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Abstract
An original song by Jasiri X.
"I never really wanted the role of Hip-Hop artist that speaks when something tragic happens in our community, but I guess it is what it is. I got so many calls, tweets, and texts from folks asking me to say something so here it is. It's raw and angry because that's how I feel about more Black death unjustly at the hands of the police. For Michael Brown, Eric Garner, John Crawford, and Ezell Ford, I hope your lives are not in vain, and God brings your families peace. For my community, this won't stop until we stop it, and the first step is unity. I called this song 212 degrees because that's the boiling point. The lid is about to blow off this whole masquerade."
"I never really wanted the role of Hip-Hop artist that speaks when something tragic happens in our community, but I guess it is what it is. I got so many calls, tweets, and texts from folks asking me to say something so here it is. It's raw and angry because that's how I feel about more Black death unjustly at the hands of the police. For Michael Brown, Eric Garner, John Crawford, and Ezell Ford, I hope your lives are not in vain, and God brings your families peace. For my community, this won't stop until we stop it, and the first step is unity. I called this song 212 degrees because that's the boiling point. The lid is about to blow off this whole masquerade."
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#BlackLivesMatter
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WMVProudFlesh: New Afrikan Journal of Culture, Politics and Consciousness. ISSN: 1543-0855 (online).
Editor: Dr. Darlene V. Russell.
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