Black History Month: Roots, Fruits and Bitter Truths By Sheldon Taylor
I'm God but it seems like I'm locked in hell . In 1990, rap deity Rakim's poetic picture of purgatory placed the frailties of Black majesty on full display. The microphone fiend's message from In The Ghetto was both cryptic and clear: Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Black History Month teeters at a similar brink of fragility's edge. I'm not caught up in politics, I'm no black activist on a so-called scholar's d---- , I see brothers quote math plus degrees, look at professor ass n----s, can't feed they own seeds. ---GZA: Sword...