Guess who steps in front of me while shoe digging on Friday afternoon¹ : Donwill from rap groupTanya Morgan. This is a tale of what not to do in order to retain your coolness and to not spook the celeb.

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1. shoe digging is similar to crate digging; instead of searching through dusty crates of records, you search through dusty boxes of marked down shoes. [↩]

The internet presents tremendous opportunity. You can manage your life, shop and even find your soulmate. Through this cosmic system of packet switching and wireless transmission, unwritten rules of communication emerged. These rules were born of mistakes people made in their use of the internets, in combination with best practices for effective communication. These rules are known as internet ettiquette. Every now and then, one of our own, an urbanite, gets a hold of the internet, and unfortunately, “they get deep in the game, but got the rules missin’” to paraphrase Tupac. In the world of hip hop, you have people who make the most of the internet and those who totally make an arse of themselves. We chose to discuss the low road. These are their stories¹.

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1. cue the law and order noise thingie [↩]

What is an Outlier¹? Theirs are stories of high levels of success. Malcolm Gladwell takes a look at the circumstances that have made them above average. Let’s take the self-proclaimed “Voice of our generation” and see what makes him stand head and shoulders above his competition. Was it all grit and hustle that put him atop the charts, or were there other factors out of his control? We like to think it was more of the latter.

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1. in short, the gifted, the talented tenth, those who seem to stand outside the of the norm in terms of everyday achievements [↩]

Times are hard. The nation is facing a crisis unlike anything its seen in the past 70 years. Layoffs, downsizing, foreclosure…all words that you hear in any bar across America. Even though there is a new stimulus plan in the works, we’d better position ourselves in way to protect our families and our futures. Consider these 5 recession-proof jobs to ensure your family’s stability.

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Its 2008 and you still have those 20’s that were hot in 2000¹. Perhaps you got caught up in the hype and copped some spinners, only now everybody’s over the allusion and nobody even knows who Sprewell (see intro to market) is. Maybe even you bought rims to big for your car, the wrong bolt pattern or you have thoroughly ruined your suspension. Bottom line: you need to get rid of your old rims. Here’s five things to do with ‘dem twankies.

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1. that are really 18’s, but you keep them clean though [↩]