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Online Event Registration - Powered by www.eventbrite.comBackList founder Felicia Pride's book, THE MESSAGE: 100 LIFE LESSONS FROM HIP-HOP's GREATEST SONGS on shelves NOW!
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Who would have thought that you could get deep life lessons from hip-hop?
THE MESSAGE is a DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF for the hip-hop generation—a compendium of real wisdom that has been distilled from the all-time greatest hip-hop songs. Pride examines a wide range of hip-hop songs and artists, interpreting life through their lenses. With each life lesson aptly titled after a hip-hop song, such as Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks,†EPMD’s “Please Listen to My Demo,†or Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,†THE MESSAGE explores spirituality, success, love, business, and more through hip-hop.
"It is high time that someone wrote a book of meditations for the hip hop generation, and that is exactly what Felicia Pride has done with THE MESSAGE. This is Chicken Soup for the hip hop soul, Acts of Faith for b-boys and b-girls, Daily Cornbread with recipes written in rhyme. Everyone who loves hip hop should keep a copy of THE MESSAGE on the night table and consult it each morning."—Black Artemis, author of the hip-hop novels Explicit Content, Picture Me Rollin' and Burn
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Watch Felicia speak about how THE MESSAGE was born