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Written by Justin Mitchell
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Over the Christmas Holiday, I made my usual pilgrimage to Detroit, the city in which my parents were both born and raised, to visit my extended family. Although during most of my formative years I lived in the Texas, I always felt that Detroit was my spiritual and emotional home. I spent most of my summers and winters there living with my grandparents in a neighborhood that, during my parents childhood, was home to Gladys Knight, Marvin Gaye, Barry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, various members of the Temptations, and a host of other Motown legends. For me, Detroit, with its longstanding |
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When I initially read the New York Times article detailing the trip that Russell Simmons and Dr. Benjamin Chavis took to South Africa that was sponsored by the Diamond Industry, I was taken aback. I am being polite. I am a fan of both Simmons and Chavis 
from Krush Groove the movie to Dr. Chavis appearing on Jim Jones
s album On 
Hip Hop has traveled far since Afrika Bambaataa and Dana Dane, but it has also struggled to remain a movement. The genre of Hip Hop used to mean so much more than swagger, bling, or cars. Just having heard some Big Daddy Kane or MC Lyte, you could guarantee that 
today was a good day.