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PUSHA T SENDS SEMI-TRACTOR FULL OF WATER TO FLINT, MI

RESPECT. Staff — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:17:40 +0000

Virginia pulled together for a serious issue in our Nation, the Flint Water Crisis. People statewide united in a means to help their fellow Americans in need. The people sent over 2,000 cases of water. Then, some volunteers took the hike from Virginia to Michigan, and, went into neighborhoods and started to hand out cases. Many were wondering who carried the weight ($$) when it came to the semi-truck used to ship the water. The answer is rapper, Pusha T, who is known for his works with Partners in the Community member, Kimberly Wimbush in the past on previous charity events.

According to 13NewsNow,

Lines of volunteers showed up to help “Partners in the Community” donate bottled water to Flint, MI.

According to newsplex.com:

“We want to make sure that the people who mostly need it get it,” said Partners in the Community member Kimberly Wimbush. “A lot of people are lacking transportation or they don’t have citizenship or they don’t have IDs that don’t matter at this point in time they need water so we want to make sure that anybody who is in need of water get that water.”

The call for action started with a Facebook post that went viral and along with the seven cities in the Hampton Roads areas, leaders in Charlottesville felt that it was only right to jump on board.

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Real Talk: Mr. Scarface Is Back!

RESPECT. Staff — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:11:31 +0000

Salute to my all-time favorite rapper Brad Jordan aka Scarface, who just released his new album entitled, Deeply Rooted, which is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!! I literally got goosebumps listening to tracks for the first time in the car this morning. This photo is a screen grab from a video interview of us meeting for the first time in 1995, at the Capitol Theatre in my hometown of Flint, Michigan. This dude has no idea how instrumental his music has been as far as helping me grow up, survive and make it out of my city. Then when I moved onto the big college campus, listening to this guy gave me the balance I needed during the transition. Michigan State University didn’t look or feel anything like home, but the music always took me where I needed to be. Every Face and Geto Boys album dropped at times in my life that I needed dude’s wisdom the most. I appreciate him for staying true to who he is, and not tripping on trying to “stay young” in order to be relevant in today’s music scene. Scarface always has been, and always will be legendary.

Go cop the big homie’s very first independent release if you haven’t already. Deeply Rooted features Rick Ross, Nas, John Legend, CeeLo Green, Avant, Papa Rue and Z-Ro. Shout out to Rico Allen for always holding our boy down. I’m looking forward to seeing him put in werk at the ONE MusicFest in Atlanta.

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Album Stream: Jon Connor – “Unconscious State”

RESPECT. Staff — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:42:24 +0000

The Flint, Michigan native always delivers a high quality product, and this time is no different. Connor’s Unconscious State is available for purchase now but he’s letting fans stream the whole thing for free. The album features the likes of Royce da 5’9″, Freddie Gibbs, Talib Kweli and Danny Brown. Listen below and buy a copy if you’re feeling it.

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