Hillary Clinton has been confronted by a Black Lives Matter activist in the state of South Carolina during a fundraiser. When questioned to apologize to black people for “mass incarceration”, Clinton failed to address the activist before she was escorted away after causing an uproar from the crowd. Hit the jump.
(Video) Bobby Shmurda’s Mother Speaks Out On Her Son’s Incarceration
As Bobby Shmurda’s mother awaits her son’s trial, she got a chance to voice her opinion on the case and her son as a whole. Leslie Pollard says that her son is not the monster that people make him out to be and anyone who knows him can certainly vouch for that.
(Video) John Legend Launches Campaign to End Mass Incarceration
Some people do more and talk less. While a lot of other things are going on in the world this Oscar and Grammy winning celebrity continues to fight the good fight for an often forgotten population. Chart topping records and ‘racks on racks’ aside, John Legend Launches Campaign to End Mass Incarceration!
Rapper Ice-T Takes The Stage With Inmates During TEDxSingSing
Sing Sing Correctional Facility hosted TEDxSingSing, the first TEDx event to take place in a New York State prison. Speakers for TEDxSingSing included Ice-T, Gina Belafonte, Majora Carter, Bryonn Bain, Dan Slepian, and Sing Sing Superintendent Michael Capra. Find Out More Inside.
(Photo) Rich Homie Quan Talks Being An Atlantan, The Power Of Reading & More With Rolling Out
It was a choice between ‘Man About Town’ and ‘Street Stylin’…Rich Homie fans had a chance to vote on their favorite cover for the recent Rolling Out edition – the winner is from a boy to a man. During his latest cover shoot, the “Walk Through” rapper discussed how having both parents made his childhood a great one, incarceration and how reading saved his life. “When I got to jail and once I learned how powerful reading was, man, I fell in love with it, ” he says. Hit the jump for more.
(Video) Lil Boosie Reveals Motivation For Getting His GED While Incarcerated!
Lil Boosie has taken to Vlad TV to discuss his true motivation behind getting his GED, while in prison, and it is no surprise that family played a big part. Boosie stated that he got his GED as well as 8 or nine other certificates, to be a positive influence on his kids. Check out the full interview below.
