With the madness going on in Japan and now Libya many of us have forgotten that neighboring Haiti is still in shambles.  First there’s an election run off for President. The last election was marred with accusations of fraud which resulted in widespread violence. The emerging candidates is Wyclef Jean‘s former rival Michel Martelly, 50, is [...]

By now many of us heard about the sudden return of Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Baby Doc Duvalier. The man who was known for having dissenters snatched off the streets and killed was exiled in 1986 after a popular uprising. His return from France where he’s been holed up sent shock waves and fear throughout the [...]

Hip-Hop Congress- Haiti Benefit Song- (spit 8Bars)- All Proceeds Go To The People Of Haiti   ATTENTION!!  All Artists Worldwide Unite For Haiti- Ongoing Rap/Song Quilt Send back seperate tracked out wav files of verse 8 Bars (rap, poem, spoken word, singing, drops,instrumentas)  ASAP   This requires our immediate atention as artists. Lets Unite for [...]

We were warned to pay close attention to the recovery efforts in Haiti.  People who experienced the trauma of Hurricane Katrina like rap star David Banner emphatically told us that the lights and cameras would be there for only a short period and without warning the tragedy would be yesterday’s news.  It would be during the recovery when CNN [...]

Minister JR from Haiti, Part 1: Starvation and Jim Crow racism by Minister of Information JR http://www.sfbayview.com/2010/minister-jr-from-haiti-part-1-starvation-and-jim-crow-racism/ Today, on the one month anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, I went all over Port au Prince and saw the devastation firsthand and the occupation by Brazil under the guise of the U.N., and of course the [...]

Over this past week the Hip Hop community from coast to coast has been stepping up and doing fundraisers, prayer vigils, townhalls, teach ins etc for and about Haiti. The response has been tremendous. Thus far we’ve seen the Washington based Hip Hop Caucus who spearheaded many of the events hold a large nationwide conference [...]

Haiti media-medical team fundraiser Sunday While an estimated 20,000 people in Port au Prince are dying needlessly of medical neglect every day, according to Dr. Evan Lyon of Partners in Health, LA Times photo captions calling people “looters” and Anderson Cooper’s “looting” stories on CNN are catching a lot of criticism. One LA Times photo [...]

(Reflections on the Haitian Revolution & Present Condition) By Immortal Technique http://www.everydropchi.com/ Since the recent tragedy that has befallen the proud and persevering nation of Haiti, there has been an outpouring of support followed by a few disturbing falsities being spread about the history of the island and its people. I wrote the following to [...]