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Monday, March 24, 2008

D-Nice Photoblog - Deconstructing Harlem




While driving through Harlem, I came across a site that disturbed me. I never imaged the day that I would see a shantytown in the streets Harlem. With all of the reconstruction going on, it seems that some of the residents can't afford the rent increases or the $800,000 price tag of a two-bedroom condominium and have been forced to relocate. In many cases people have been displaced and left homeless.

I thought that the revitalization of Harlem was intended to empower the people of the community by creating jobs and improving living conditions. Is this considered an improvement?

D-Nice


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Thursday, March 13, 2008

KRS-One

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True Hip Hop is a term that describes the independent collective consciousness of a specific group of inner-city people. Ever growing, it is commonly expressed through such elements as: Breakin’, Emceein’, Grafiti art, Dee Jayin’ Beatboxin’, Street Fashion, Street Language, Street Knowledge and Street Entrepreneurialism. Hiphop is not just music and dance, nor is Hip Hop a product to be bought and sold. Discovered by Kool DJ Herc in the Bronx, New York around 1972, and established as a community of peace, love, unity and having fun by Afrika Bambaataa through the Zulu Nation in 1974, Hip Hop is an independent and unique community, an empowering behavior, and an international culture.”

KRS-ONE, Rumminations (2003)