Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Crickets / Music Chicago Hip-Hop on Derrion Albert
Posted by Miles Raymer on 09.30.09 at 06:20 PM
The beating death last week of south-side honor student Derrion Albert hasn't provoked as much reaction from the hip-hop world as, say, Jay-Z dissing on Auto-Tune, but Andrew Barber at Fake Shore Drive is keeping track of what little response there's been. So far it's pretty much just a couple of still-relevant songs Longshot pulled from his archives, a statement from Molemen member Vakill, and an open letter from Nas. It would be nice to see some of the Chi's bigger names weigh in one way or another. It may not be as big a deal as someone interrupting someone else at an awards ceremony, but it still deserves more notice than this.
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I know hes not from chicago but Diddy posted the following on Twitter: Derrion Albert may you God rest your precious soul! I can't front my Heart has been BROKEN!! STOP The Violence!!! God pls bless his Family! @iamdiddy
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"What's the State of the Black World?"
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr1p3qyWdlA
This Week With Jasiri X-Episode 20, examines who's really to blame for the death of Derrion Albert and the innocent victims of our violent communities.
"What's the State of the Black World?" track was produced by Religion and Video Directed by Paradise the Arkitech Gray of X-Clan!
