Can you believe Christmas is next week? It definitely has not felt like a Holiday season for sure. Anyway since Christmas falls on Thursday, we’re taking you back to some of our childhood favorites with this “Flashback Friday’s: The Holiday Edition”. Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa & Happy Hannakah!
Run DMC – Christmas In Hollis
WHAT: Sole Munki Christmas Party
WHERE: Sole Munki flagship store
WHEN: Sat. Dec. 20th (Sale begins at 12pm, Performances at 5pm)
Free food/drinks along with Performances by WADE B., Mach 5, Nwk, and Royalist
P.S.
Sol Munki apparel will be extremely marked down, but you HAVE to bring a canned good and/or toy to reap the benefits! 
130 Cone Street
Atlanta, Ga 30303
Don’t see me there, Beat me there!!!
Señor Kaos Interviews Ghostface, talking about the collab album with Doom, The Ghostface Doll, and Big Doe Rehab.
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HAPPY GIVE THANKS DAY TO YOU & YOUR FAMILY!!!
I hope everyone is safe out there this Halloween. “This year Halloween fell on a weekend.” – Classic line from Bushwick Bill.
What are we doing for Halloween. Im dressing up like Keith Murray and running around the city, choking Street Team cats!! Better Protect Your Neck. 
True indeed we all know September is that downshift into Fall as well as VIRGOMANIA(yeah September 5th baby!). What many may not know is the ninth month on the Muslim calendar is set for Ramadan. This is a time to purify the soul through prayer and self-sacrifice.
Each day of Ramadan from sunrise to sunset Muslims traditionally practice fast. The arabic word for fasting literally means to “refrain” not just abstraining from eating and drinking but also refrain every part of ones physical body. Example is the mouth restrained from idle talk and gossip while the ears restrain from listening to obscenities. Looks like Banga gonna stay in doors cause my cipher is surrounded by all the above! LOL
Ramadan is also a time to re-evaluate ones convictions and deeds. Refine those troubled relationships, give charity, find forgiveness for others, and refocus on worshipping ALLAH(GOD). The month of Ramadan is when Allah revealed the first verses of the Qur’an, the holy book, to the prophet Mohammed. In honor of this revelation, one thirtieth of the Qur’an is read every night during evening prayer. By the end of the month, the whole Qur’an has been recited.
During the Ramadan month, Muslims rise before sunrise to partake in a pre-fast meal, called suhoor. Each night after sunset, they break their fast with the iftar meal.The end of the month of Ramadan is marked with the joyous festival of Eid al-Fitr, which literally means the “Festival of Breaking the Fast.” Yezure I will be in Jonesboro breaking bread with the fam! During Eid al-Fitr, families celebrate with elaborate feasts and dress in their finest clothes. At the same time, they increase their efforts to give charity to the poor and make contributions to their mosques.
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Peace
Things I’ve been sleeping on: CARIBANA!!!
This past week / weekend marked the 41st anniversary of the Caribana street festival in Toronto, Canada.
“Caribana is a festival of Caribbean culture and traditions held each summer in the city of Toronto – Ontario, Canada. Annually Caribana draws hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the globe to Toronto’s lakeshore. Caribana is a Caribbean Carnival event, that has been billed as North America’s largest street festival, frequented by over 1.3 million visitors each year for the festival’s final parade. The entire Caribana event, brings in over one million people to the shores of Toronto pumping an estimated $100 million into the local economy.” – Source
Would you believe out of 41 years, I still haven’t been to Caribana! LOL. I always say Im going to go every year, but end up swamped with work around back to school time. Luckily our Toronto corespondent Kiran sent over some pics to make me feel like I was there.
I hear this is also a lot safer than the West Indian Festival in Brooklyn, where somebody gets shot everywhere (naw fa real…)
Check out the official pics by clicking on the link below
This came through a lil earlier today from the big homie Grim. Some exclusive footage on how Atlanta rappers Killa Mike and T.I. spent their 4th of July.
It’s always good to see brothas give a lil something back to the community. Even if it’s only ice cream and some franks.
Anybody who knows me, knows I joke about my pouch (stomach) often. I hadn’t been on a scale in awhile so I decided to step up. It started out good…
Til I stepped on it and got this reading!!!! I couldn’t believe it! 170lbs-180lbs maybe, but 201.8lbs?
That made me feel like this…
I said nah… this joint is wrong lemme take another reading and it said…
And I felt like…
So I’m going to change my workout and eating habits. I’m not going on a diet, diets suck and DO NOT WORK. I am CHANGING my eating habits, working out, lifting weights, running and playing basketball. So if anyone wants to go in with me holla at ya boy and let’s get it together
Happy Independence Day to everyone out there. Don’t forgot what the day is suppose to be about. LETS GET FREE!!! Free your mind, free your spirit, rest your body. The year is half way over. If there’s something that you said you were going to do this year, and you haven’t done it yet. It’s time to put that plan into action!!!
On another note, I had to post this today! Recently our peoples, ATL’s own beautiful voice Algebra Blessett sung the National Anthem at Turner Field for an Atlanta Braves home game. That’s a major accomplishment and we’re proud of you Algebra. I bumped into her later that evening at Sugarhill, her kick game is giving ya’ll girls a run for your money too!!!
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