Culture freedom, Reading, Writing, Hip-hop culture , capoeira, and Star Wars
Music
Fela Kuti, Johnny Ventura, Susana Baca, Ozomatli, Antibalas, Femi Kuti, Tony Allen, Wale Oyejide, MF DOOM, De La Soul, Immortal Technique, Jurassic Five, Erykah Badu, Zap Mama, Ray Barreto, Mongo Santamaria, Wilfrido Vargas, Antonio Crespo, Aquakate, Martin Luther, Bad Brains, Jill Scott, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Black Moon, Brand Nubian....
Movies
Sankofa, Once Were Warriors, Juice, Le Heine, City of God, Star Wars Ep I - VI, Wild Style, Style Wars, The Freshest Kids, The Corporation, Down in the Delta, X, Do the Right THing, Brother from Another Planet, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Crooklyn, Like Water for Chocolate, Raising Victor Vargas & La Familia.
Books
"The Spook Who Sat by the Door" by Sam Greenlee, "Assata" by Assata Shakur, "Complimentarity" by Mwalimu Baruti, anything by Octavia Butler, "Lion's Blood" by Steven Barnes, "Down These Mean Streets" by Piri Thomas, "Drown" by Junot Diaz, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Haley, "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" by Jeff Chang, "Bomb the Suburbs" by William "Upski" Wimsatt, "Master Style General: Dondi WHite" by Zephyr and Michael White, and "Revolutionary Suicide" by Huey P. Newton.
Heroes
Young Lords Party, Don Pedro Albizu Campos, Bruce Lee, El Hajj Malik Shabazz, Paul Robeson, Huey P. Newton, Ella Baker, Ganga Zumbi, Johnny Ventura, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Keidi Obi Awadu, Hon. Marcus Garvey, Assata Shakur and Lolita Lebron.
About me:
A son, husband, father, mentor, friend, writer, capoeirista, universal magnetic b-boy, veteran of the old school, bibliophile, lover of martial arts...
I devour books at an alarming rate. My poor eyesight is subject to about 100 pages of reading per day. Gotta stay sharp.
I still b-boy (at 34)
I am a cowboy on the boat of RA (thanks Ishmael Reed for that one), I eat racists and shit out piles of gold.
I am a freelance writer who finally got his first paid gig after 12 years of hustling that pen.
I have two blogs: http://selfra.blogspot.com and http://darkjeedai.blogspot.com
I am a member of the mighty Universal Zulu Nation.
Who I'd like to meet: The rest of the Young Lords, Queen Afua, for now....
Man he's big, I see you're yellow cord... How long have you been training? And I'm glad to hear you're training real hard these days, we need to do that more often than not... As for me I'm on bed rest until I'm told I could get back into my normal routine...
peace ahki. yea man thats chuco from cali..he was a judge at my crews anniversary in ATL...tyquan,flex, and alien ness from zulu kingz we're there too....how u been brotha? hows the tribe?
A son, husband, father, mentor, friend, writer, capoeirista, universal magnetic b-boy, veteran of the old school, bibliophile, lover of martial arts...
I devour books at an alarming rate. My poor eyesight is subject to about 100 pages of reading per day. Gotta stay sharp.
I still b-boy (at 34)
I am a cowboy on the boat of RA (thanks Ishmael Reed for that one), I eat racists and shit out piles of gold.
I am a freelance writer who finally got his first paid gig after 12 years of hustling that pen.
I have two blogs: http://selfra.blogspot.com and http://darkjeedai.blogspot.com
I am a member of the mighty Universal Zulu Nation.
