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Jamaica Gleaner
March 18, 2018
Then it come to mi seh eena dis ya time, JLP an PNP a di two crocodile. A time di politician dem eena di two party stop full up fi dem belly an start use dem head fi see how dem coulda mek life better fi poor people eena dis ya country. Look pon di crosses wid di tiefin bank dem! Dem just a dig out wi eye.
Miami New Times
March 17, 2018
It was bad luck. I guess Irma hates poetry,” he chuckles. But the storm didn't stop the momentum of O, Miami. The team has already put together more than 30 events, including a collaboration with the Frost Museum of Science and the Library of Congress in which animations set to excerpts of poems fromÃâà...
CBS News
March 15, 2018
The Long Island, New York, native helped launch Diddy's Bad Boy Entertainment with his first album, "Project: Funk da World." It was anchored by "Flava in Ya Ear," which was nominated for a Grammy. The remix also included LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes and the then up-and-coming Biggie Smalls.
New York Times
March 9, 2018
Alice and Ella have moved from place to place in an attempt to avoid the “bad luck” that seems to follow them. Weird things have happened. As a child, Alice was kidnapped by a man who took her on a road trip to find her grandmother; he was stopped by the police before they did so. When at 17 she seesÃâà...
SFGate
March 2, 2018
A bunch of Utah lawmakers thought it would be a good idea to make the legislative process more accessible by explaining it via the pop-culture poetry of our time: rap. Set to the ultra-current 26-year-old strains of the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" theme song by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince (aka WillÃâà...
fox5sandiego.com
March 2, 2018
I was scared, excited, and enjoyed watching the bad guys get their comeuppance. Now, critics are going to tear this movie apart, yet they all praised the overrated John Wick, which was similar. Critics are always going to talk about it possibly being irresponsible, as it might glorify guns to some people. YaÃâà...
The Verge
March 1, 2018
Emergency Contact is her first foray into writing YA fiction, one that uses her established internet voice as a springboard into a conversational and modern .... I thought about it a lot when I was reading The Idiot, also — whether there is something inherently bad or evil about wanting someone to exist for youÃâà...
3AW
February 28, 2018
The British bulldog credited as a lucky charm during the Western Bulldogs' drought-breaking 2016 premiership has died overnight. Sid the bulldog died after being taken to the vet with breathing complications yesterday. He served as Bulldogs mascot for seven years, retiring from duties aged nine early lastÃâà...
Broad Street Hockey (blog)
February 28, 2018
*...well too bad, because Ron didn't make any. The trade deadline came and went and the only move Hextall made was to take Johnny Oduya off of waivers. Which is, you know, whatever, but it's another body in front of Travis Sanheim and that's a little annoying. Anyhoo, here's some stuff about the newestÃâà...
Toronto Star
February 22, 2018
Justin Trudeau's very bad trip to India may carry a steep cost. As India has opened its historically protectionist economy to the world in recent years, Canada has been jockeying to benefit from the emerging opportunities. This trip is pretty much the opposite of how to achieve that. Prime Minister JustinÃâà...
The Root
February 20, 2018
More important, Killmonger's plan wasn't intentionally bad because film director Ryan Coogler wanted to discredit revolution; it was bad because there are still a lot of people dumb enough to think that black freedom in America can be achieved through direct combat. Peaceful Black Lives Matter activists getÃâà...
New York Times
February 9, 2018
The novel's crime is that it depicts two ordinary teenagers, Katherine and Michael, who get to know each other and have sex — and nothing bad happens. We are by now quite familiar with young adult works that use sex as a go-to for danger. On the Y.A. shelf of any bookstore or library, there are booksÃâà...
Hollywood Reporter
December 31, 1999
But DuVernay's feature feels different, a step away from its YA contemporaries in that it remains unconcerned with love triangles and caste systems ... giving humanity a fighting chance against evil) it does feature a myriad of hefty science fiction ideas to buy into alongside its focus on love and forgiveness.
HuffPost South Africa (blog)
December 31, 1999
Grammy-nominated rapper Craig Mack, who performed the 1994 hit “Flava in Ya Ear” for Sean “Diddy” Combs' Bad Boy label, has died at age 46. ... “It was a pleasure to know you & rock with you,” tweeted LL Cool J, who performed on Mack's remix for “Flava in Ya Ear” with Notorious B.I.G., Busta andÃâà...
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