MEXICAN by Birth, AFRICAN by Legacy
FRANKLIN H. WILLIAMS Caribbean Cultural Center
408 West 58th Street
Phone 212-307-7420 or e-mail: events@cccadi.org for hours
My folks produced this exhibit over the course of two years. The images and stories are powerful, and dare I say prehistoric.
Visit www.maschulo.com for more info
Peace
I didn’t make this up either. These folks are co-signed by every blogger that sits in their parents basement in their underwear sipping Crystal Light out of their special cup with the crazy straw.
CAM’RON (this website’s resident philosopher) has decided to start one of those “rap beefs” with the JIGGA-MAN. Mr.GILES has many issues with JOE CAMEL JAY-Z including the fact that JAY likes to wear thong sandals.
I am not a rap nerd any longer so I don’t get excited when these things jump off but I will admit to being mildly intrigued by a diss track that CAM’RON produced accusing JAY-Z of crap music’s most unforgivable sin – biting rhymes! Ooooooooooh! Visit NAHRIGHT.COM to hear that track. CAM’RON goes on to tell other industry insider tidbits that are totally irrelevant to anyone older than 19 years old but they are none the less funny because it shows that 35+ year old fellas are incredibly snippy. CAM’RON even took a minute to shout out homegirl.
So now we wait for JAY-Z’s retort which should be decent since he has been writing rhymes to all of FOXY BROWN’s former production tracks. Like my cousin MARLEY MARL said in the beginning of ‘The Symphony’…
“I don’t care what you do, but it better be funky”.
Byron Crawford Stand Up! (nullus)
I also have to shout out the websites very own ‘Bama-centric supporter Greezy Sheezie.
JIG WORDS is a new feature where I help some of our readers become more familiar with the terminology used by WILLIAM SUNDAY and some of the younger writers like The INTERN, and CHOCOLATE SNOWFLAKE.
When browsing a website that seems to relate to mostly inner-city issues most people don’t ask questions when they see a word that they are unfamiliar with because they may not want to appear un-hip to the blogosphere. This is how I hope that JIG WORDS will help bring us closer. If I can demystify some of the popular colloquial terms it may foster greater usage of these words and a common language for all of us. Please feel free to submit your own words as well.
CRACK – What was once the by-product of cocaine powder, baking soda and water that shredded the fabric of urban families is now used to describe things that are pleasurable and noteworthy.
usage: TONY’SKANSASCITY.COM is the crack of the internets.
NEGRO – any person that can claim at least 51% of African American parentage.
TRAGIC MULATTO – less than 50% African American parentage + not less than 25% Caucasian derivative (see MARIAH CAREY)
GULLY – the act by which someone or something resembles the wanton, fearless desperation of a seagull.
usage: That was gully how you stole that sammich from the 7-11.
MANE – The addition of a final ‘E’ to the word man has taken the common term for a male from ashy to classy
PRAH’LEE – When something has a more than possible chance to occur this term should be given.
SNOWMAN – A fictitious character that claims to have liquid assets from the possession and distribution of narcotics. In all likelihood prah’lee a high school dropout and a dead-beat dad.
FIREMAN – From YOUNG JEEZY to LIL’ WEEZIE it appears to be the double-entendre slang word sprint to Chapter 11.
CHAMPIZZLE – When its all said and done, Cristal and Champale will find themselves in the same place.
In my mind CHRIS ROCK fell off a while back. I remember watching him on the E! network’s ‘HOWARD STERN Show’ and he was being interviewed by HOWARD and he was doing his usual big tooth Negro schtick. HOWARD was semi-interested in ROCK because he had a movie that was about to drop (the presidential fairytale flop). The funny part of the show came when NICOLAS CAGE stopped by the studio for an impromptu visit and HOWARD was immediately done with ROCK. What made me chuckle was that NICK CAGE didn’t even have a film to promote, but his mere presence made ROCK invisible.
So CHRIS ROCK is back on top of the heap with his crappy television program leading the ratings for that evening. I have only watched one episode but that was enough to experience CHRIS’ overflowing hatred towards himself and his family. The little fairskin boy that has been cast to play CHRIS ROCK’s youthful alter ego is a passable child actor. He must be wondering how his luck put him in the position to play a character that would grow up to be a crispy french fry of a philandering Uncle Tom.
Enjoy the sunshine Mr.ROCK because when DAVE CHAPELLE returns he will be carrying a pistol with at least one bullet for your big teeth.
…one of my favorite individual artists, next to GHOSTFACE and RAEKWON. His concert from two summers ago still has got crappers like 50CENT tight.
He did a recent interview with Scratch Magazine in which he appears to be ready to shake off the ‘Best M.C. that can’t speak clearly” title. I say, “Good for NAS!” since he is married to this broad.