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“America” the Lyrics, the Context, the Struggle

December 23, 2011

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December 17th, 2011 is a date that states that it is rather “safe” to say that the war in Iraq has “officially ended.” While some say that there was anything between 103 000 and 116 000 civilian deaths, truth be told, it is very likely this figure is a bit more higher. As I write […]

Ghassan Kanafani, Writing as Resistance and Hiphop – In the Wake of Egypt 2011

February 20, 2011

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Mic-Key Boston draws words from Life and Struggle of Kanafani. “I am someone who feels a very strong need for freedom and to not allow anyone to be backed into a corner” uttered late Montrealer Lhasa de sela, an artist who adamantly believed in the call for equality between all peoples. I (Mickey Boston) routinely perform a track […]

Was Anderson Cooper Really Beatdown in Cairo?

February 16, 2011

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Mickey “Big Brosky” Boston scrutinizes Anderson Cooper‘s antics. Anderson Cooper makes things sound like he suffered a Rodney King beatdown in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. In essence, “over exaggeration” is a too generous of a term for Cooper’s “beatdown.” Hyperbole is brought to a whole new plateau in the poetics of Cooper’s CNN eloquent video journalism. Yes, Cooper was mobbed, undeniably […]

Hosni Mubarak Art – by Regimental Oneton

February 15, 2011

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Regimental Oneton vs. The Hosni. Friend, fellow artist and brother in rhyme Regimental Oneton has dropped another joint: a watercolour piece of the “Mubaby.” Hosni Mubarak is vividly a despotic ruler who brought down the Nile‘s house with draconian political supremacy by means of intimidation and corruption. Hosni’s Iron Fist was finally brought to a close after […]

Da’ Arab Shoe – Egypt and the Mubarak Shoe Hospitality

February 14, 2011

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So this Whole Shoe Thing…You’ve Seen a lot of it, BUT…What does it all Mean??? Mickey ‘Big Brosky’ Boston was raised by parents who would threaten him with a shoe beatdown. My mother used to chase me with a spoon as a child if I did something wrong. I feared that stainless steal spoon as […]

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