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DMX to be honored with a memorial at his hometown Yonkers

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Legendary Rapper DMX, who passed away last Friday will be honored with a memorial service.

The memorial service will be held at Yonker’s raceway and there are talks about a street name or statue after him. DMX’s family is planning to have both a private and public ceremony. As the city has welcomed the late rapper’s family to hold the memorial service in the hometown if they wanted.

TMZ reported that a source close to DMX’s family has revealed that a meeting will take place today (Monday) to finalize possible plans. Mayor Mike Spano expressed that he was in favor of DMX’s family holding a memorial service at Yonkers Raceway. It is the city’s largest outdoor venue and feels as though it’s the right way to send off the rap star. Spano said Yonkers wanted to help out the rapper’s family and anything they need, including using the horse racing facility if they wanted to do so. Yonkers wants to make sure DMX’s memory will live on forever in the city so that the next generation can know who he is and get inspiration.

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Nas’s Open Letter To Destiny

Grammy Award-Winning Emcee and forward thinker, Nas continues to prove that ‘Life Is Good’.

In partnership with Hennessy and their Never Stop Never Settle Society; Nas penned a powerful open letter to his daughter, Destiny Jones. The letter delivers a potent history lesson on the amazing ascent, and devastating destruction of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The ad debuted during the 52nd annual NAACP Image Awards and showed Nas sitting at a dining room table alone, with a glass of Cognac. Surrounded by Black art and literature, Nas explains that he wants Destiny to experience Black excellence. He refers to the excellence that once was Black Wall Street’s 40 acres and 35 blocks of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “The vision of Black Wall Street was intentional. And so was its downfall.”

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While Nas narrates, the audience is shown the many shades of Black excellence that graced the greenwood District’s streets. He points out that the town was run by Black Doctors, Lawyers, and business owners. Nas is a wordsmith and always has a message; the essence of this letter is, “Be your own Black Wall Street.”

The ad and campaign highlight current Black entrepreneurs while encouraging the emergence of upcoming entrepreneurs. The campaign is carefully thought out and executed as it states Black History is more than a month; it’s a movement. Kudos to Hennessy for getting it right and not pandering to our valuable community of growing entrepreneurs. Congratulations to Nas, Destiny, and all the Black innovators involved in the campaign. To apply for funding via the NSNS Society Acceleration Fund, visit; https://hennessy.wyng.com/603940b1ec0f6302a7c93a46

 

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#CherryJuice Hip-Hop Innovator, Phife Dawg dies at 45

Malik Tayor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg, hip-hop innovator with A Tribe Called Quest, died at age 45 Tuesday morning due to complications resulting from diabetes.

He suffered health problems in recent years according to sources who said he underwent a kidney transplant in 2008. Phife Dawg formed A Tribe Called Quest in the late 1980s in New York with his childhood friend Q-Tip. Taylor appeared on all five of the group’s studio albums, most notably 1991’s The Low End Theory and 1993’s Midnight Marauders, acting as the high-pitched, gruff vocal counterpoint to Q-Tip’s smooth, mellow flow. Though the group separated, Taylor always reunited with the group for live shows, in part, to help defray medical costs. “Even though I knew I had [diabetes], I was in denial,” Taylor said in a documentary. “I had to have my sugar. You have to accept it. If you don’t accept it, it’s going to kick your ass.”

Tributes to Phife Dawg rippled across social media early Wednesday, including a lengthy Instagram post by Questlove of the Roots. Many fans are reminiscing over this unfortunate loss. “Malik was our loving husband, father, brother and friend,” his family said in a statement. “We love him dearly. How he impacted all our lives will never be forgotten. His love for music and sports was only surpassed by his love of God and family.”
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