Peace & Greetings All, I pray all is well with each of you. I’m still in pivot mode since my last post in August. Many of you may have known that I was part of a Hiphop group called Defiant Giants many moons ago. In short, we formed at Howard University and were considered a politically conscious/Pro-Black group. Although we didn’t sell a lot of records, we were critically acclaimed. I was conversing with one of my Brothas from the group the other day and told him that the atmosphere that existed when we formed is prevalent today. I also told him that the music that we preformed speaks to the happenings of today, specifically the open season on ‘Black’ men from multiple fronts. With that said, I was checking out some of our songs and was compelled to share a couple of them with you. The first one is titled Stand By the Brother’, performed by the founder of the group, Nubian Scholar.
It features Trenton’s own Mr. Doc Long and the producer’s (then) young son, Jahlique Jones. The song was recorded in 2003, but Nubian wrote the poem years prior. I dedicate this to all of the Men who are doing their part to Provide, Defend & Protect themselves, their Families and their Communities! There are many in my FB family, One Love!...Shout out to my Nephew Kevin Muema for the research and assistance on creating the video!
With that being said, enjoy!
