Rise of the Brown Emcee pt 4 (Dedication to Arizona)-Free the Land

   Click HERE to download and listen to Breakdown FM-Dedication to Arizona This has been a trying week especially if you are of Brown hue and live in the racist state of Arizona.  Fortunately lots of folks are fighting back and we wanna show support by highlighting the many emcees withing Hip Hop who are [...]

Greg Palast: End Game w/ All This Arizona Stuff is to Suppress the Vote

Investigative Reporter Greg Palast hits the nail on the head with this piece. It coincides with things I’ve been seeing which includes a fallback on the efforts to recruit Latino voters..Instead of trying to win folks over the name of the game is suppression..I’m still waiting how the final version will play out..I personally feel [...]

Arizona Legislature Bans Ethnic Studies-Wants to Remove Teachers w/ Accents From Classes

Just so folks know this new law to ban ethnic studies was first proposed by the same white supremacist/ Neo-nazi  Russell Pearse who co-wrote the immigration bill. It was SB 1108.. If folks have not realized it, what we see is all out war..supported by out and out ignorance. The banning of ethnic studies in [...]

Arizona Legislature Bans Ethnic Studies.. Wants to Remove Teachers w/ Accents

Just so folks know this new law to ban ethnic studies was first proposed by the same white supremacist/ Neo-nazi  Russell Pearse who co-wrote the immigration bill. It was SB 1108.. If folks have not realized it, what we see is all out war..supported by out and out ignorance. The banning of ethnic studies in [...]

The ’92 Rodney King Uprisings & Gang Truce-We Remember

18 years ago we had in LA the Rodney King uprisings.. This is when folks went off after getting word that the 4 cops who were caught on tape viciously beating Rodney King were being let off. For many what was seen was unbelievable. For many it was the first time a cop beating was [...]

Idris Elba aka Stringer Bell of the Wire Catching Heat for Playing the Nordic God Thor

I read this story about Idris Elba playing the part of the mythical God Thor and simply had to laugh noting the irony of how we were all supposed to keep quiet and believe in the color blind theory when white actors show up playing Jesus, Egyptian rulers or some other important historic figure. Most [...]

When Common Sense Goes Bad…This is Why You Can’t Talk to the Tea Party

This is not an unusual encounter.. I run into this type of illogic all the time..People who have no idea what the terms they say they hate really mean.. And when contradictions are pointed out they try to pull a Bill O’Reilly and start shouting you down..This is a pattern we see not just with [...]

Malcolm X’s Killer Released after 44 Years? Sorry But the Real Killers Never Went to Jail

Sure today a bunch of people are gonna be up in arms and have been up in arms when it was announced that Thomas Hagan the only man who admitted his role in the 1965 killing of Malcolm X was paroled yesterday. He had been in jail 44 years… As far as I’m concerned homeboy [...]

Op-Ed: The Mis-Education of Henry Louis Gates, Jr

Op-Ed: The Mis-Education of Henry Louis Gates, Jr By Abdul Arif Muhammad, Esq. In an April 23, 2010 Op-Ed piece for The New York Times entitled “Ending the Slavery Blame-Game,” Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. argues that a moral, historic, political and economic equivalency exists between the culpability and responsibility of some Africans who participated in [...]

Matt Taibbi Goes In on Goldman Sachs The Guys Who Wrecked the Economy

Taibbi: The Lunatics Who Made a Religion Out of Greed and Wrecked the Economy The SEC’s lawsuit against Goldman Sachs is a chance to prevent greed without limits. Original article: Alternet: Goldman Sachs April 26, 2010  |  By Matt Taibbi   So Goldman Sachs, the world’s greatest and smuggest investment bank, has been sued for fraud by [...]

Breakdown FM on All day Play radio Our Tribute to Guru of Gang Starr

Last week we lost an icon.. Keith Elam aka Guru. He was a friend who I’ve known for almost 20 years. He was more rthan just a rapper with nice flows or a unique voice. He was a cat with keen insight and sense of history. My fear is that Guru will be underrated until [...]

Filmaker Byron Hurt Releases Tribute to Guru-Never Before Seen Footage

Dear Friends, Family, and Colleagues: On Monday, April, 19, 2010, Hip-Hop lost one of its legendary rap artists, Guru. I was saddened to hear about his death. Guru was one of my favorite rappers, and the rap group he founded with DJ Premier, Gang Starr, was one of Hip-Hop’s iconic rap groups. On March 26, [...]