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Cpl. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan was just fourteen years old when 9/11 happened. Residing in New Jersey, Khan waiting to be of age to finally serve the United States and head out to Iraq where he passed away in Baquba. This was the photograph that Mickey Boston crossed published in The New Yorker that prompted […]
December 23, 2011
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 […]
December 19, 2011
“America” Cover-Art by Regimental Oneton “AMERICA” Cover-Art by Regimental Oneton http://regimentaloneton.blogspot.com/ I reached out to Montreal artist Regimental Oneton for a work of art that would capture the words and sense of “America”—the track written and performed by myself. In essence, I reached out to Regimental without hesitation, this was the exact artist I wanted […]
October 18, 2011
Live occupation when the most crook-like and powerful institutions steal from the poor. In essence, there is no denying the fact that Occupy Wall Street does not “occupy” Wall Street itself. As some may already be aware, the video for the track “America” that I recorded back in 2009 was shot in October 2010 on Wall Street […]
June 4, 2011
Anarchist hip-hop duo Test Their Logik and Mickey Boston touched base to record their single “Money” at DJ Conn-Shaenery’s crib-studio in Montreal’s Plateau district. Big Brosky crossed Test Their Logik while performing just before them at Montreal’s Beats Against the Beast show in March of March of 2011. “Money” is a track about money. Undeniably, […]
March 6, 2011
Africa…Africa: beautiful, motherland, hungry, educated, walking, exploited, hurt, neglected, diverse. There have been many visions for Africa over the past six centuries and if one were to pop in Nas and Damian Marley‘s latest album, one may hear and listen to so many things said and told about a continent pillaged over and over again […]
January 30, 2011
Charges Dismissed Against Giuliani’s Little Princess. Aight so before anything, the night before I was doin some mild Top Rock training alongside my man Johnny Skywalker of Red Mask Crew who I am greatly indebted to. By my side was a beautiful “Little Miss Princess” who arrived in the dance studio with me. She is beautiful and […]
January 30, 2011
ORIGINALLY POSTED: Sept 3rd, 2010. Aight, so I have no idea how many exact days that oil has been gushing out of the Gulf of Mexico since I lost count after day 65. In any event, I was vexed by day 7. The first seven days weren’t so bad for me since we, the people/the […]
January 25, 2011
Tunisia: The First Wikileaks Revolution? When asked as to why Mickey Boston decided to move to Montreal from the United States, he would easily credit his migration to Montreal’s numerous gifts, one of which being art, beautiful people and multiculturalism. When Hezbollah waged war on Israel and Beirut was being bombed back to the stone-age, […]
January 11, 2011
Putin’ some Bling in your Urban Skyline. by Mickey Boston The building consists of a slab-shaped tower, which contains the firm’s offices, atop a much bulkier base, which contains six trading floors, each big enough to house nearly a thousand employees. From most angles, the tower looks rectilinear, except on the west, facing the Hudson River, […]
December 28, 2011
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