Wassup everybody, I’m checking in once more. First off I would like to say thanks to everyone who has been hitting me with messages on Myspace, they are appreciated.. I have tons of emails to still read, and I answer them randomly, so please be patient if I havent responded to a friend request or email, and of course I cant answer every question. I almost never join groups, and I usually dont check peoples pages for music they want me to hear. I hope this doesn’t offend, but I have a box of demos at the crib I havent gotten to the bottom of, and you can’t imagine how many request I get to check out music. Be ambitious tho, don’t depend on my opinion to know what’s hot..I don’t always know what I’m talking about. With that said, I do check some of it out, and good or bad, if I check it I’ll respond. Also, thanks to everybody checking out the radio show, Blacksmith Power Hour with myself, Dave Dar and DJ Eque every wednesday on raw xm66 at 6pm est. I’m getting a good response. I wanna send some love to the kids at the Global Kids event I spoke at yesterday, they were sharp, bright and focused. Global Kids is a New York City based nonprofit that creates educational experiences that global awareness and career readiness in today’s information based world. Children in the inner city lack resources and info, and this program tries to get these things into the public schools..For more info go to http://www.globalkids.org.

Speaking of New York City, it has come to my attention that the Radisson hotel in Queens, as of Febuary 26, has not only evicted Katrina survivors, but is suing each family for 3000 dollars plus interest! At the time of the storm, almost 30% of New Orleans residents lived below the poverty line, and most of the black people lost their jobs and are living worse off than ever. Don’t get it twisted tho. Even though the majority were overwhelmingly poor and black, this is a human rights issue. These people have no where to go.. The corporation that owns Radisson must feel like theyve done their part as a business, and it’s the government’s responsibilty, but we know what happens when you leave it up to the administration. To evict and sue these people is evil. I’ve been all over the world, and everywhere I go on the planet there is a motherfuckin Radisson. They are not struggling. In Scandinavia the Radisson is a four star hotel! I’m sure NY is not the only city where this is happening, so I encourage you all to share stories here and get down with folks who are doing something about it. One such organization is the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. For more info go to http://www.mxgm.org.

Also, if you are in nyc at the beginning of april, I’m performing twice.. check the shows on my myspace page.. shout out to my friends I’ve connected with..D Nice, I need more pictures, Makeba Mooncycle, send me some music. Rubix wassup, Gaby wassup, JRawls holla.

One Love,
Talib Kweli BKMC Blacksmith Music