Nykerrius Williams knows about the close relationship between hip-hop and opioid use. Williams, 27, an independent rapper from Gibsland, Louisiana, who goes by the name Young Nyke, took oxycodone pills for the first time when he was 16 and has continued patterns of misuse of those pills, as well as Lortabs, Xanax and codeine cough syrups, until recently. To him, it's part of the business.
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Like Pearl Harbor. Wounded Knee. Attica.
Tulsa, the city, has existed since 1898. But Tulsa, the touchstone in U.S. history, has only begun to exist in the last few years as knowledge of what is likely America s worst single racial atrocity has begun to really sink in.
The Tulsa Race Massacre, which marks its 100th anniversary Monday, owes its new notoriety not to historians who have struggled to get the word out or school textbooks, which over 100 years have done their best to suppress it, but to pop culture. I think there s always the case for popular culture forcing large historical conversations, said Jason R. Ambroise, history professor at William Paterson University.
Tulsa Race Massacre still divides America northjersey.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from northjersey.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.