ILL-LITERACY. staying fresh. fly sneakers. fly gear. bell hooks. arts. MUSSICCCC. sonia sanchez. MAKING ART FOR PURPOSE, ART THAT STANDS FOR SOMETHING, THAT SAYS SOMETHING. spreading love. justice. cooking. bikram yoga. the early 90's. living in London. the word HELLA. remembering and craving Paris. soymeat. being on stage. conversations that leave me feeling hopeful. traveling. LAUGHING. dancing. subway rides. culture. tofu. playing. potatoes. pretending like i hate love.
Music
M.I.A!!!!!Stevie Wonder. JANELLE MONAE. OUTKAST. KANYE WEST. Alicia Keys. Parliament. Dahlak Brathwaite. JAY-Z, YOUNG! Les Nubians. J* Davey. Erykah Badu. Lauryn Hill. Amel Larrieux. Prince. Kelis.Jamiroquai. LUTHER VANDROSS. Mary J. Blige. SADE. Esthero. Cee-Lo. Gnarls Barkley. Minnie Ripperton. Beyonce. Mos Def.Common. Kweli. Earth, Wind, & Fire. Coltrane. Ellington. Miles Davis. Amy Winehouse. Zap Mama. Coldplay. Jack Johnson. John Legend. Eve when she had short hair. Bob Marley. Late night Quiet Storm mixes. Island music. All the likes. And hyphy music of course. I have a new crush on Chris Brown.
Movies
Fade to Black. Block Party. Brown Sugar. Hitch. Slam. Amelie. And romantic comedies of all sorts =)
Television
GREY'S ANATOMY. Arrested Development!!!, family guy, vh1 Soul, fresh prince of bel-air, ghostwriter!
Books
All About Love (bell hooks). The Alchemist (Paolo Coelho). Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler). The Broken Wings (Khalil Gibran).Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Marie Rilke). Temperature of this Water (Ishle Yi Park). If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin). Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Dream Jungle (Jessica Hagerdorn). When the Elephants dance (Tess Uriza Hoethe). Harry Potter! (my mom even bought me the bedsheets. :D)
Heroes
mama and papa. ill-literate poets. tupac shakur. bell hooks. sonia sanchez. artists all over the world. jen armas. glenda macatangay. ishle.
A lot of me, summed up in 6 minutes.
props to Erica Eng!
I hella love Oakland.
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Who I'd like to meet: WATCH RUBY ON BUILT FROM SKRATCH:
Watch iLL-Literacy Segment on DIG!! :::
WATCH RUBY ON RE:VISION NATIONAL CAMPAIGN 2007
i have the prettiest cousins in the world.
Andre Benjamin.Will Smith doubles. goofballs and laughing addicts--FUNNY ass people who can giggle more than me
PEEP GAME! AMPLIVE'S (of ZION I) NEW MIXTAPE OUT NOW! HE'S LEAKING HIS MIXTAPE FOR FREE! GUEST FEATURES INCLUDE: TALIB KWELI, DEL THA FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN, THE GROUCH, SEAN CHRISTIAN, DUECE ECLIPSE. TRACKS PRODUCED BY: HEADNODIC, SEAN CHRISTIAN AND OFCOURSE "AMPLIVE" (ZION I)
Andre Benjamin.Will Smith doubles. goofballs and laughing addicts--FUNNY ass people who can giggle more than me
