Kanye Performed @ Gil Scott-Heron Memorial
Mr. West showed up and did a “tastefully censored” performance of “Lost In The World/Who Will Survive In America” at Gil Scott-Heron‘s memorial service earlier today in Harlem.
Over an impressive career as a poet, musician and activist, he earned the reputation as “the Godfather of rap,” a title his former bandmate Glen “Astro” Turner referred to when introducing West at the end of the service.
According to the NY Daily News:
West, dressed in black and sporting a pair of dark sunglasses, hugged members of Scott-Heron’s family at the end of the service.
I read somewhere this week that he wasn’t very fond of being known as the “Godfather of rap”, but I saw him live last summer and he acknowledged Kanye West (amongst others) for helping him stay relevant to younger generations.
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Damn… I wish I could’ve gone.
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:38 pm
You hear that?…
Its what Gil Scott was Hearin, when our heroes and heroines got hooked on heroine
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:38 pm
my pitneys go to predominately white schools & command respect from their peers.
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It’s pickney fam, pickney.
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:40 pm
>>>>>>>>Going to the dentist
Clean Teeth tho>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Gil Scott Heron’s music>>>>>>>
beautiful shit, and even better it has so much meaning
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Oil Change life<<<<<<
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:49 pm
It’s pickney fam, pickney.
> in the racist UK it is…yeah.
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:50 pm
I need to hit up NYC for Rock the Bells. That line-up gets better every time I see it. Pretty fucked up that they took away the DC show.
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:51 pm
That Tribe documentary should be pretty ill. They were by far the best performance at Rock the Bells last year, absolutely killeddd it.
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Samir Says:
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:50 pm
I need to hit up NYC for Rock the Bells. That line-up gets better every time I see it. Pretty fucked up that they took away the DC show.
^^
aint you performing with Exile tho?
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:57 pm
It’s pickney fam, pickney.
> in the racist UK it is…yeah.
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Nah fam, try Jamaica. You can check it on google, wikipedia, urban dictionary etc and see I’m right or carry on saying/ typing it wrong. Your choice.
June 2nd, 2011 at 6:01 pm
Yeah…Rock the Bells is gonna be CRAZY
June 2nd, 2011 at 6:02 pm
@Samir
I still never heard any of ya music. But that’s dope u get Nah posts
June 2nd, 2011 at 6:11 pm
PT2 >>>>PT1
Makes a great series tho
June 2nd, 2011 at 6:12 pm
my next album gonna be called Brunettes & Redheads
but before that – imma drop the mixtape – Dark Hair Everything