Hi, I’m an African American woman, and if I listened to what hip hop told me that I was, I’d be the equivalent of nothing.

My childhood had provided to me the illusionary idea that ‘racism didn’t exist’

We will continue to work to keep it that way; hypnotizing your minds with the wants of things that are controlled by greed, pushing you further and further away from the idea of unity.

The spot I once held, as being the podium and voice of black neighborhoods and their struggles, has been broadened, allowing people who skipped our culture to put their own spin on my creation – losing value in everything I was even created for.

Hundreds of young, black, and poor African girls, have been kidnapped by dangerous men with ulterior motives, and the country you’ve pledged the allegiance to is not lifting a finger to assist them. We have brainwashed the masses, even your own brothers, into caring more about sports and entertainment than those children, so, of course you’re not seeing it on TV.

What many journalists will never be able to admit, is rappers like Boosie, in his prime, would talk to us through their lyrics. One reason could be because those who come from situations, and bad choices like me, dancing with the devils of poverty and hood politics, hardly ever make it to become journalists.

After looking at my very dark skin daughter, and watching all of the many hidden jokes about a complexion so original and so complete, on …

Today’s culture, influenced by media , sports, and music genres suggest that women should be more open with their sexuality and passive with the disrespect they allow in their personal lives.

The adjective ‘sick’ is barely enough to describe my emotions as images of wailing mothers, like those of slain youth Trayvon and Jordan, grasp each other’s weak arms – both aching in pain of losing a child to senseless murder.

Since the beginning of the 90’s Robert Kelly has dropped those sexual albums and songs, describing sexual acts that that those who enjoy ‘freaky’ sexual behavior sort of crave.