Locally lived hip-hop culture that is giving many of America's youth the tool they need to survive and thrive in America, in the face of public policy that have written too many young people off.

And just as you can find hip-hop lyrics beating up on all these groups, including young Black men themselves, the primary producers of the music, you can also find lyrics celebrating them.

Hip-hop is a complex music and culture that has been reduced to a one-dimensional critique. Hip-hop's messages aren't all bad. Neither are they all good.

I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either.

I agree that a lot of mainstream corporate sold hip-hop is self-hating.

I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve,

As long as you know most men are like children, you know everything.

Then why don't I tell on him?If they don't, why don't I?Because.Because I am safe this way, silent unnoticed.

A novel is not moral in the usual sense of the word. It can be called moral when it shakes us out of our stupor and makes us confront the absolutes we believe in.

Were you ever actually going to leave New York, or were you just saying that to get her to finally make a move?” “Clary,” said Luke, “I am shocked that you would suggest such a thing.

Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun.

Fiction, on the whole, and if it is any good, tends to be a subversive element in society.

I agree that a well groomed appearance or a slovenly appearance says a lot about one's character.

Problem is, once I sit at my desk and put all these down on paper. I realize something vital is missing. It doesn't crystallize - no crystals, just pebbles. And I'm not transported anywhere.

I want to make smart television.