It would be almost impermissible of me not to share what I believe to be true, as well as what I’ve seen in my working experience. For 9 whole years, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with a countless number of women, ages ranging from sixteen to as late as sixty seven, all with one thing in common – a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS.

Personally, I’m done with stomaching all of the ‘I’m sorry’s’ offered to those who sold my people wisdom on certain subjects for years…

So, yes, we lack many things that are ‘necessary’ for our upbringing, but many of the chains that haven’t been broken – are fixated by our very own daily practices. We must be accountable

America has defined you not by how you share love with your family and friends, not by your smile and laugh, and certainly not by your encouraged education and book smarts.

Real or fake, true or false, rumors about Lauryn Hill and her ‘reason for going crazy’, as the public loves to mention, just don’t sit well with me.

Those times vanished along with righteous female hip hop, and we welcomed the artists, and allowed media and critics to paint true images of their day to day – reality TV life.

Clearly, it’s all hype, but we weren’t forced. In fact, many conscious rappers work relentlessly, daily, to pump the ‘heart’ back into hip hop, but they’re getting only the minimal response.

I’m speaking on the rappers who never did any of that, but plan on painting a picture to the masses, just because of what their “voice” sounds like or how they look/dress.

I know the money long – but the hustle is wrong. It eventually will put you in a place where you will never advance to your highest level of success. The world will not allow this type of hustle to “lift” you. It will only thin you out.

Final Cause Of Death: Female Hip Hop Committed Suicide It was 1990 when I realized that Hip Hop was my music drug of choice. There …