I, too, have a dream
By: Tauheed Rahim II
I, too, have a dream.
I have a dream, too.
That the real dream of Dr. King comes true.
Integrating us into a burning house wasn't the goal.
Social for media wasn't the want.
Social for good.
Social for love.
Social for soul.
Social for community.
Social for health.
We tend to love all the isms.
But social.
I too, have a dream,
That capitalism doesn't eat us all alive.
I have a dream that the 99 percent can remove the boot.
Off the 99.
For the 9,9 and the 2000.
I dream of backing up.
Not to be nostalgic.
To retrieve what we tend to forget.
I, too, have a dream.
I have a dream, too.
Bilal x Marco Pavé x Juju Bushman (a birthday to remember)
Words really can't describe the energy that engulfed the Hi Tone on November 16th 2016. I am still in awe of the synergy that was showcased with all the artists, musicians, and fans. On a Wednesday night, we packed out the house not only for Bilal, but for Juju, myself, Reach, Marco Alexander, Idaly M, Jason Da Hater, Ralph Calhoun, Zandria F . Robinson and many more.
Beyond it being an amazing show, it was also my birthday, my 24th birthday to he exact. I couldn't have thought of a better way to end my Jordan Year than with this concert in my hometown amongst amazing energy.
This only increases the fire to build more and demand more for our city... add a log to the flame.
Photos from Ziggy Mack:
Getting warmed up.. Shout out to Starter!
came out that hot ass shit lol.
I always have to get a good view of the crowd.
.......
No shave November
Zandria F . Robinson can do it all!
Marco x Marco
Photos by Malik:
I'm in your face when I'm on stage.
spit them flames, I'm smoking hot.
sing along, dammit.
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Rough beginnings, rites of passage, or so they say.
I've been on this grind for all of my adult life and all of my teenage life, hell, all of my pre teen life. My. Whole. Life. But during those late teen and early adult years I was introduced to the local Memphis rap/music scene. As a 16 year of kid still in High school I began hitting open mics and putting myself out there to perform. I was the youngest guy on the scene, most if my peers were 28+. Therefore I learned alot, not because the older guys were deliberately teaching me, but because I have a gift of discernment. But before I realized that gift, it was tested. Alot. In these 7 years since I've started taking this serious, I have been in more life threatening situations than I can count on both hands and feet. I'm still here.
Around 2011/2012 I met two other rappers that were more similar to me in age. First I met Preauxx. A hip hop artist that had put in quite a bit of work at the time. His name was buzzin on the scene. I intended for us to link. We did. Things turned sour pretty fast. Barring the useless details of this situation. We went on to continue our grinds on our separate paths. But we always continued to run into each and even do shows together. But we never linked up again. Until 2015 when we decided that we were both being childish and needed to squash any unnecessary drama. Then, he split, dramatically from his long time crew/label. He moved out to Atlanta and Boom. Then we started making some crazy moves.
Shortly after I met Preauxx in 2011/2012 I met another rapper, Ray Rebel from Harlem, with southern roots. We vibed with each from the jump. We just had different circumstances, but also very much the same. Specifically we had no good older energies around us, who wanted to hold us back. We went our separate ways. Ray Rebel had already made a name for himself in Memphis. He moved to Atlanta in 2014 to build. Shit got rough, because some of those same negative energies were still around. Long story short, he cut those off and got back to the basics. And started making moves.
2016, this is my first A3C and I come in the door on an official level. Matter fact, I has two official showcases with Stankonia and Swisher Sweets. It was only right that I linked up with Preauxx and Ray Rebel in Atlanta. That link up has made us all come to a realization, we really had been through a lot of shit on this grind. We were the young niggas on the scene and we built our brands big enough for them to be recognized in different cities and states across the country. But we also realized that we are STILL on it and ain't quit. Many rappers have come and gone in these last 5 years. We ain't gone no where.
Preauxx and Marco Pavé performing a new song together.
River Kings 2.0 (Ray Rebel, Marco Pavé, Alfred Banks, Preauxx, City Chronicles)
River Kings Tour: Update
I thought it would be possible to blog after each show, nope. This journey is kicking ass, all I can say is that it's GREAT!
River Kings Tour recap, coming soon.