Breakdown FM is a station me and a couple of buddies, Alex Mejia and Mark Skillz started a back in 2005. It was to fill the void of not having a place where we could hear good music from various genres and insightful interviews on urban landscape.. We kicked this off and over the next [...]

With 2012 upon us, we wanna encourage folks to seriously take some time to invest and make room in the cypher and at the proverbial Hip Hop roundtable table for our sistas who hold it down on the mic. There have been far too many discussions about where are the female emcees and why don’t [...]

2011 proved to be a year with some dubious, sometimes humourous, shocking and outlandish moments. For example we had an outrageous moment when Barack Obama wound up showing his birth certificate the world to prove his American Citizenship. Thanks to constant public doubting by people dubbed birthers and led by then potential presidential hopeful and [...]

Usually this at this time of year, I like to reflect on all that gone down over the past 365 days and figure out what sort of steps to take in order build upon past victories and successes. I also like to reflect on what sort of steps to take to avoid and recover from [...]

Glad to see all the troops coming home, now that the war in Iraq is officially over.. However in a world with No Jobs, Increased Foreclosures & lawmakers pushing to make even more cuts while telling those who’ve fallen on economic hard times to ‘blame themselves‘, do these returning men and women who did 4 [...]

Here’s a tale of two colleges…Not just any college, but two of the nation’s most prestigious…UC Berkeley and Penn State University. This is where the best and the brightest among us attend school. This is an interesting tale, that clearly spells out this nation’s dysfunctional. What took place yesterday, Nov 9 2011 on two campuses [...]

In the aftermath of Occupy Oakland’s Historic General Strike and shut down of the Port of Oakland, there’s been a lot of talk about ‘violence’ and its varied and nuance definitions  and property damage and whether or not its an appropriate tactic at protests and demonstrations.. During the day of the November 2 General Strike [...]

What will happen to Occupy Wall Street if it loses its Park The tarps are flapping and the tents are not bringing much warmth. The harsh winds of winter are lashing the encampment at Zuccotti Park – or as many would prefer, “Liberty Plaza” – the symbol of a wannabe revolution against the status quo [...]