"The future was uncertainš„, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn't good enough, would be stilled."š§Æ
āĀ Chris Gardner,Ā The Pursuit of Happyness
Below: Stress Rap by Cannibal Ox š«š
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šŗšø Cannibal OxĀ is an AmericanĀ hip-hopĀ project fromĀ Harlem, New York, United States. It consisted ofĀ Vast AireĀ andĀ Vordul Mega, often accompanied by DJ Cip-One. In 2023 Vordul Mega left the project.
⬠Nina Simone at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969
It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live. ā Nina Simone
I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear! š§āāļøš§
The Rotten AppleĀ is known to be a city with a ratherĀ dangerousĀ environment. The same was true during the 90ās, but the crime rate was even bigger:Ā two thousand two hundred and forty-five murders occurred in 1990.
Here both MCās describe the struggle of living in Harlem, the neighborhood they grew in. Itās titled as Stress Rap as it describes the stress caused by the environment. In the end, Vast Aire points MCeeing as a way to break the cycle of violence.
Ironically or not, while the crime rate in New York dropped in the millenium, Harlem faces yet another social conflict ā the problem ofĀ gentrification.
Atrocities were committed against our human family. We killed millions of humans - we degraded & disowned our own - because their way of life was different. It was determined that indigenous lives had less value and they were treated as such. A group of people new to an occupied land decided it belonged to them.
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Christopher Paul Gardner, Sr.Ā (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman andĀ motivational speaker.
He became aĀ stockbrokerĀ in the mid-1980s and eventually founded his ownĀ brokerage firm, Gardner Rich & Co, in 1987.
In 2006, Gardner sold his minority stake in the firm and published a memoir. š
The book was later made into the motion pictureĀ The Pursuit of Happyness.
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