Just a country boy. I create from my soul. South Carolina born and raised. Art: https://t.co/wcjHJOrOB6
May 30, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The whole country needs to stop right now and listen to Killer Mike. He’s verbalizing what a lot of us don’t know how to express
Watching Killer Mike tell black people to go home reminds me of the night James Brown successfully used his influence in the black community to literally save the city of Boston April 5, 1968, the night after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated
Nov 3, 2019 • 48 tweets • 17 min read
EVERYBODY from South Carolina: A Thread.
Let’s start with The Godfather of Soul, James Brown.
On May 3, 1933, James Brown was born poor in a shack near Barnwell, South Carolina and went on to become one of the most influential entertainers of all time
Let’s rewind. I started this thread because as a kid, I remember watching TV and listening to the radio and rarely seeing or hearing the state represented. Many young people have fled to major cities in search of resources or experiences that don’t exist here.
