Street Knowledge Vs. College?

“F**k College; I’m about street knowledge,” a friend once said to me. I smiled, nodding approvingly, before adding: “I feel you, man..” We exchanged daps, unifying our indifference to higher education.. Soon after, the conversation dissolved into something less meaningful. That was two years ago, at a lunch table. Today, things have considerably changed. While […]

Wake Up, Mr. West!

“Read a book! Read a book! Read a muh’f**kin book!/  Read a book! Read a book! Read a muh’f**kin book!/  … Not a sports page (what), not a magazine (who)/  But a book ni**a, a f**kin book ni**a/” — G-Mike, “Read A Book,” Unthugged Vol. 2, 2007. “… I read one-fourth of the Library of […]