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@jperiodBK
Musical Storyteller | Award-Winning Producer | Tour DJ for Black Thought (The Roots) | Billboard #1 for The Hamilton Mixtape | The Live Mixtape | IG: @jperiodBK
Apr 23, 2021 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Shock G is a legend. He is a towering icon of Hip Hop culture, and quietly, one of the most groundbreaking artists of all time. If you didn’t know this—if you only knew Humpty, or that he discovered Pac—it’s ok, most people didn’t know.

But let me tell you a story... #ShockG I once went to Rakim’s house, and on his studio wall, he had an amazing poster-sized cartoon of himself on top of a giant cement block, crushing all the other MC’s beneath it. At the top, it said “The Master Poet.”

When I looked closer, I couldn’t believe my eyes. #ShockG
Jan 25, 2018 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Gather round children. Let me tell you a story...

A Thread.

When I was 19 I wrote a letter to The Fugees, debating Wyclef on the meaning of one of his lyrics (yes, I know: #HipHopNerdAlert).

I was just a kid, no connections, and sent it to the address on the back of the album. Miracle #1: the letter (addressed to "The Fugees c/o Columbia Records" and send to the main Columbia address!) somehow reached him.

Miracle #2: Wyclef actually responded. He CALLED ME to discuss.

Proof? Last week I unearthed this voicemail from an old cassette!