's arson at the home of Saundra Ballard, a black woman, and her family, is a hate crime that should be investigated by...
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Marilyn Robinson, president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said Friday that the transportation options defined by the plan mean the increased options will do little to ameliorate her own...