45 Years Ago Today Dr Martin Luther King Was Killed by the US Government

The US Government Killed Dr King

Today April 4th 2013 marks the 45th anniversary that Dr Martin Luther King was assassinated.. I want folks reading this to be crystal clear about a couple of things.. First, do not mention King’s death and reduce it to the work of a deranged man name James Earl Ray..If the local or national corporate backed media talks about Dr King’s death in those terms, then they are negligent. In fact its safe to say they are complicit in helping cover up what should disturbing to all of us.. Dr Martin Luther King was killed by the FBI.. he was killed by our US government.. He was one of many victims to the FBI’s Counter Intelligence program best known as Cointel-Pro..

Repeat after me… COINTEL PRO.. This was the program used by former FBI head J Edgar Hoover to go after  the Puerto Rican Independence Movement, the American Indian Movement, The Student Anti-War Movement and the Chicano Movement. The FBI saved its most vicious and invasive tactics for the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements.. Malcolm X and Dr King were key targets, primarily because they had linked the domestic struggles for  ‘Civil Rights’ and Black American self determination to the larger struggles taking place internationally.. That was dangerous to the FBI and our government and led to Hoover seeing King as public enemy number one along with the Black Panthers and other groups that had shifted into the same direction of internationalizing Black struggles.

So again do not say Dr King was killed 45 years ago today without mentioning Cointelpro.. In another note we should not lose sight of the fact that earlier this year we saw a lot of fan fare around  Dr King statue on the national mall and President Barack Obama get sworn in using Dr King’s bible..In fact his inauguration was on the same day as the King Holiday.. many thought this was anice and potent gesture.. I say it was a distraction.. If President Obama can get sworn in using King’s Bible, how about using those Presidential powers to completely unearth the role the US government played in Dr King’s killing? How about using those Presidential powers to to bring about justice and punsish all those still alive who were a part of Dr King being killed..

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What took place was with Dr King being killed was something much larger then James Earl Ray.. It was part of something deep rooted and systemic..

Tyler Perry and History Channel set to do Epic Miniseries on Hip Hop

Tyler Perry

Movie mogul Tyler Perry is on fire. His new movie Temptation was bigger-than-projected. It opened at $22.3 million making it Perry’s second-biggest opening non-Madea movie after the sequel Why Did I Get Married Too?.  Tyler said he’s happy with his latest efforts and feels it was big comeback after the set backs and harsh criticism he received with the thriller Alex Cross and his own Good Deeds.

As for future projects Perry announced that he’s teamed up with the History Channel which is coming off a huge ratings success with their mini-series The Bible. The network announced it was their most watched series to date and they are excited to team up with Perry to do several miniseries that highlight and chronicle African-American life. History Channel executives were impressed how Perry gave new life to the iconic play For Colored Girls Only....and feel he can bring similar success to the network.

DJ Kool Herc

The first scheduled project will be an epic miniseries on the birth of Hip Hop which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. History notes on August 11th 1973 in the South Bronx at a community center located inside 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Clive Campbell better known as DJ Kool Herc along with his sister Cindy threw a back to school dance to raise money for school clothes. The pair who had newly arrived from Jamaica and brought with them a new style of deejaying which included using a massive sound system and doing early raps then called chants over instrumental dub plates. This is how Hip Hop was born.

Perry acknowledged that he grew up on Hip Hop and always wanted to see this story come to life and be told correctly. “A lot of people don’t know, that I’m what you would call a true Hip Hop head. I love rap. I love Hip Hop and I want to do this right…. Doing this series on the History Channel in the same vein as the Bible series will give Hip Hop the true academic validation that has alluded it all these past 4 decades.”

Bible Miniseries producers Roma & Mark

Roma Downey and Mark Burnett the brains and key architects behind the Bible miniseries have been tapped to produce the Hip Hop miniseries which is tentatively titled ‘40 Years The True Story of Hip Hop‘. Although they are not Hip Hop ‘experts’, they are Biblical experts and in Hip Hop in many respects parallels the trajectory of events in the Bible.  History Channel executives felt it was important to tap into their talents so that they can give the True Story of Hip Hop an exciting and larger-than-life cinematic epic feel.

Perry stated ‘These guys are great writers and have tremendous passion and vision..What we have done is amassed a panel of Hip Hop experts including Chicago State scholars Frank Chitterbang and Sam Socrates who founded the nation’s first Hip Hop studies program last year.

“We need to celebrate and honor them for being the first to bring Hip Hop to academia” Perry said. Hip Hop needs to be studied. This miniseries will help underscore that point.

Other Hip Hop experts to be tapped for the Perry/ History Channel Hip Hop project include; Civil Rights icon Jesse Jackson and Reverend T.D. Jakes.

Why Church folks? some may ask…

Jesse Jackson

“In telling the story of Hip Hop we have to be honest and go to the true source”, Perry noted. “Hip Hop didn’t start in some dirty run down ghetto. It started in the church. The first rappers were preachers.

The young bucks at the first party DJ Kool Herc gave were emulating their elders from the church by doing what we call in the African tradition ‘Call and Response’. Dr Martin Luther King who Reverend Jackson marched with was the first true emcee..His cadence, his swag, his message is what inspired early Hip Hop.. That’s real talk. We gotta own up to this.. We gotta know our true history”.

It should also be noted that Jesse Jackson was the first Civil Rights Icon Hip Hop paid tribute to, when Grandmaster Flash did a song about him called Jesse to commemorate his historic 1984 run for President.

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Perry noted that to keep everyone honest and this series truly authentic, they are inviting the owners of the Hip Hop’s biggest websites like World Star, Bossip, and AHH to name a few to offer advice and help guide the miniseries.

In terms of casting, Perry noted that he and the History Channel were meticulous in their eventual selection. Former wrestler turned actor Dwayne Johnson better known as The Rock’ will play DJ Kool Herc. Both men have similar physics.

Don Cheadle to play GM Flash

Comedian Anthony Anderson will play Big Bank Hank of the Sugar Hill Gang

Cedric the Entertainer will play Hip Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa.

House of Lies actor Don Cheadle will play pioneer Grandmaster Flash.

Chris Brown is being cast to play a young brash LL Cool J.

Coming off rave reviews and the success of Temptation, reality TV star who is now making major headway into Hollywood as an actress of note, Kim Kardashian will be tapped to play Salt of Salt-N-Pepa one of Hip Hop’s first female emcees.

Perry noted that her boyfriend Kanye West is being asked to help show her some pointers on how to rap.. ‘She will do this important role and the miniseries justice’ Perry added.

Kim Kardashian

Pepa will be played by Janet Jackson who is a favorite in Perry movies

History Channel executives are being tight-lipped about other roles, but from the looks of things this promises to be an all-star cast.

Perry noted that its important to keep in mind Hip Hop is inclusive.  Its a bout building community. It’s in that spirit they are opening their doors doing a nationwide casting call for those involved in Hip Hop and can do a little of acting. They are also looking for Hip Hop experts who are knowledgeable about local Hip Hop history from their respective cities..If you would like to be part of the Hip Hop miniseries you can get more information by clicking HERE..

In case you don’t know…

APRIL FOOLS 2013

An Open Letter to the LA Laker Haters.. Make Way for the Bumrush

Dear LA Laker Haters

Over the past few weeks, I noticed a lot of you die-hard Laker haters have been relentless in spitting vile…It’s been disgusting almost like  this a career for you.. to hate basketball’s most dominant team..

Now I been like Kanye..I fell back and let you finish your say so..I figured be the bigger man and let the small timers speak their piece..but now its time to set the record straight.. So all you bums listen up and listen good…

Yes the Lakers are struggling and it looks bleak for them, but its during those moments when the most remarkable things happen..There’s an old passage in the good book that clearly states, ‘Those who have the least, those who are the most down and out, those who look like all hope is gone, will rebound and show and prove to the world, there is something greater at work’… In short ‘the first will be last and the last shall be first.. the meek will inherit the earth’ Yes folks the Lakers are believers and pretty soon all of y’all will be believers.. Mark my words..

Look folks, there was a time when NFL great Ray Lewis looked like he was done for good… But he was blessed and able to turn it around and he went out a winner.. Many of y’all didn’t believe in Ray, but you cheered and cried when he won the Superbowl… Why? because you believed The Lakers are the Ray Lewis of the NBA..

Look at Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King.. History shows that there was a point in time when everyone was against him. They didn’t think he could get the Civil Rights Bill passed.. Many of you if, you was alive when MLK was trying to make it happen, would’ve been skeptical and straight up  naysayers  as you are with the Lakers..

But in spite of the verbal bashing Martin maintained. He gave us victory.. He made us all believers in the greater good..remember how he broke it down in his famous speech where he said ‘Only when its dark enough can you see the stars‘… And yes its been dark in the Lakernation.. We are seeing stars..  The Lakers are the MLK of today …

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Look at actor Nick Cannon... Once he was considered a scrub and washed up..He seemed to be a young man with no direction. Remember when Nick put out rap records? You laughed at him.. We saw him as another childhood star from who wasn’t gonna make it.. But Nick believed and he went on to big things.. He hosts shows, does his comedy thing and he married Mariah Carey.. Now he’s a winner.. Y’all love Mariah.. and y’all love Nick.. The Lakers are the new Nick Cannon..

Lastly, all of y’all know the story of Detroit Red.. a former petty thief, a hustler, a pimp.. Through the grace of God, some hard work and a willingness to make you believe when all doubted, Detroit Red went on to become Malcolm X aka El Haj Malik Shabazz.. A leader for his people..Malcolm made you proud.. The Lakers my friend is the Detroit Red of today.. The Lakers will rise up like and help the people see another way.. They will make you proud..As Malcolm explained. There’s a worldwide revolution going on.. everyone is coming together.. for the Lakers..In the words of Chuck D.. ‘Make way for the Bumrush’!

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See ya in the Championships.. I’m a believer and you my friends will soon be as well.. That is all!

-Davey D-