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Brother Rizza dropping Gems!

On a deeper level, just think, bots /AI steal our freely given images and use our influence (since they know we don't use our own influence powers to help ourselves) ...

#ai #bots #metaverse #Afrofuturist #sadikibakari

Check it out and tell me what you think. I attached the snippet of if from Twitter but the rest is found in the YouTube link below, beginning at the four hour mark.


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LIVE 2022 MIDTERM RESULTS - Election Night Watch Party!

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Mark Curry was recently staying at the The Mining Exchange - A Wyndham Grand Hotel & Spa in Colorado Springs, CO, where he was racially profiled, harassed and neglected. After watching this video, I hope that many of you would join me in contacting 719-323-2000 to express your displeasure in light of their treatment of Mr. Curry.

Currently they are not answering their phones so corporate may need to be the next step that we take!

Whole damn store got a sale or 50% off tag. It really diminishes the value of the word “Sale”.

For me, its when Larenz showed up at Nia’s house with the Isley Brother’s tape. She should have not let him in.

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Gary Webb, San Jose Mercury News

I hope the Brothers and Sisters keep putting pressure and foot to a** on this anti-black racist to get him to leave LA City Council!

These days we have more movies and tv shows featuring a mostly black cast, with a black crew and team. But what about video games. Do you think that we're represented enough in video games? I don't feel like we are represented enough. We do have some games/characters made for us, but I feel like we could make more. I'm always interested in more games made by us, and for us.

Do you think gaming will get to a point where we're better represented?

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"The Single Mother Experiment has failed."

This is pretty cool, a new mural has been created in Philadelphia to pay respects to hip-hop in the music industry. The mural is titled: "Know the Elements." It was created by artists Christian "Tame Artz" Rodriguez" and Bill Stroebel. I can't find much details on who or what was showcased in the mural, but it does state well-known artists.

If you want to see it in person in Philadelphia, you can do so on 9th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue.

Also, the website for this mural can be found below, though it doesn't show the actual mural. If anyone has a picture of it, I'd love to take a look myself.

The Holidays are fast approaching, whether it be Christmas, Kwanzaa, or another holiday. What are your plans for the holiday season? Will you be visiting family? Going on a much needed vacation? Or just relaxing and not doing anything?

For me, I celebrate Christmas, but I don't take it seriously or anything. I'll put up a tree and get some gifts for the nieces and nephews, sisters, brother and my mom, but I don't go to church, or go out for much of anything else aside from shopping for gifts.

What is your plan for the holiday season? What will you be celebrating?

Terrence Howard is ready to walk away from acting. During an interview with Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet for the upcoming Peacock series The Best Man: The Final Chapters, Howard revealed his decision to call it quits and make room for the new generation of thespians establishing themselves as stars. While explaining his decision, the Chicago native recalled his conversation with iconic actor Sidney Poitier about retiring.

“This is the end for me. I don’t know if it’s the end for the rest of them,” he said, referring to his Best Man castmates. “I retired two years ago, for the most part. I was done. I asked Sidney Poitier 10 years ago does he want to do any more work, and he said, ‘Why would I spend my last 10 years doing an impersonation of myself?’ And that’s what I’ve gotten to.”



“I’ve gotten to the point where now I’ve given the very best that I have as an actor. Now I’m enjoying watching other new talent come around, and I don’t want to do an impersonation of myself.”




https://www.vibe.com/news/movies-tv/terrence-howard-announces-retirement-acting-1234718209/

An interesting film into how white supremacists discuss and draw up their plans. Can be looked at as a case study into how they conduct their business:
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Once again. They scurry here, they shekel there… who would trust a so-called euro jew? It’s a miracle they haven’t been completely wiped from the face of the earth for their persistent, vile treachery.

Shout out to Lisa Cabrera—

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The best Santa I’ve seen yet

Keep your power tool on you at all times so you can return to sender. Black people, anytime you step foot out in public, you are in enemy territory. Period. Think and act like it.
#FBA #B1 #blackfirst #wakeup #weareatwar #StayOnCode

The "Sky’s the Limit in the County of Kings" sculpture. Photo: Noemie Trusty. Courtesy The DUMBO Improvement District and the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.



In the shadow the Brooklyn Bridge, a monument to another icon of the borough has been erected—that of hip hop legend Biggie Smalls.
Standing nine-foot tall, the sculpture pays homage to Kings County musical royalty in both style and function. Adorned with a crown and holding a scepter-cum-microphone, his stainless-steel body is embedded with solar-powered speakers that sound out a playlist curated by DJ Mister Cee, the man credited with kickstarting Biggie’s career.

The decision to pair classic sculptural techniques with modern technology is a bricolage somewhat akin to hip hop itself, artist Sherwin Banfield tells Artnet News: “I’m a traditionally trained figurative sculptor and wanted to take something classic then remix or sample it with something new and fresh.”
Cast in the Brooklyn foundry owned by Bill Makky, best known for bronzing the Wall Street Bull, the work is dotted with references to Biggie, most obviously in the form of his first studio album enmeshed in the piece using resin.
The sonic sculpture is the latest art project funded by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and the Dumbo Improvement District, two organizations dedicated to enhancing the cultural life of local public spaces. With the 50th anniversary of hip hop approaching, the organizations thought it fitting to celebrate Biggie, née Christopher Wallace, a musician who was a trailblazer for the genre before being killed at the age of 24.

Sherwin Banfield with the sonic sculpture of Biggie Smalls. Courtesy of the artist.

“Giving space to new kinds of monuments and works is what a public art fund is all about,” said Alexandria Sica, President of the Dumbo Improvement District. “This is a spectacular piece that will greet countless New Yorkers.”

Titled “Sky’s the Limit in the County of Kings,” the sculpture was Banfield’s response to a call for New York city artists to propose a work to stand at the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge. The Queens-based artist had previously sketched out a design for a monument dedicated to Christopher Wallace, so when his cousin told him about the open call, he promptly polished the shelved project and sent it over.
“The location had a profound impact on the work,” Banfield said. “It’s on a hill, and I wanted viewers to ascend towards a regal monument and be welcomed with open arms and two essential human qualities: the voice through a microphone and love via a heart.”
The Parsons-trained artist has previously received New York commissions for sculptural pieces in Van Cortlandt Park and Riverside Park.
The public art installation is the latest Brooklyn art tribute to Biggie following a pair of murals in Bed-Stuy and a commemorative MetroCard released on what would have been his 50th birthday.
The work will remain on display through Spring 2023