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The Hold Up

Written by Asere & Damien Makvell Grimm





If you've been watching the news and the hysteria that they are putting out there, I hope this piece puts out some clarity for you.



This financial mess that we are witnessing is not an accident. This financial bailout is really a financial 'hold up' and what we are witnessing and going through is 'structural adjustment' for 1st world nations. It is the best gangsta shit you will ever see and towards the end… Continue

Fourteen years ago in a small town, Forest, MS, two young Black women, who are sisters, were given a double life sentence. This sentence was for a crime, in which they did not commit. The alleged crime was Armed Robbery of two Black men. No one was killed or harmed during this alleged robbery.







Three young Black men confessed to the robbery. They also implicated that Gladys and me, Jamie Scott, were involved and participated in this crime. On December 24, 1993, Scott… Continue

CODE OF THUG LIFE

“I didn’t create T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E., I diagnosed it.” – Tupac Shakur.





In 1992 at the ‘Truc Picnic’ in Cali, Tupac was instrumental in getting rival members of the Crips and Bloods to sign the Code Of THUG LIFE.



He and Mutulu Shakur had helped write up the ‘code’ , with help from other ‘og’s’.



The Code of THUG LIFE is listed here.It details… Continue