Monthly Archives: February 2003

26 Feb

Nobody Knows Her Name … YET

Many of you know her, many of you don’t. Her plate’s full but she’s still hungry for more. She is a superwoman, fighting with positive aggression. She’s a filmmaker, an activist, an educator, a community organizer, a writer and a mother. Her name is Rachel Raimist and she is changing the face of hip-hop.
Rachel grew [...]

19 Feb

Action Speaks Louder Than Words

Gil Scott Heron said it himself: “The revolution will not be televised.”
Do you know why? The revolution will not happen, that’s why. We talk about it, we rhyme about it, we complain about the government. We wear Che Guevarra shirts, boycott Nike, go to open mics and flip poems about it; but it [...]