no more prisons

how is it that we, mainly Africans and Razas, represent over 70% of prisoners caged up, yet we only make up 25% of the total u.s. population? the u.s. government claims that prisons are used to "solve" our "social problems", but in reality, it is masking an infrastructure that is committed to slavery and genocide. build them and fill them. there is a hidden agenda or maybe not so hidden, to socially control, disenfranchise and capitalize on [next to] free labor of our people. locking up our people will not eliminate the social problems that we have in the u.s., it will eliminate human beings, in particular, those who are from racially and economically marginalized communities.

some of the corporations that are benifitting from the prison industrial complex are Motorola, IBM, Chevron, Starbucks, Victoria's Secret...the list goes on.

check these sites to learn more about abolishing this big business industry and where investments should go...

http://www.calipmp.org/
http://ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=2
http://www.criticalresistance.org/

hip hop in senegal

african underground hip hop in senegal. this is life's truth from the motherland.

when democracy equals empire

mumia abu jamal speaks on democracy, a societal concept far from what we are living in now.

freestyle rock

documentary by pokkey...urban dynamics, soul brothers and more.

vibe out

headknod sessions....dope!!!!

mop tops wreckin shop in brooklyn

check the ill backward style near the end.

aloha mike

i met mike several months ago...he told me he was writing a book on his and his friends' trek across the country. i emailed him this picture.

reflection in che

hip hop is not dead

reflection eternal, slum village, pete rock, supernatural and slaughterhouse. ooooo was i hyped up to go to this show! hip hop is such a beautiful thing.

click here for more photos and videos from the show... http://www.flickr.com/photos/niomie/sets/72157622011705300/show/

pack light

keep it simple...niomiesoulfly collection