April 8, 2004
Am I a day late yall? I try to be consistent but we have been extra busy at exit; a lot of things to look forward to this year. I’ll mention these 2 things then I gotta get back to work.
#1 the power of worth has been on my mind lately. As we zoom further into this future that sees destroying a farm, paving it and putting up a Wal-Mart as progress, we see less and less of actual physical money... more and more of the symbols that represent it. You have as much as a blip on a screen tells you.
The responsibility falls on ourselves to define the worth of what we do. Can my worth be quantified? If so, how do I demand from the world what I feel I’m worth? How do I share my wealth? We need to collectively perceive wealth and worth through a completely different paradigm as times change.
#2 BIG EXTRA HIP HOP HOORAY shout out to the sisters at Spelman College for knowing their worth enough to organize a protest/demonstration questioning Nelly’s portrayal of women in his videos during his planned visit to their campus for a bone marrow drive. His foundation cancelled the appearance AND the drive itself. Here’s my question…What about the people who need the bone marrow transplants? I suppose to Nelly’s foundation, it wasn’t worth being questioned?
http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/content/music/0404/01nelly.html;COXnetJSessionID=A1VSexA6zuMoxZ3aN1yskMi2AKtlYLjflyz7LeIYrACk0sVohxdV!114335374?urac=n&urvf=10814477623650.22889680952613123
http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=3017
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