Who Is Black?
Lee este artículo en español. Yesterday, an interesting thing happened to me. I was told I am not Black. The kicker for me was when my friend stated that the island of Puerto Rico was not a part of the African Diaspora. I wanted to go back to the old skool playground days and yell:
Russell Simmons You Are Not Hip Hop
An open letter in response to Peter Noel’s article, “The Minster vs. the Mogul” which appeared in the Village Voice on April 25th, 2001: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0117/noel.shtml Dear Russell: Here is a new flash, as quiet as its been kept YOU ARE NOT HIP-HOP! You didn’t know? Many of us have this conversation about you and others in the industry like
