By native on June 19, 2008
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the [...]
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By native on June 16, 2008
June 15, 2008 — Anheuser-Busch gave him six figures, Colgate-Palmolive shelled out $50,000 and Macy’s and Pfizer have contributed thousands to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s charity.
Almost 50 companies – including PepsiCo, General Motors, Wal-Mart, FedEx, Continental Airlines, Johnson & Johnson and Chase – and some labor unions sponsored Sharpton’s National Action Network annual [...]
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By native on June 14, 2008
Brooklyn stick-up kid Darryl “Hommo” Baum has been revealed as the man who shot 50 Cent nine times back in 2000.
50 Talks about Hommo on the Get Rich or Die Trying Album on the song “Many Men”. Turns out the dude was Mike Tyson’s bodyguard and close friend who was living with Tyson at [...]
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By native on June 13, 2008
These are the days we are living in. It’s a sick world and what this clip doesn’t show you is that this man brutally mugged this woman and ran from the scene of the crime. Then came back while the cops were investigating and stole her car. I pray for this young man because he [...]
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By native on June 7, 2008
Over here at Notes of This Native Son we always like to shout out up and coming artists. Today I want to send a special shout out to the sultry sounds of L. Michele. We have to start supporting real musicians so that we can stop being plagued with trash music. Her work speaks for [...]
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By native on May 31, 2008
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By native on April 28, 2008
Photo courtesy of New York Times
Wear all black on Monday for the injustice verdict in the Sean Bell case Please pass this on to anyone who can receive a text.
I received this text message numerous times throughout the course of the weekend and again I ask “Is wearing all black the new activism”. Has wearing [...]
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