Black.Calm

Random thoughts that don't fit in a tweet, about whatever I find the time to capture with words or images.

Don’t Sleep, People Eat in The Void

“There is a whole generation of hip-hop fans who, when listening to and attempting to garner maximum enjoyment out of the man’s back catalogue, find it effective to pretend Jay-Z is not really good friends with Gwyneth Paltrow. “

Interesting piece of journalism right here in NY Mag.  Black people need to stop thinking about how much rap music is negatively influencing their youth, buckle up and parent, and let those kids become Jay-Z’s if they want (without the drug dealing, and if you think the two are mutually exclusive you need to start listening to Big K.R.I.T).

Contrary to the quote, to understand that Jay & Gwen could be friends is to understand how it’s not at all about where’ you’re from, but all about where’ you’re @.