GET IT CROSS THE STATE WITH THE GRACE OF MARIA

soldaderas of the mexican revolution

Gettin ya cash like 'em, fast like 'em: Oh say can u see, the connection between this story about Enedina Arellano Felix - the lady Stringer Bell of the Arellano Felix drug cartel, which recently killed four people in a hospital over a drug-gang rivalry - and the rise of women running, and dying in, mexican drug gangs. Not to mention the overall rise in Mexican drug gang violence, period. Connect the dots. Everybody's fucking poor. But hey. This is where you get that yayo.

* Other thoughts: Imus controversy trajectory has been pretty fing typical: old white cowboy makes racist comment; blame shifts to hip-hop; previously enraged white media quietly tip-toes away while black leaders, rappers and heads deal with aftermath. Hip-hop searches its soul. Racism structure stays unthreatened.

*Mi old PDX dun-ette / b-girl inspiration Kumari Singh is bringing her organization Dance for Peace to Nueva York! They are a "cultural exchange program that uses urban dance to elevate underprivileged aspiring dancers across the globe. In 2007 Dance for Peace will introduce its program to Cape Town, South Africa (March 07) and Lima, Peru (December 07). With future projects in Uganda, Brazil and The Philippines."
Kumari is fierce and the best dance and she helped me perfect my freezes. (What, you didn't know? I used to be kinda nice in the cypher, LOL. This agile body does more than just rock yo hips.)

* OBLIGATORY LLOYD SHOT:

(just to remember the love)