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Reverend Al Sharpton, Rappers Protest NYPD's Stop & Frisk Policy

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) Reverend Al Sharpton, Hip-Hop executive Kevin Liles and a variety of rappers are teaming up to protest the NYPD’s stop and frisk policy.

Rev. Sharpton will lead a silent march from Harlem to Mayor Bloomberg’s house this Father’s Day (June 17).

The purpose of the march is to protest the stop and frisk policy, which Sharpton’s National Action Network says unfairly targets young black and Latino men from the Hip-Hop generation.

“We want to end violence and crime in our communities and support law enforcement, but not in a manner that encourages racial and religious profiling,” said Kevin Liles, former
President of Def Jam and Warner Music Group and supporter of the march.

“Reduction in crime is achievable if we work together with law enforcement to strengthen our communities, and build trust on both sides,” said Liles, who currently runs KWL Enterprises.

In addition to Al Sharpton, Kevin Liles and the National Action Network, the NAACP, members of the clergy, community leaders, students and others will march down 5th Avenue in Manhattan, to demand an end to the stop and frisk policy.

“It is pitiful that our young people are more afraid of the Police when they walk outside, than they are of any potential Gang,” added NAACP Northeast Director Marvin Bing.

“How unfortunate is it that we have to teach our young people how to react and respond when a Police Officer stops and frisk them, and any kind of movement can get them killed. Stop and Frisk must end,” Bing said. “It is no longer a Police crime prevention tactic- its racial harassment, and racial profiling at its core.”

The activists are demanding that NYPD police Commissioner Ray Kelly also denounced this policy, which they claim blatantly targets minority youth.

“We must bring attention to the continued pattern by the NYPD of routinely stopping and searching people of color — especially young black and Latino men (often times without probable cause),” said Tamika D. Mallory, the 32-year-old National Executive Director of National Action Network

“We call on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to implement reform at once. By creating databases of people that have been ‘stopped and frisked,’ the NYPD has criminalized an entire generation of racial minorities in this city. We are in a crisis,” Mallory said.

For more information visit http://www.nationalactionnetwork.org.

Daily Word: Fight For Your Dreams!!!

By: seandrasimsCategory: Lifestyle

Happy Takeover Tuesday!

Welcome to your day and the day you continue to play for keeps! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to fighting for your dreams! Reality can be one cruel teacher! Even when it seems like
you are doing everything right, you may still not get exactly what you want, when you want it! Even though you refuse to give up, reality may now be painting a picture and having you feel like you are going nowhere! Even though you have the right mindset, you may be feeling
that it’s time to redirect your energy towards something different!

FIGHT FOR YOUR DREAMS!!! Whether you give up while being frustrated or give up while being calm… You are still giving up!! What’s the difference between the boxer who gives up in the 12th round, and the one who doesn’t even fight?? One may argue that at least the other
boxer showed up, but I say they’re both losers!! “At least” is a phrase used by losers!! If you are going to fight, then fight!!

IT IS ALWAYS TOO EARLY TO QUIT!!! I DON’T CARE HOW TIRED, OR HOW MUCH REALITY IS TRYING TO BEAT YOU DOWN!! YOU MUST NEVER EVER EVER LET GO OF YOUR DREAM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! YOU MUST LOSE EVER OUNCE OF LOGIC THAT TELLS YOU ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WHEN YOU REACH YOUR GOAL!! IF YOU DON’T HAVE WHAT YOU WANT, IT SIMPLY MEANS YOU HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET… NOT THAT YOUR DREAM IS IMPOSSIBLE!! YOU ARE AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN!!! KEEP FIGHTING UNTIL YOU GET WHAT YOU CAME FOR!!! NO ONE SAID IT WOULD BE EASY!!!! BUT YOUR DREAMS ARE DEFINITELY WORTH FIGHTING FOR!!!!

YOU CAN ONLY BE STOPPED IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE STOPPED!! GET INTO THE RING AND TAKE WHAT’S YOURS!!!!!!!! (Excuse my shouting… I get too emotional at times)
-Ash’Cash

“Your big dream always lies outside your comfort zone… U have 2 choose between ur dream & comfort.” -Bruce Wilkenson

“The way of the dreamer is difficult, but anything less is hardly living at all.” -Bruce Wilkenson

“Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.” -Henry David Thoreau

“Your dream will challenge, p### and haunt you until you surrender to its call.” -Wayne Cordeiro

“You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.” -Mary Manin Morrissey

“You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.” -Richard Bach

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

“So long as breath remains in our lungs, untapped potential lies inside us, waiting to be released. The reason we are still alive is that we are carrying something inside us that this generation needs. That’s why we’re not yet in heaven.” -Wayne Cordeiro

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Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Ice T Says Nicki Minaj "Ain't No Lil' Kim"

By: ginatorres27Category: MOBILE

Ice T is a real life rap veteran and gave some really interesting thoughts on the current state of Hip-Hop in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. In the interview, Ice T gives his two-cents on the Nicki Minaj Pop Vs. Hip-Hop debate, and he has a pretty good take on it. While Ice gave Nicki props for doing things her own way and even compared her to a female Busta Rhymes, it looks like Ice is riding with Lil’ Kim on this one. Check out a portion of his interview below:

“I think it’s all “real hip-hop.” You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then you get into the more highly produced hip-hop, which is something like what DJ Khaled does. But at some point, it starts to get kind of pop. It goes into this other realm,” Ice explained. “Nicki went on tour with Britney Spears, so she’s on another channel. But to me, it all comes from hip-hop; it’s like a growth of hip-hop, whether you agree with that growth or not. Like me, I’m not the biggest Nicki Minaj fan but I think she can rhyme. She does her thing. She has her own way of doing it. She has an ill vocal delivery. She kind of reminds me of a female Busta Rhymes, like how she throws her voice in different directions – but she’s no Lil Kim. I think when people say “real hip-hop,” they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don’t want the fluff.”

So is Ice T calling Nicki Minaj’s music fluff? What do you think? Do you agree with him?