Finding Forever

Microphone Check 1, 2 what is this? They call me Rap. I'm receiving a Masters in Urban Affairs. I'm the co-owner of CooperLane Vintage Boutique.Obsessions Are: Brooklyn, Natural Hair and Vinyl Records. Essentially a southern girl flourishing in NYC.. Brooklyn to be exact. Tweets follow me on Twitter

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Added to my list of new favorite bands. thanks to @freethecandy and @talkfame

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November

Instagram:@rapisdelight

Twitter @tonyarapley

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Finally a little girl that looks like a little girl, and not her mothers baby doll. So over this craze of sassy little girls wearing lipgloss and shades like she's going to a brunch with the girls.

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andre gettin it

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i will reblog this EVERY TIME it is on my dash. andre like bam bam POPPOPPOP whilst boi be like shoopdydoopydooop my god i love them 

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Andre’s hair is so fucking laid!

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I <3 them

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Replace Zoe Saldana with an actress who actually looks like Nina Simone .

I just signed the following petition addressed to: The producers and casting directors of Untitled (Nina Simone Biopic) ---------------- Replace Zoe Saldana with an actress who actually looks like Nina Simone . Nina Simone, dubbed The High Priestess of Soul, is an American icon and a music legend. Because of this, it is without a doubt straight up disrespectful to Ms. Simone and her legacy to get an actress who looks nothing like she did to portray her in a movie about her life. Casting light complexioned actors to play the roles of dark complexioned historical figures is not only a sign of blatant disrespect to the persons they are portraying, it is also disrespectful to history, to the people who look like the persons being whitewashed, and to the intelligence of the audience.

For too long Hollywood has gotten away with this practice of revisionist history and it is time that we let our voices be heard be it by this petition or by boycotting the movie if no change has been made as to who will portray Nina Simone.

Sign HERE ---------------- Sincerely,

T. Rapley

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Bob and Rita Marley <3

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Sheila S. Walker PHD

Cultural Anthropologist

Her smile was shot by Mambu Bayoh

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Straight from the NYC Taxi and Limo Commission Website

I'm tired of cabbies telling me it's rush hour, or when I sit comfortably in the cab they say "I'm not going to Brooklyn/Harlem". That's why I decided to do my agency report on the Taxi & Limo Commission. The amount of prejudice exhibited my mostly cabbies of color is ridiculous, embarrassing, and disheartning. Refusal of service is against the law. Period.

If you are in the cab, stay put. If they do that curbside negotiation BS  take down their cab info and call 3-1-1. Either way let them know that you know the penally pursuant to Code 54 section 20. These are the penalties for refusal of service: 

First violation: $350 if plead guilty before a hearing; $500 if found guilty following a hearing.

Second violation (any combination of violations) w/in 24 months: $700 if plead guilty before a hearing; $1,000 and possible suspension of License for up to 30 days if found guilty following a hearing.

Third violation (any combination of violations) w/in 36 months: $750 and Revocation of License if plead guilty before a hearing; $1,000 and Revocation of License if found guilty following a hearing. 

It will be a lonnnggg ride but.... If we don't stand up for the rights we are granted, who will.

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Im so ready for this election to be over.

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One of my favorite pics of me shot at Venice Beach last week. Me channeling young Pam Grier. This is one of those pics my children will look at and say "My mom was the truth".

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The fact that we have to remind ourselves that Black is beautiful is evidence of an offence so grotesque that if ever it met the air, it would explode.

Ferrari Sheppard @stopbeingfamous -http://ferrarisheppard.tumblr.com (via kingnovamiu)

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RIP Gil Scott-Heron. This is one of my favorite songs of all time.

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Photo Journal: Femi Kuti. Cape Town, South Africa 2012 (by Ferrari Sheppard)

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This how I will always remember @___LoveFola 

Photo by Aviva Klein

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:) Love Fola.

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Its been 27 months since my Big Chop :)

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It's that time :)