Taking A Stand: High School Honor Graduate and Radio Host DJ Young Music Launches Empowering School Tour Against Youth Violence Source Magazine 3.3.2017 “DJ Young Music and Streetz Stop The Violence Foundation presents “The Streetz Blunt Truth Tour,” a multi-state effort to spread peace, love and understanding through music, while seeking to combat youth violence… Continue reading Increase The Peace: DJ Young Music Launches Empowering School Tour Against Youth Violence
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Charlie Wilson: From Down For The Count To “In It To Win It”
“All mouth, no action.” “Talk is cheap.” “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hear me.” Quotes like these are easy to say…..until you’re wounded by someone’s carelessly-spoken words. Sometimes it’s an ill-timed joke, other times a piercing verbal barb wrapped in the guise of “bless your heart.” And then there… Continue reading Charlie Wilson: From Down For The Count To “In It To Win It”
Siblings, Submission and Your Sex Life
Whether you’re single, coupled-up, or walked down the aisle years ago, nearly everyone has heard persistent myths about marriage: “Happy couples never argue.” “Love is all we need.” “I can change him/her.” Then there’s one that has been disproved time and again, yet people think that saying the words to their significant others will make… Continue reading Siblings, Submission and Your Sex Life
“In It to Win It,” Charlie Wilson CD Review/Preview
…The ascent, descent, and resurgence of Uncle Charlie is the stuff of dreams: most musicians who first hit the charts decades ago are no longer breathing, much less in-demand enough to keep performing. Yet despite the crippling obstacles in his path—-poor management, subsequent poverty, substance abuse addictions and prostate cancer, to name a few—–Charles Kent… Continue reading “In It to Win It,” Charlie Wilson CD Review/Preview
Love’s In Need Of Love Today: Sweet Sentiments & Hardened Hearts Don’t Mix
Roses, chocolate hearts, teddy bears and cards full of sweet sentiments about love and tenderness. Next Tuesday is Valentine’s Day, and every retail outlet since January has been awash in reminders at every turn. Darius is a young man now, more consumed with his part-time job, friends and college courses than collecting Valentine cards. His… Continue reading Love’s In Need Of Love Today: Sweet Sentiments & Hardened Hearts Don’t Mix