Peter Tosh, Billy Woodz, Privilege, BDP, Public Enemy, Capleton, Nina Simone, Juggaknots, The Reavers, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Bigg Jus, Black Sheep, the GZA, the RZA, Gregory Issacs, Jill Scott, Mystic, K-os, Wu-Tang, Bob Marley, Common, Res, Regina Spektor, Esthero, Cannibal Ox, Mr. Lif, Aesop Rock, El-P, I-Wayne, the Roots, BCC, Smif n Wessun, Heltah Skeltah, MF Doom, MF Grimm, 2Pac, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Barrington Levy, Erykah Badu, Gorillaz, Jean Grae, Massive Attack, Mary J. Blige, One Be Lo, Talib Kweli, Mos Def & a bunch of other people.
Movies
Do the Right Thing, Style Wars, Wildstyle, Bomb the System, David Lynch Movies, Malcolm X, Kung Fu flicks, all the Star Wars movies (except Episode 1!), 1984, Basquiat, and a buncha others
Television
Chapelle Show, The Boondocks, Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Medium, the Office, Adult Swim
Books
Ninteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell; The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison; Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison; Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, Nikki Giovanni; The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Assata, Assata Shakur, The Bible, The Browder Files; Anthony T. Browder
Heroes
Everyone who sacrificed for the struggle, my mom, my wife, Jesus (please protect us from your followers!), His Imperial Majesty Halie Selassie I, and my many creative and spiritual influences
Marcus Kwame's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Body type:
6' 3"
Ethnicity:
Black / African descent
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
Artist/ Art Teacher
Marcus Kwame's Schools
Suny College At Fredonia
Fredonia,New York
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Art/Illustration
Clubs: Black Student Union
"The attitude of great poets is to cheer up slaves and horrify despots." -Walt Whitman
I am a husband, a father, an artist, a poet, a yardie, a thinker, an fresh emcee, a teacher, and a person trying to do his piece to make the world a better place.
black is every shade on the spectrum
combined into one
builders burnt to perfection
from the loving gaze of the sun
this cat named amerika
tried to tell me that black was
just rap, baggy clothes, street talk,
40s, blunts, sex and techs
i just stared at him blankly
adjusted my sagging jeans
said, “aight then, playa”
and walked off into the sun
humming giant steps
~
"Jah makes no perfect weapons... you will no longer be able to control us through suppression." -Bigg Jus
"If there is hope, it lies in the Proles." -1984, George Orwell
"The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see 99% of them is in a book. Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore." -Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
"Iron like a Lion in Zion." -Robert Nesta
"Mother Mary don't pack two ceramic laser-sighted nines, Jesus don't possess nuclear tactical satellites, Jehovah don't move with a RPG sittin' on his shoulder, and Allah don't launch missles hovering in killer helicopter rotors..." -Bigg Jus
RESIST DOUBLETHINK.
Doublethink: The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. ... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies—all this is indispensably necessary. Even in using the word doublethink it is necessary to exercise doublethink. For by using the word one admits that one is tampering with reality; by a fresh act of doublethink one erases this knowledge; and so on indefinitely, with the lie always one leap ahead of the truth.
Who I'd like to meet: cool people... artists, bombers, writers, revolutionaries, thinkers, honest people, funny people... etc.
I am so late responding to your last comment. Sorry! I've been so busy. Yeah, he's finally here. I put the pics up on my other page. He has his nights and days mixed up but I still enjoy every minute I spend with him. How is your little big girl :)
Trust me I hear ya on the money. I'm trying to clear up stuff myself. Yeah when I get a chance I'll check out his album. When I'm on vacation, I'll have some dollars to myself. Oh cool on your album. How is your boy doing anyway? I know ya'll two are happy. Do you have a chance to go to clubs to perform your songs live? P.s. are you on Facebook by chance. I'm over there more than I'm on myspace. Let me know and I'll look you up. later!
Everything with me is good. Biz is still slow, so I got to post some new things up. But other than that it's been a up & down week. With the passing of Michael, it's like you know something is not right... I was messed up the day after I couldn't stop crying. I grew up listening to his music and have so many great memories of him. I never got to see a concert with me, but I did see him in person and it was great. I was screaming like any other fan would... Other than all of that, I hope your enjoying your 4th!
Hey Marcus, Well things with the store is slow. I don't think people are buying as much(at least right now) Plus what I have up is for winter. I'm working on some things for spring, but I have to put it up. I was hoping things went down before I did though...But I'm going to keep trying and if not, hopefully when winter picks up again so will the sales. :)
Come out to my artshow/party this friday (MAY 8th) starting at 7pm....at (The Skinny) 174 Orchard st...Lower East side village...I am showing a large body of my artwork...come support it...hope you can make it....Michael Kulick
Hi Marcus, Thought I drop by and saw what's up? How are things with you? Everything with me is cool, I just came back from Atlanta visiting my brother and I had fun, I got to meet his other 3 kids, I never met before. So that was nice. HOpe your well! Lata!
The May issue of The Capital Flip is now available online!
* Possible Detonation of a tactical nuke in Iraq (Watch the videos). * The new child support fee: Is it necessary? * Autism: Symptoms, impacts, and possible sources.
The April issue of The Capital Flip is now available online!
* Exclusive interview with the "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" Church spokesperson Shirley Phelps-Roper. * Interview with author Michael Schuessler on his seach for the G-spot * AIG insurance giant, and it's links to the CIA.
Hey Marcus, How are you doing? I haven't been on for a while other than updating my page. Hope everything is going good with you. Things with me is fine, I'm making new items and just keeping my self busy. Although I should relax, cause I'm home sick. So I need to slow down. Anyway hope to hear from ya! peace
