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I Am – Somebody
"I Am – Somebody" is a poem often recited by Reverend Jesse Jackson, and was used as part of PUSH-Excel, a program designed to motivate black students. A similar poem was written in the early 1940s by Reverend William Holmes Borders, Sr., senior pastor at the Greater Wheat Street Baptist Church and civil rights activist in Atlanta, Georgia. History A recording of Jackson delivering the poem appears on the album ''I Am Somebody'' published on Respect Records TAS-2601 in 1971. Jackson recited the free verse poem on ''Sesame Street'' in 1972 (taped in February, aired in May). It was geared to fulfilling ''Sesame Street''’s initial curriculum for serving under-privileged city children, as well as promoting cultural understanding. On Sesame Street, lines of "I am/Somebody" or "But I am/Somebody" were recited in a call and response fashion by Jackson and the children. During the segment, children of multiple races were gathered on the Sesame Street set and led by Jackson in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson (Birth name#Maiden and married names, né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American Civil rights movements, civil rights activist, Politics of the United States, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson has maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades. He served from 1991 to 1997 as a Shadow congressperson, shadow delegate and senator for the Washington, D.C., District of Columbia. Jackson is the father of former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. and current U.S. Representative Jonathan Jackson (Illinois politician), Jonathan Jackson. Jackson began his activism in the 1960s and founded the organizations that merged to form the Rainbow/PUSH organization. Extending his activism into international matters beginning in the 1980s, he be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody popular culture and politics, are performed by a Saturday Night Live cast members, large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that is usually based on current events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!, Live from New York, it's ''Saturday Night''!", properly beginning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris (rapper)
Oscar Jackson Jr. (born October 29, 1967), better known by his stage name Paris, is an American rapper and record producer from San Francisco, California, known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics. Influenced by the Black Panthers, he was once a member of the Nation of Islam. Biography 1990s Paris became known in the US in 1990 with the hit single "The Devil Made Me Do It" and album of the same name, after earning a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California, Davis. Originally released on Tommy Boy Records, his first video was banned by MTV. When his second album, '' Sleeping with the Enemy'', was ready for release in 1992, Paris was dropped from now-defunct Tommy Boy Records (since rechristened Tommy Boy Entertainment in 2002) and distributor Warner Bros. Records, owned by Time Warner, when the parent company discovered its incendiary content, which included fantasy revenge killings of then- President Bush and racist police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kam (rapper)
Craig A. Miller (born October 24, 1969), better known by his stage name Kam, is an American rapper known primarily among Hip hop music, hip hop fans and music critics during the 1990s and early 2000s. Career He is known for his Nation of Islam–influenced lyrics and NOI membership, and affiliation with his cousin, fellow West Coast emcee Ice Cube. He is also known for his powerfully commanding baritone voice and knack for using multisyllabic rhymes. He has only released two albums since his well-received 1993 debut album ''Neva Again''. That album featured inflammatory anti-government lyrics and hit single "Peace Treaty," a song about the Watts truce, 1992 Watts gang treaty. The song reached #2 on the Hot Rap Singles chart in 1993. His first appearance on record was with the song "Every Single Weekend" from the 1991 ''Boyz n the Hood'' soundtrack. Since then, he has collaborated with artists including Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Coolio, E-40, Erick Sermon, MC Ren, C-Bo, DJ Quik, DJ P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Prez
Dead Prez (stylized in lowercase) is an American hip hop duo composed of M-1 and stic.man, formed in 1996 in New York City. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with lyrics focused on both militant social justice, self-determination, and Pan-Africanism. The duo maintains an ethical stance against corporate control over the media, especially hip hop record labels. Career Background (1993–2000) In 1993, M-1 headed to Tallahassee, Florida, to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) where he and stic.man met and formed a relationship due to their mutual love of music and similar leftist political ideology. While there, their views solidified, M-1 becoming particularly interested in the Black Panther Party. M-1 joined the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement in Chicago for three years, while stic.man remained in Florida. Burned out by the arduous labor of Uhuru, M-1 and stic.man chose to focus on music. Brand Nubian's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power In Numbers
''Power in Numbers'' is the third studio album by American hip hop group Jurassic 5, released on October 8, 2002, by Interscope Records. It picks up where their previous album, ''Quality Control'' "left off", with a short double bass sample playing the same riff that the last song on ''Quality Control'', "Swing Set", ended with. Musical style The album features a number of differing song styles. One track, "React", composed by Jurassic 5 DJ Cut Chemist, is sample-based and contains no raps. "A Day at the Races" is based around a sample of David Axelrod's "Urizen" from the album Song of Innocence. "Acetate Prophets" has the same structure, but is much longer and also features production from Jurassic 5's other DJ, DJ Nu-Mark. Many tracks start or end with a sample of speech, usually inserted by Cut Chemist. The track "DDT" is an a cappella track rapped by renowned underground emcee Kool Keith, featuring no raps by Jurassic 5 themselves. Release The album later had a limited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurassic 5
Jurassic 5 (stylized JuraSsic 5) is an American alternative hip hop group formed by rappers Charles Stewart (Chali 2na), Dante Givens (Akil), Courtenay Henderson (Soup (Jurassic 5), Soup, Zaakir), and Marc Stuart (Marc 7); and disc jockeys Mark Potsic (DJ Nu-Mark) and Lucas Macfadden (Cut Chemist). The six-piece crew came out of the Los Angeles venue Good Life. The group broke up in 2007,2na learning to swim alone by Mike Devlin, ''The Times-Colonist'', September 23, 2010 shortly after releasing the LP ''Feedback (Jurassic 5 album), Feedback'', citing "musical differences," but returned to the stage in 2013 and released a new track in 2014. The members have continued to release music individually. History Jurassic 5 debu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American musical group formed in Los Angeles in 1995, composed of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo (rapper), Taboo. Fergie (singer), Fergie was a member during the height of their popularity in the 2000s, and left the group in 2018. They have sold an estimated 80 million records, making them one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musical acts of all time, and were ranked 12th on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''s 2000s Decade-End Artist of the Decade Chart and 7th on the Hot 100 Artists of the Decade. Originally forming as an Alternative hip-hop, alternative hip hop trio, they signed with Interscope Records to release two albums—''Behind the Front'' (1998) and ''Bridging the Gap (Black Eyed Peas album), Bridging the Gap'' (2000)—before rebranding to a more marketable pop-rap act; their third album, ''Elephunk'' (2003), yielded the group's mainstream breakthrough. Its lead single, "Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will
Will may refer to: Common meanings * Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death * Will (philosophy), or willpower * Will (sociology) * Will, volition (psychology) * Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will People and fictional characters * Will (comics) (1927–2000), a comic strip artist * Will (given name), a list of people and fictional characters named Will or Wil * Will (surname) * Will (Brazilian footballer) (born 1973) * Will (singer), Italian singer-songwriter Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Will: G. Gordon Liddy'', a 1982 TV film * Will (1981 film), ''Will'' (1981 film), an American drama * Will (2011 film), ''Will'' (2011 film), a British sports drama * ''Will'', a Japanese documentary film featuring Masahiro Higashide * ''Bandslam'', a 2008 film with the working title ''Will'' Literature * Will (novel), ''Will'' (novel), by Christopher Rush * Will (Will Self memoir), ''Will'' (Will Self memoir), 2019 * Will (Will Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All That I Am (Santana Album)
''All That I Am'' is the twentieth studio album by Santana and follow-up to the band's 2002 ''Shaman''. It was released on October 31, 2005, in most of the world, and a day later on November 1, in the United States. ''All That I Am'' follows the format of his previous two studio releases, consisting primarily of collaborations with other artists. The album debuted at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Singles The first single released from ''All That I Am'' was " I'm Feeling You" which featured Michelle Branch and the Wreckers, was released in October 2005 after it received radio airplay in the previous month, but only peaked at number 55 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The second single was " Just Feel Better" which featured Steven Tyler; it was released in November 2005 and would peak at number 7 in Australia and number 77 in the UK. The final single was "Cry Baby Cry" which featured Sean Paul and Joss Stone would only peak at number 71 in the UK. Track listing # "Hermes" â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Santana
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the Rock music, rock band Santana (band), Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin jazz, Latin American jazz. Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in Rock music, rock, such as timbales and congas. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2015, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine listed Santana at No. 20 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' named him the 11th greatest guitarist of all time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, and was inducted along with his namesake band into the Rock and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undercover Brother
''Undercover Brother'' is a 2002 American satirical spy action comedy blaxploitation film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Eddie Griffin. The screenplay by John Ridley and Michael McCullers is based on the Internet animated series created by Ridley. It spoofs blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as a number of other films, most notably the James Bond franchise. The film also stars former ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member Chris Kattan and comedian Dave Chappelle as well as Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris, Denise Richards, and Billy Dee Williams, and features a cameo by James Brown. Plot The film begins with a backstory of how African-American culture's popularity with the American public began to decline in the 1980s, when style and originality began to lose appeal in the public eye due to the persistent efforts of " The Man", a powerful Caucasian man in control of a secret organization that seeks to undermine the African-American community as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
