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Jordan 11 Concords, released and worn by Michael Jordan in the 1996 NBA season, one of the greatest basketball shoes of all time. Re-released as a retro in 2011 and now everyone rocks ‘em in the street.
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Memphis Bleek traded bars with Jay-Z on “Coming of Age”.
Memphis Bleek was a student of Jay-Z’s, and derives much of his fame from being associated with Jay.
As Jay-Z raps on “Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix)”:
Bleek could be one hit away his whole career
As long as I’m alive, he’s a millionaire
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Big Jaz, more commonly known as Jaz-O, produced and was featured on the hook of “Ain’t No N-gga”, and provided the third verse of “Bring it On.”
Jaz-O was a mentor of Jay-Z’s and was instrumental in the early stages of his career, but had a falling out with Jay-Z later in their careers. Some – including, infamously, Nas – claim that Jay-Z practically stole his rap moniker from Jaz.
Click the video below to watch them both in Jaz' first single, possible the best/worst music video ever made!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5G05v-3CME
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At this line in the video, Kembe points at his forehead, indicating the location of his “odd eye”
More commonly referred to as a “third eye”, this is the location of one of the body’s seven chakras, centers of the body’s spiritual powers
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the purists, the pros, the ones who will not
accept a false Messiah, love the
priest instead of the God. They do not
mistake the lover for their own pleasure, Sharon Olds – Sex Without Love
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I kinda get it though, we asking them to cop it
And they probably like, “Why? You waking up in a new Bugatti”
Shout to Future, Talib Kweli – 5 AM in Brooklyn
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Assata Shakur was a member of the Black Panthers, Black Liberation Army, and other African American activist groups. She was arrested stemming from a shootout, and has been exercising political asylum in Cuba after escaping prison in 1979 since 1984
She is a bit of a hip-hop icon, not only because of her involvement as an activist, but also because she is 2Pac’s step-aunt (and rumored by conspiracy theorists to be housing the “still-living 2Pac”)
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