"Strange vessels. Maim when I wrestle. Throw Grizzlies. Bill Bixby..."

I misquoted that dude U.G. in the comments to his video for The Mystic a few years ago, so he corrected me in the comments.  

Twice.

"One day, I got struck by knowledge of Self. It gave me super-scientifical powers..." -Jeru

One of my favorite clients that I don't get to work with enough is mixed martial artist D'Juan "Dirty South Owens.  

The other day he posted a quote by Pan-African scholar Dr. Amos Wilson.  

For whatever reason, that made me think of You Can't Stop the Prophet, hip hop classic by golden era emcee Jeru The Damaja ("damager" because alternative spelling is a hip hoppers prerogative).  You will find both below.

Start the day off RIGHT w/ Big Daddy Kane

Who Flattop Rules in '89?

(JOELL ORTIZ + SALAAM REMI) x 5 = BOX TALK EP #NowPlaying

Everybody knows I love grimy New Yorican Slaughterhouse alum Joell Ortiz, but pairing him up with a venerated veteran beatmaker like Salaam Remi for this quick 5-track EP BOX TALK is unfair...

#NowPlaying- RETURN of the KAIJU by Supa Kaiju (Napoleon Da Legend + Sicknature)

Here's a new YouTube video mashing up classic Godzilla clips with the new song from Supa Kaiju (Napoleon Da Legend + Sicknature), Return of the Kaiju. 

(Apollo Brown + Joell Ortiz) x Royce Da 5'9 = Timberlan'd Up

The buzz for Mona Lisa (the upcoming Apollo Brown/ Joelle Ortiz collabo record) continues with the release of Timberlan'd Up featuring Jo-Jo's fellow Slaughterhouse alum RoyceDa 5'9

Apollo Brown + Joell Ortiz dropping a collabo album? Where do I sign?!?

Detroit is a hornets nest of dope producers, and Apollo Brown is one of the best.  Also, everyone knows I fux with Brooklyn-based Slaughterhouse alum Joell Ortiz.  The duo has come together to drop a new 11-track album called MONA LISA, which is due out this fall.  Stream the first single Decisions below...

#NowPlaying APARTHEID by the immortal SEAN PRICE f/ Buckshit + Steele #riP!

Last week Duck Down Records dropped a video for Apartheid, which is almost universally considered the dopest track on Imperius Rex, the posthumous Sean Price album.

Ron Wimberly drops one page comic about Brooklyn pop-op radio station for The New Yorker

It's been a minute since I blessed you with anything from that dude D-Pi (Ron Wimberly if you're nasty), but I had to take a second to drop this one page comic I swiped off The New Yorker's website.  It's a one page documentary about an independent radio station in Brooklyn...

#nowPlaying Roc Marciano "Snow" f/@SeanPrice (@RobViktum remix) #riP!

Sigh... I get periodically bummed about the recent passing of the mighty Sean Price. My dude Rob Viktum feels me... Here's a remix he did of that Roc Marciano joint Snow that Ruck featured on...

"Hail Meg my nigga! You never gone. Reincarnated through me: P! Mega Sean!" @SeanPrice r.i.P!

Rest in peace to the bar-barian, Sean Price. Here's his last video, Figure More...

"I'm a work in progress. Came a long way from the jerk in the projects." @SeanPrice #riP!

My Twitter bredren Snake Plisskin dropped this Sean Price joint on my timeline a couple days ago. Also, I've been thinking of Simonson ever since I drew that Black Panther vs Thor joint for Jack Kirby's born day. Also Sean Price drops a Thor reference in Haraam, which I also posted because this is GhettoManga, son...

"Black Dynamite and Boondocks were great but it's time to leave Earth..." @LeSeanThomas

I got a dm last night from the mighty LeSean Thomas confirming that production has officially started (in Japan, of course) on his hip hop flavored action-adventure animated series Cannon Busters.

See, this is why I fux wif @VonPea! #nowWatching the video for "CHASING AMY"... album, beat and video by @OTHERGUYSMUSIC

Okay, all my A-alikes have seen and digested the low-budget Kevin Smith classic Chasing Amy so we know where this video for Chasing Amy aka In Your Heart is going, but knowing the mighty Von Pea has seen it too gives one of my favorite under-appreciated Brooklyn spitters bonus points with me, should he ever need to cash them in. Anyways, watch the new video...

"It's a fact that the ones who don't believe usually the ones who gonna clap when you succeed" -Gaven Hevy

I didn't know what to expect when I got the email promoting the new video for this cat Gaven Hevy's song Crab Legs. But I have a soft spot in my heart for Brooklyn, so I gave it a chance...

FRESH from the planet Brooklyn- @Incksalonius! This chick is NICE! #nowPlaying

There's nothing like discovering a new emcee (new to me, that is). I stumbled across Brooklyn-based emcee/ beatmaker Incksalonius while wasting time on Twitter today. Peep some sounds below...