What's up family! I'm going away to Peru from (August 15 - August 29) so updates may be slower, but new interviews and articles are expected soon. In the meantime checkout RapFundamentals.com
-Carlos
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Verse of The Week"I don't really care what squad you wit/
Cause a real nigga don't need sponsorship/
And a posse don't make me hard/
I'm a leader so I gotta play these cards and face these odds/
Ain't no time to chase these broads/
Tryin to get paper to create these jobs/
And it's a fact when you're black that you don't know how to act/
when your bellybutton's touchin your back, yeah/
That's why a lot of us fuck with the crack/
Cause it's the easiest way to double your stacks/
And all the hoes scream "Where the hustlers at?"/
Usually the pretty chick with the bubble in back
Word to Dilla dawg I'ma get it all/
Combination safe behind the picture on the wall/
Even though moms raised me right/
I swear to God this rap shit saved my life"
–Guilty Simpson, Clap Your Hands