So, as I'm going through my portfolio of work to post on this new blog, I have been checking my work out from older to more recent. I had forgotten about some of the pieces I've had published in City Newspaper. This next assortment is to highlight those folks from around the way... i.e., the way of Rochester, NY.
I'll kick it off with a piece that was published circa September 2005. City gave me my second cover story with a feature on a dude named Amir Sulaiman (pronounced SOO'-lee-mon). He's a published author and poet slash dope eMCee. His spoken word is sometimes blended with music on some tracks from his three albums. He's been featured on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry on a few occasions, toured with KRS-One and Mos Def, and been called everything from teacher to terrorist. Oh, and of course, he's from the city I currently reside in. Good look for the Roc! Check out the piece from City's archives.We also covered a piece on a funk electro...
