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Today's post was by Brandy "Bee" Cavalli. Brandy is an international marketer, freelance writer based in Atlanta, GA.

FEATURED POST: A Different Room

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My work space at home is a room of its own – it’s a second bedroom turned into a study, where I have a desk, a reading chair, and a couple of book shelves. This room houses the nonfiction shelves and lit mags. It’s nice to be able to get out of bed and be at work without leaving the house.

It’s also really hard. It’s hard to not do the dishes mid-morning, or watch some TV over lunch (which then turns into an afternoon of TV). It’s difficult to concentrate on anything for a particularly long period of time when the rest of my life creeps in, because the place I work is amongst my life. It’s all tangled up in the messiness of living. The washing and the dinner and the laziness of lunchtime. The lure of bed on bad days, the ease…

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Reggae First ‘Billionaire’ Reaches Out To West Kingstion Community; Supports The Tivoli Enquiry

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Canute Parks pka “Billionaire”

LIKE most Jamaicans, Canute Parkes followed the tragic events that erupted in West Kingston in late May 2010. The unprecedented mayhem disturbs him to this day.

This evening, Parkes, a singer known as Reggae First Billionaire, reaches out to the people of the troubled community by launching his latest songs at the Tivoli Gardens Community Centre. Continue reading “Reggae First ‘Billionaire’ Reaches Out To West Kingstion Community; Supports The Tivoli Enquiry”

Rapper’s Mother Creates Art To Raise Awareness About Wrongly Convicted Young Men

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Sheila Phipps with some of her work from the exhibit, “A mother’s art: Every portrait tells a story.”

For those unfamiliar with the back story, former No Limit Records rapper “Mac,” is serving 30 years for manslaughter.

Recently witnesses have recanted their stories which has raised questions of whether Mac is jailed on false testimony by those witnesses.

As of today, it has been 15 years since Mac was convicted but he is hoping for a new trial in wake of the new evidence presented in his favor.

His mother Shelia is a self taught artist based in New Orleans, her art proclaims her son’s innocence.

The article below was originally published back in 2011. It was written as the date approaches for the 10th anniversary of her son’s conviction: Continue reading “Rapper’s Mother Creates Art To Raise Awareness About Wrongly Convicted Young Men”