J.Cole and the K.O.D. Album makes a statement for the year

In the wake of Hip-Hop's trend of people using drugs and people falling under the influence of many different vices to numb the pain that they are experiencing on a day to day basis. J. Cole's album K.O.D is very relevant for the times and the culture we are in today.

K.O.D is an acronym that stands for King Overdose and Kids on Drugs. In today's society that can be taken literally and metaphorically. Today a lot of young people using prescription and non prescription, legal and illegal drugs as a trend and many are losing their lives. Some young people are overdosing on Television, Video Games , and other forms of entertainment not focusing on the lives ahead of them. Many people are addicted to sex and other entertainment vices to numb the pain of whatever they may be going through and not dealing with their issues and healing themselves.

Recently in Hip-Hop we lost Mac Miller to over dosing and he is 1 of many talents lost to opioids in the public eye. DJ Screw, Pimp C and Amy Whinehouse are great talents that were taken from us, and many more that I can not name that may or may not have been in the industry have died to over consumption of vices that have taken them away from the world TOO SOON.

Some people like J. Cole and some do not. But whether you like him or not this album has cultural relevance and the great Nina Simone once said an artist's responsibility is to reflect the times in which they live in. Salute to J. Cole and this album. Arguably album of the year in some Hip-Hop circles. Please if anyone is reading this that has an issue or knows someone that does please seek help and heal from whatever pain you feel and are going through. Death never solves the issue. Please live long, strong and prosper in your entire life.

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Statement Award given to The Cast of Marvel's Black Panther

As a comic book fan, I was happy to see another "Black" super hero movie get made. Let's not forget Wesley Snipe's Blade is the beginning of all these Marvel Comic movies for all us real fans. But when Marvel Studios was established and Ryan Coogler was given the task to create Black Panther, historic presidents were set in motion not only for The Hip-Hop community but society in general. This movie set records for domestic and international total gross income and showed the world that people of color will represent for a product that represents them on the big screen.

Personally to hear children get so happy to see a hero that looked like them did so much for the emotional and psychological development of the young children in the inner city that new forms or pride were shown when children went to school with Black Panther bookbags and sneakers on.

We may have the discussions on the effect this movie will have down the line in the future and one of those questions may be how will this effect the rest of the comic book community with people of color producing more comics outside of Marvel and DC comics? There is so much this movie has done for opening the world of possibilities to casual readers, comic book fans and the people looking for a message of hope.

Michael B Jordan's Killmonger character and Chadwick Boseman's King T'Challa were dichotomies of thought that touched each other in so many contexts of what family, patriotism, and nationalism truly is. The female characters in this movie were excellent as they were not sexualized and were strong feminine warriors and not docile slaves to their country or culture. I saw a video were a young man saw this movie and said "So this is how you feel? Speaking to the mainstream Caucasian community in regards to walking out of movies seeing Batman, and Spiderman, never getting to fully relate to the pride of self in seeing a reflection of something close to himself on the big screen.

Before a sequel in made and we lose this opportunity, this award is given to Marvel the staff, characters and the fans around the world that made this event possible. Let's just support our fellow comic book creators and go beyond black panther to give our children and ourselves the message of pride we felt in seeing a "Black" superhero on the screen.

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Statement Award is Given to DJ Kayslay, Papoose, Mysonne and AZ for the song 'Story of My Life'.

In Hip-Hop messages were the foundation of what the culture brought to the ears of the mainstream. There was a time Hip-Hop screamed for justice against the hate that mainstream news culture portrayed against it. We had music that talked about single parenthood, broken homes, ghetto life in general and injustice from the government on many levels. Today HIp-Hop on the radio especially does not give those over tones as much with drug induced Hip-Hop and lack of Mcs being leaders in the community but rather being "rock stars" and apathetic to real life selling dreams and false realities to the masses that just nod their heads in agreement.

In the cycle for the award year from Heritage Hip-Hop we want to acknowledge one song that bucked that trend done by DJ Kayslay. As a legend in the game his projects speak true to the value of the Hip-Hop culture by bringing reality into the music. Papoose spits about the double standard of women that stick by men and men that do not do the same for their women and wanting to break that trend and being a married man. Mysonne speaks about growing up and being a family man and taking care of business. AZ talks about being true and watching those around you that do not have our best interest at heart. When Hip-Hop gives men messages like this the results will help the community and inspire us to do better and want better, knowing that life is bigger than the block and we have a world to establish not only for ourselves but for the women who stand by us and the children that will watch us in the community as well. So we at Heritage Hip-Hop Salute these men and we leave the link to video below. Check out the video for Story of My Life, off the album The Big Brother by DJ KaySlay.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFyrVJL9CCE

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