Oh, Death, why canst thou not sometimes be timely?

The Washington Post's description of the bodycam video of his arrest last year, and the translation of Mr. Shah Alam's comments, is gutting. Remember, he was entirely blind in one eye and could only see three feet in the other, and he spoke virtually no English. He spent a year in jail for this.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social Any insight onto why this isn't being treated as the biggest scandal in the history of the presidency? Shouldn't this be the ONLY story right now? www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Happy Valentine's Day?

Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist

via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook

The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense

Lutnick on Epstein: Devine: So how come these other people could hang around him and not see it? Lutnick: They participated. That's what his M.O. was, "Get a massage" And what happened in that massage room, I assume is on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever. That's how he had money.

[writing the constitution] Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president" Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down

The Brooklyn-based rapper reimagines his music with a star-studded band and teary-eyed gratitude.

Celebrating all things Anticon and Dax Pierson… By Mosi Reeves www.kqed.org/arts/1397934...

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I nominate GOLLIWOG for Best Picture.

This album giving me hope today.

I didn't think there was anything left to be said about Mobb Deep's "The Infamous," but @sonraw.bsky.social wrote a brilliant essay about its cultural impact and timelessness on its 30th anniversary. www.passionweiss.com/2025/05/08/d...

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

This new @buck65.bsky.social album is everything you’d expect from one of the greatest to do it. So so dope. buck65.bandcamp.com/album/keep-m...

My new album, Keep Moving is available on Bandcamp now. To pre-order a physical copy in your chosen format, go to shop.handmade.xyz

Damn I miss Ka.

A few years ago I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture with my grandparents. When we stepped out of the building my grandmother kept repeating the words “I lived it. I lived it. I lived it.” She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.

2020: attacks on “BLM” 2022: attacks on “CRT” 2024: attacks on “woke” 2025: attacks on “DEI” BLACK. THEY MEAN BLACK.

This week I had an hour long discussion with the CyphaDen Music podcast. I was able to share a lot about my career, #StrangeFamous and our artists, my experiences in South Africa, and several big battles from back in the day. Buckle up for this one. youtu.be/DKO1hZQ4nLQ?...

This one’s for Gene

the democratic party without progressives is just a group of vanilla capitalists that have agreed to only use slurs in private conversation

smoking weed counts as cooking vegetables