Always near the forefront of conscious hip-hop, Brother J and X-Clan sat poised to take over the world 18 years ago. Their Afrocentric LP To the East, Blackwards, thrived in that time of heightened social awareness, addressing issues of race, stereotypes and socioeconomics like few had before. Event
He doesn't have a major label deal or a clothing line. And the only movie he appeared in was 1988's I'm Gonna Git You Sucka , where he played himself. "I just come with the lyrical shit," Kris Parker, aka the legendary rapper KRS-One, told the crowd at Berkeley's Shattuck Down Low a few weeks ago.
The Grand Verbalizer Brotha J of X Clan is one of the legendary pioneering rhyme-spitters who first incorporated the revolutionary aspirations of the Black Power Movement into Hip Hop. Usually when people refer to what some call the "Golden Age" of Hip Hop, they mention Chuck D and Public Enemy and KRS 1 of Boogie Down Productions, but they wrongly fail to recognize X Clan as one of the premier
With half of the month gone, I just wanted to inform readers about some of the more interesting events that will be going on during Black Past, Present and Future Month.
Born and raised in Chicago, Common is no stranger to critical acclaim, receiving rave reviews from the press since his 1992 debut, Can I Borrow a Dollar? One feud with Ice Cube, multiple awesome collaborations with the likes of Kanye West and Lauryn Hill, 11 Grammy nods, and several spots in ads for
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