This is the first in a weekly series of six essays looking at hip-hop's recent past, thinking about its distant past, and wondering about the possibility of a future. There are three famous quotes that haunt me and guide me though my days. The first is from John Bradford, the 16th-century English reformer. In prison for inciting a mob, Bradford saw a parade of prisoners on their way to being executed and said, “There but for the grace of God go I.” (Actually, he said “There but for the grace of God goes John Bradford,” but the switch to the pronoun makes it work for the rest of us.) The second comes from Albert Einstein, who disparagingly referred to quantum entanglement as “spooky action at a distance.” And for the third, I go to Ice Cube, the chief lyricist of N.W.A., who delivered this manifesto in “Gangsta Gangsta...
- 4/22/2014
- by Questlove
- Vulture
Mahlet Mesfin and John Bradford grew up in the same town of Kalamazoo, Mi, sharing the same social circle. As they got older, Mahlet moved to Pennsylvania with her family. The two serendipitously ran into each other again at a mutual friend's engagement party in Philly. By the end of the evening, they knew they could never part. The couple got hitched in a rustic country wedding and vowed to be side-by-side forever. Share their love.Here's what you had to say:Mrs. Pryor commented: "Congrats to this beautiful couple. You inspire me!"Anonymous wrote: "This is proof that there is beauty in love and not every relationship is 'cookie-cutter.'"...
- 6/2/2010
- Essence
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