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New Beginnings

We are fastly approaching a new year, and I am definitely ready for New Beginnings. I declare that 2012 is my year for Change! It's going to be a year full of great changes! You know, sometimes we have to speak into our own lives..."speak those things that be not as though they were". So, as I embark upon my season of New Beginnings, I will be utilizing the power my tongue (speaking life), of visualization, and creativity. On another note... My first magazine appearance was posted in the August issue of Epitome Gospel Magazine. I shared my testimony in hopes of it inspiring others and reaching whomever needs freedom from bondage and condemnation. For more information on the magazine or where to purchase your copy of the August issue, go to their website: http://www.epitomemagazine.org/ I must admit that I was rather excited when I saw the 2-page posting of my testimony. Excited because the testimony is what inspired me to write my first novel Blinded , and it is w

A Tribe Called Quest: Documentary

I took a stroll down "memory lane" today. I went to see the documentary on the Old School Hip-Hop group, A Tribe Called Quest. It was amazing! Micahel Rapaport did a wonderful job with this. I always wondered whatever happened to this group, as well as many other artists from the 80's and 90's. A Tribe Called Quest wasn't just a National group. They were INTERNATIONAL, well known all over the world. They paved the way for many artists today. If it were not for Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Jarobi, and Ali, then there'd be no Kanye West, Common, Ludacris, Roots, etc... Just like Run DMC, Whodini, Grand Master Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, and all of them paved the way for A Tribe Called Quest, they paved the way for today's artists. Unfortunately, Hip-Hop has taken a whole different direction from its original form. Original Hip-Hop was all about bringing awareness and social consciousness to the community. It was about love, unity, and dancing. Now, it's more about mat