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Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story

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On February 26, 2012, a teenager by the name of Trayvon Martin, was fatally shot in small gated community outside of Orlando, FL. A middle aged Hispanic male named George Zimmerman was identified and charged as the shooter. The conflict started because the African American teen was seen walking in the community wearing a black hoodie, and without hesitation the former military man decided to take the "law" in his hands. Accusing Martin of disturbing the community led to a physical conflict which ended with the death of the teen by gunshot. The tragic murder of the innocent teen spread like wild fire exciting racial tensions throughout America. After Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges the outrage in the black community influenced the Black Lives Matters movement and protest. Since then cases all over the U.S. increased with Black people becoming victims of racially charged crimes including police gun violence, such as; Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Stephon Clark, Kalief

BlackGoku by MC $cill

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Free Life Presents MC $crill...BlackGoku  The vastly-anticipated, creative collection, Entitled   BlackGoku; [Prod. by Mr. 2-17]  is set to drop,  ON ALL STREAMING SERVICES ! Follow on  Instagram   Soundcloud   Twitter   YouTube Vimeo Before BlackGoku went Super Saiyan on “Saiyan Muzik”, our hero’s most renounced theme song would likely be "Trappin Out The Dorm Room". "Trappin Out the Dorm Room” is one of those phrases that stirs an immediate feeling of apprehension for an interpreter. For MC $crill, that apprehension was the daily life. Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, this young intellectual has given East Atlanta a new title, Planet Veg (EA)ta. It’s no hiding where the influence of the BlackGoku brand stems from, but the wordplay on this album is an attempt to open the third eye. In a nation built on competition & capitalism, ”Caplanta” answers the Why? questions of a career in the trap life, rather than just the How?