As an unmarried person with no children, I bear the brunt of the school tax burden. And I am okay with it. Rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard once famously announced, “Wu-Tang is for the children.” And so am I. However, as a college professor, I also know firsthand that many students arrive in my classroom unprepared for the rigors of a college curriculum. It doesn’t matter if they come from wealthy school districts with fantastic buildings or not. Knowing this doesn’t mean that students should be learning in subpar buildings. And it certainly doesn’t mean that teachers, sacrificing so much for their students, shouldn’t have adequate physical resources. The issues fall on a spectrum of challenges.
The Notorious B.I.G. passed away on March 9, 1997 weeks before his sophomore album
Life After Death was set to be released. It was an event that stopped the ever-growing East vs West beef which was sparked by two friends, 2Pac and Biggie, and spun out of control.
In the height of their careers, two mid-20-year-old Black men gunned down due to senseless violence in the midst of a growing regional rap war. While we knew things would change, who knew that hip hop would change like this?
The year was 1997. Hip hop was going through sort of a transition at the time. With the death of 2Pac, and Dr. Dre deciding to leave the label he co-owned, Death Row Records the west coast was losing the dominance it which was partially sparked by the popularity of Dr. Dre’s debut album
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D’Angelo‘s Verzuz at the Apollo.
“Play one of the records who’s coming up next,” said Swizz before Timbaland played a snippet of Ghostface’s “Cobra Clutch.”
“Ok let me play who Ghostface Killah is verzuzing,” Swizz continued before playing Raekwon’s 1995 classics, “Incarcerated Scarfaces” and “Verbal Intercourse.”
“Raekwon vs. Ghostface,” confirmed Swizz. “What we talking about New York City, Staten Island stand up. Wu vs Wu.”
A date for the
Verzuz battle has yet to be determined but Swizz said fans won’t have to wait weeks or months for this legendary match up between the two