The G-HAMP Movement

The last month has probably been the hardest through this young life of mine. I choose not to blog anything, because I felt mentally I was not prepared to share myself with anyone. I’ve lost a few good and very important people in my life. The earthquake in Haiti not only took away loved ones, [...]

It was a blessed year for 2009. I was able to meet new people, find new opportnities, and grow to become a better individual overall. Still growing which is another blessing in its self so its time for me and everybody else to continue to step their game up in the year 2010. One of [...]

The day to day work schedule can be very difficult. Especially when you have a family to take care of. I remember growing up seeing single parents working 9-5 schedules, than coming home to do another 9 to 5 taking care of their kids. One can’t imagine the day to day stress a person goes [...]

Top Five 1. Drake – Best I’ve ever had 2. Keri Hilson – Knock You Down 3. Young Money – Every Girl 4. Jeremih – Birthday Sex 5. Jamie Foxx Feat. T-Pain – Blame It These are the top five “Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay” songs on the radio this week according to Billboard. These are club [...]

I came through an interesting blog entry by online radio personality and community activist MC Spice. MC Spice is the executive director of the Boston-based nonprofit Man-Up Movement and an alleged former gang member. Man-Up provides, among other things, mental health counseling for individuals affected by trauma and believes it should be applied to neighborhoods [...]

Infinite (adjective): Having no boundaries or limits. -The American Heritage Dictionary How does it feel to know that you can do anything you put your mind to? Like if you didn’t hit the mega-bucks playing the lottery, you know you’ll still be wealthy some day. Or if your stocks sunk after investing thousands of dollars, [...]

Remember when rap was “our story” it reflected on the hard times and struggles of us in our communities. I remember when I first heard that members of The Fugees were Haitian. It was at that point I felt a personal connection with Hip Hop. Like wow these guys are talking about the same things [...]

Queen Ifrica has a great chorus to her song “keep it to yourself” which goes “Yu feel like a bad man (Keep it to yu self) Doan bring it to Jamaican (Keep it to yu self)…. Wi can’t tek no more slackness.” I felt like this chorus was important to open with, it reflects on [...]

“What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.” -Bruce Lee When we look at some of our favorite athletes or our favorite competitors in a specific arena, we say “wow they’re amazing. No one (or group) can stop them”. Though that may not be true, you can not doubt [...]