Breakdown FM: 25 Joints-HealYour Heart & Bless Your Soul

// 25 Joints to get U Thru The Day #16 Heal Your Heart and Bless Your Soul 01-Amir Sulaiman ‘How Beautiful’ (Atlanta) 02-Brother Ali ‘Baby Girl’ (Minneapolis) 03-Atmosphere ‘That Night’ (Minneapolis) 04-Desdamona ‘Faulty Fuses’ (Minneapolis) 05-Zion I ‘The Rebel’ (Oakland) 06-Wise Intelligent ‘Genocide’ (Trenton, NJ) 07-Narcicyst ‘Vietnam’ (Montreal/Iraq) 08-Mystic w/ Beat Minerz) ‘Pull ya Card’ (Oakland/ NY) 09-Medusa ‘Fiend [...]

Is Gang rape becoming a Spectator Sport? Give National Attention to End Violence Against Women

// Young Girl Gang raped for 2 Hours Outside High School Dance Give National Attention to End Violence Against Women   by Tachelle Shamash Wilkes   Classes were back in session at Richmond High School in San Francisco’s East Bay Tuesday, with counselors available for students to talk about Saturday night’s horrific crime – the gang [...]

KRS-One on one: Hip-hop needs more women

// KRS-One on one: Hip-hop needs more women Interview and words by Cheverly Council and Rebecca McDonald Photos by B FRESH Photography http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2009/10/krs-one_on_one.php?page=1 The vibe was live at Epic on Saturday night for the Stop the Violence Movement/Temple of hip hop show, with B-girls and boys out in full effect, a local hip hop lineup [...]

Breakdown FM Podcast: Naomi Klein-The Shock Doctrine-from New Orleans to UC Berekely

  // Naomi Klein author of the book Shock Doctrine came to last night (October 27th) UC Berkeley and spoke to an overflow crowd of 1200 people. 500 were turned away. Her message was on point and sobering as she laid out all the steps and triggers that have led up to the current economic tailspin [...]

Michael Jackson Movie ‘This is It’ is Definitely worth the price of Admission

Michael Jackson Movie ‘This is It’ is Definitely worth the price of Admission by Davey D As was the case with his death, the haters coming from places like the NY Post or so-called music critic Chuck Arnold of People Magazine, simply could not wait to find an opportunity to spit their venom on Michael Jackson the [...]

An Open Love Letter to BET CEO Debra Lee (Dear Debra)

// Each week my man Jasiri X comes with heat. He’s covered almost every major topic impacting our community from the police shooting of Oscar Grant and the uprising in Oakland, Ca to the racist presidential campaign launched by Sarah Palin and John McCain to the Inauguration of Barack Obama to the brutal slaying of [...]

Before there was Madea w/ Tyler Perry, There was Geraldine w/ Flip Wilson-How Many of Y’all Remember?

// I like Tyler Perry and his character Madea. He/ she does have her funny moments.. However, before there was Madea there was Geraldine played by comedian Flip Wilson. A lot of folks have forgotten about Flip.. he was eons ahead of his time..Geraldine was before Jamie Foxx, Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy and any other [...]

Is Texas Going to Execute an Innocent Man Today? Save Reggie Blanton Call Governor Perry

The state of Texas since 1976 has executed more people than any other state in the country. With a population of that is 7.6% of the country, Texas has done almost 40% of the executions… 66% of those executions have been people of color… Since 1982 not one single white person has been put to [...]

Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty-is facing 8-12 Months Jailtime

// NEW YORK— Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to felony gun possession in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday (October 22) stemming from a July 2007 arrest following his first headlining concert in New York. The rapper will be sentenced to one year in prison as a part of his plea deal and must also give up [...]

Woman Faces 15 Years for Cutting Line at Walmart, KKK Involved

// As folks read this story and peep the video, keep in mind some sort of law needs to be put in place to reign in the abusive power of District Attorney’s especially when they are in small towns, like Kenneth. Mo.  There are literally hundreds of stories around the country of how DAs rule [...]

Breakdown FM: Wall Street Gangsters, Wu-Tang Clan-Why Cash Really Rules Everything Around You

// Does Cash Rule Everything Around Me?  From the looks of things yes. We sat down and spoke with former Wu-Tang Clan manager and author/entrepreneur Cedric Muhammad of Blackelectorate.com to have an indpeth discussion about today’s current economic situation and how its impacting us. We started off talking about the recent decision by investment bank Goldman [...]

Blackface is the New Black

// You ever see that blog Stuff White People Like? Well, blackface should most definitely be on that list. For whatever reason some whites love to paint their faces black and then express profound shock when black people get offended. Now to be fair, Asians will get in on the foolishness as well. Which makes [...]