Today’s Insight: Hip hop is a quest to me. Hip hop has always been a source of betterment for me, if that makes any sense? I’ve had a lot of hard times in this life, as does everyone else venturing through this space trying to make sense of it. To some hip hop is an [...]

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Today’s Hip Hop Insight: “Personally, I don’t like it [mainstream hip hop] and I can’t listen to it all. I can’t stand it but I do have to give respect to the artists that are mainstream because they actually made their dreams come true—I respect that. I can’t stand it but I can’t knock these [...]

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Today’s Insight: Mexico is a very beautiful country full of traditions, gastronomy and enormous cultural diversity… without a doubt is a beautiful place to visit and learn. When I was a teenager hip hop began to come alive in Mexico, my first impression was positive… The things that really matter to me are family, friends, [...]

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Hip Hop Insight: The volatility of the world has nothing to do with my personal positivity. I read somewhere once that inner peace means being like the still waters at deep sea. No matter how chaotic and tumultuous the raging waves above may become, the water deep beneath remains calm and still, completely undisturbed. This [...]

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Today’s thought: To me hip hop is the sound of the people. Everything on earth can be owned by others, property and so on can be owned by the system, the government or the machine NOT art though. Art is and should always be owned by the people and should always speak about and for [...]

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A thought for your day: The outer world is made up of thoughts that people project out to become their reality. I stay up on current affairs but honestly, the most important thing happening in the world right now is what is going on in our own hearts and minds. Because, what happens out there [...]

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Art by Omnimaru 1986 Dear Universe, Just wanted to let you know how thankful I am that I get to converse and collaborate with inspiring, creative, innovative individuals every single day. I pinch myself over and over to make sure I’m not dreaming. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to ask: Who? What? Where? When? [...]

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MC Zumbi, Zion I by Arian Stevens/Greenwood Images “Spirituality to me is the everyday practice of realising, reaffirming and getting in touch with why we’re on the planet, why we exist and what we’re supposed to do. Prayer, meditation, reflection, being involved with your community and spending time with your family and loved ones—it’s all [...]

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