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No, this is not a remix. This is a dedication. This one goes out to all you shook-ass, fake-ass, forgot-where-you-came-from-ass rappers, DJs, and "industry" wanksters: So as most of you know, a little while back, we all (we meaning the entire community here) put out a little Jena 6 podcast. What most of you don't know, however, is that while we were speaking out about this issue, a lot of scared rappers were hiding their heads in the sand. Scared to death, scared to look.

So yeah, like I mentioned on the last show, I was interviewed on the CBC's Radio One, on a show called Search Engine. The link to the interview is up on the CBC front page (for now), and you can see the blog post for this week's show here, and direct download the show mp3 from their site here. They did a little mash-up of the Jena 6 podcast, which means that some of you are also on there. If nothing else, you can laugh at how I sound on the radio. Also note ...

Think about this: We've got six high-school age Black kids either in jail, or on the verge of going in. And I know that not all Black kids listen to a whole lot of rap music - but for the sake of argument, check this: A lot of the same artists that these kids spend their lunch money on, that these kids (for better or worse) idolize, that these kids think speak for them; are now, in their hour of need, nowhere to be found. I'm not necessarily talking about Kanye footing the bill for the defense fund, but about somebody saying ...

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For those of you who have heard, today is the day of the nationwide protest in Jena, Louisiana for the freedom of Mychal Bell and ...