iambogart2

R.I.P Mooka

April 2016

by iambogart2 - April 25, 2016April 27, 2016 01768

[Web-Dorado_Zoom]First off R.I.P., second I don't care who don't like this post but this has to stop before we have no kids left, he will never walk across the stage, he will never get his drivers license, he will never pop a bottle in the club when he turn 21,

We knew it was history in the making when he stepped on the floor

April 2016

by iambogart2 - April 18, 2016April 27, 2016 0712

April 13th 2016, we knew it was history in the making when he stepped on the floor/ Who knew he would drop 60 on his way out the door/b He left the Staples Center screaming for an encore/ But he told the game goodbye and the hall of fame bonjour/ 20 years ago he

Inner city family

March 2016

by Andre Graves - March 14, 2016 0766

I grew up watching Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Family Matters, old Crosby reruns thinking that this is what the normal black family looks like. When I turned the TV off and looked around my household my father was not there. He was in prison doing time. All of my closest

Letter to Larry (part 2)

March 2016

by iambogart2 - March 14, 2016 01961

I grew up on the south side of Chicago hearing guys say "I swear on Larry" or "on GD" or guys say "on David" or "on BD" as if swearing by your gang puts more belief in what you are saying. The hip hop community watched the beef play out

Letter to Larry

February 2016

by iambogart2 - February 16, 2016February 16, 2016 01224

Dear Larry, when you created the Gangster Disciples is this what you envisioned?/ A generation of wannabe larry's and you yourself doing life in prison?/ The Fed's convicted you as a mobster/ I'm from Chicago where you created this monster/ Yes your Frankenstein is alive and well/tp Even while your thousands of miles away doing

When will #blacklivesmatter to us?

JANUARY 2016

by Andre Graves - January 18, 2016February 7, 2016 0817

Black lives matter has been a trending topic, a hash tag, a slogan on t-shirts and hoodies since 2013. We saw them at protests and marches for Sandra Bland, Laquan McDonald, Eric Garner Treyvon Martin, Mike Brown and many other black lives lost to violence by the police. I live