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The Birth of Hip Hop Music
On August 11, 1973, Clive Campbell aka Kool DJ Herc told me that his sister, Cindy aka Queen Pep, asked him to deejay a party for their apartment building on Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx. This jam came to be…
Tagged with: #kurtnicehhl, 1973, cindy campbell, clive campbell, hip hop, kool herc, kurtnice, queen pep, society
Posted in Deejays, Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, Kool Herc, kurt nice, Recent Posts
Posted in Deejays, Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, Kool Herc, kurt nice, Recent Posts
Thanks President Obama!
No longer will we have a classy, intelligent, articulate mature adult in the White House because President Barack Obama’s second term is over. History will smile on his legacy unlike many who don’t see it now. Here are the numbers.…
Tagged with: #kurtnicehhl, culture, kurtnice, obama, politics, society
Posted in Obama, politics, Recent Posts
Posted in Obama, politics, Recent Posts
Politics and Hip Hop
From the book – Hip Hop… Know What I’m Sayin by Kurt Nice (Amazon.com) This piece was published in the above book, in 2012, but notice how relevant it is today. What has the present day political culture taught us…
Tagged with: art, culture, hip hop, Jay-Z, kurtnice, obama, politics, rap, society, video
Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
The Media Meltdown of 2016
In no uncertain terms, we will long suffer the consequences of 2016. The decisions made on a global and national scale will surely affect us in the months and years to come. What we’ve realized this year is that the…
Bernie was never as popular as Hillary
Once again, we have proof that the ALT-Left’s claim that Hillary Clinton was the WORST choice for POTUS was full of holes. The so-called progressive left said that Hillary didn’t resonate as much with the American people as their hero…
Tagged with: #kurtnicehhl, culture, kurtnice, media, politics, society
Posted in kurt nice, Recent Posts
Posted in kurt nice, Recent Posts
Shout Out to Hip Hop Nerds
(originally published Feb 2, 2016) To be clear, rappers didn’t create Hip Hop. They used to speak for it though. Deejays didn’t create Hip Hop either; neither did B-Boys/Girls or Graf artists. Hip Hop was galvanized by all those groups…
Make Hip Hop Great Again
Let me remind you that Hip Hop created a multi-billion-dollar industry of products, services and techniques out of blood, sweat, tears, garbage and concrete.
Integration is the problem
I was reading a text book on global marketing the other day and I realized that integration is the problem in society. Not the black and white integration that comes to mind so quickly in a race conscious society like…
Tagged with: 9 elements, advice, culture, kurtnice, politics, society, travel
Posted in hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
Posted in hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
Another way to see how media manipulates you
The World is a harsh place it seems and there are plenty of statistics to prove it. Death seems to follow us around any given corner. Whether through natural means, accidents or intentionally, it can strike at any moment. Even…
Tagged with: culture, media, politics, society, statistics
Posted in After Pac, After Tupac, conspiracy, hiphoplives.net, illuminati, Recent Posts, secret wars, wisdom
Posted in After Pac, After Tupac, conspiracy, hiphoplives.net, illuminati, Recent Posts, secret wars, wisdom
Why the Mainstream Prefers Suckers, Clowns and Cynics
One thing that became clear to me when formally studying marketing was that marketing controls people’s lives a lot more than they might think. People think the illuminati or the government controls them, but it is only through marketing, media…
Tagged with: culture, hip hop, society
Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
How Hip Hop Business Creates Shared Value pt 2
New Model vs. Old Model Old Model The traditional model of calculating the value of entrepreneurship is by its economic impact. In a research paper titled, What is the Value of Entrepreneurship; A Review of Recent Research, by C. Mirjam…
Rappers Love to Talk About Money Not Business
Yes, I mean most rappers, not all, whether they are Hip Hop or Pop, love to talk about what money buys. And yes, they do like to talk about business, but only in relation to the dead-end trap of drug…
Cross Cultural Consumer Characterization and You
In society, people belong to groups of all sorts and affiliate themselves with others in numerous ways; American, Male, Black, Adult, Progressive, Democrat, Hiphoppa, Teacher, Writer, Whovian etc. We even let the stereotypical characterizations of these groups become part of…
Progressives Hate NSA But Love Russian Hacks?
I parted ways with the hardcore progressive left when they started hugging Edward Snowden’s nuts a few years back. I still watch, but I started not to trust their instincts at that time in a big way. It continued when…
Watch This Space
Society, culture and the media that it operates through, can be studied and predicted. That type of stuff is what I’ve been interested in my whole life. The workings of the media and its impact on society has always seemed…
Donald Trump and P*ssygate 2016
The pundits in the mainstream media (MSM) are finally realizing the monster they propped up as equal to the most qualified candidate for POTUS (Hillary Clinton), is actually just a SELF-ADMITTED SEXUAL PREDATOR! Yes, Donald J Trump admitted to using…
How many Hip Hop References are in Luke Cage?
That is the question. There are so many that we’ll be dissecting this answer for weeks. This series can be a sociological study on so many levels and if you know me, I will end up exploring them. We can…
Tagged with: culture, hip hop, kurtnice, luke cage, media, society, video
Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Luke Cage, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Luke Cage, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
Media Proves They’re Stuck on Stupid pt 1: Politics
In a recent blog I discussed the media’s role in keeping the spotlight on unqualified dummies to get clicks. My opinion is that those who claim to cover hip-hop and mainstream political media, have allowed frauds to occupy positions of…
