Buck 4 was an original member of the world famous

bboy group Rock Steady Crew. He was allegedly killed over drug related issues, but his killers have never been found. He was the first person I remember in Hip-Hop to die (outside of Scott La Rock). Very few Hip-Hop related murders are solved and I feel this is unfair to the families and fans of these artists and the Hip-Hop community in general. I want these people caught by all means. People from the Hip-Hop community die now all the time and we expect nothing to be done about it. This must change. I want all responsible parties held accountable. http://streetsonbeats.blogspot.com/2006/02/rip-buck-four.html

In the song “Nobody Does It Better"Too Short said "you wonder why I can’t get no peace, I’m making more than that chief of police, I’m Too Short”. Rap lines like these created a new wave of corruption in segments of the OPD and one group among them, The Riders were convicted eventually. It illustrates how the jealousy of certain members of various police departments can add to corruption on inner city streets. A sad statement about America indeed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YlqqxG7Oos

All of the talk of revolution and religious preaching was undercut by the rise of crack cocaine. It broke the strength of many Revolutionary figures including Huey P. Newton among others

ARREST IN MURDER OF HUEY NEWTON — Nytimes

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 25- A man described by police as a drug dealer has admitted killing Huey P. Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panthers, the police said tonight. The man, Tyrone Robinson, 25 years old, of Oakland, told the police he killed Dr. Newton in self-defense early Tuesday morning, Sgt.

Here is a shot of me at my first visit to San Quentin after talking about Black and Brown unity. Notice the guard tower in the back. I look forward to returning to the prions soon. Currently I do a lot of work with incarcerated youth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mitchell 6 9 village was a gang from Oakland known for serious violence. The time they beat people with seats came from an incident at an NWA show I believe. It was not at the Fresh Fest. They just were deep, robbing people and while waiting for my friends dad to come get us they walked by scoping for stuff to take and I tucked my chain quick like. They had big iron link chains, bats and they ran the parking lot with reckless abandon. I put those two incidents together.

The song was recorded at Seven Trees Music Studio in San Jose aka Shark City (because of the hockey team) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shark%20city

Solar System was an early SF Hip-Hop club that did not live long. It had a graffiti mural of the solar system on it.

“ooped” is slang for being scared. The Soul Jacker was a hit man of unknown identity for a period in the late 80’s. He was centered in the Hunters Point area of San Francisco. I recorded my first demos with DJ’s D-Live and J-Fresh in that area off 3rd and Revere and ate a lot of Tic Toc Burger (now replaced by McDonalds). But it was real grimy and because rap was so closely connected to the drug game and nobody knew who he was, it was a scary time to be part of the SF rap scene. http://www.sfweekly.com/1997-03-26/news/portrait-of-the-soul-jacker/

Lets remember our dead homies

I’m only doing this so you know that I can rap. This is not my intended profession. You don’t know me. We are not the droids you are looking for. Move along.

This line is actually from the idea of the book Worlds in Collision by Emmanuel Velikovsky. I have always loved his work. I think many people write him off, but in truth, corporate science has mislead many about the universe around us. I believe his approach to history needs to be approached more like him even if methods change. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW-QQSWgXi4