Someone once said that one of the definitions of insanity was doing the same thing over and over, the same way, and expecting a different result. When I think about current attempts to right existing wrongs in the Black community, I am reminded of that definition.

Since becoming a community activist in the late 1960's, I have been involved in many meetings of African-American community residents decrying the absence of some needed service or lamenting the most recent act of violence that claime… Continue

The “Up in the Attic” Movie
An Important Educational Tool for the Hip Hop Generation
“Let’s talk about Sex, Drugs & Hip Hop”
Written & Directed by Kamal Imani
“Many of us have spoken about the youth, but not with the youth”

The new movie entitled “Up in the Attic” is the perfect conversation piece for engaging dialogue between today’s youth and their elders. Parents, educators, social workers, clergy and other professionals will find the themes common to teenagers and youth of sex, drug… Continue

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About Up in the Attic!


In the early days of Hip Hop, some teenage young men in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City became very popular. There hangout was in the Attic of one of the leaders of the posse who were known as the Gods AKA the Brothers. The… Continue

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