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_ The Success of Violence
By: Tim Butler
Just about everybody on planet earth knows the story
of gangsta rap star 50 Cent and his rise from obscurity to
the world stage of entertainment. Even if you don Tt listen
to rap music, there Ts a good ehance that you know 50 was a
former drug dealer who was shot nine times and lived to
tell the tale. A burgeoning music artist, from the very
beginning of his rap career 50 Cent (real name Curtis
Jackson) built a name for himself by getting into feuds
with other more established rap stars. That formula, along
with America Ts continued fascination with hip hop culture,
has made 50 Cent into one of the biggest rap music
superstars in the world. °
Whether it Ts selling his own albums, producing other artists, creating controversy, or hawking his
G-unit clothing line, the name 50 Cent is forever emblazoned in the public Ts mind. And now comes
what is sure to be one of the biggest movies of this year. This weekend, the story of 50 Cent Ts rise to
gees fortune comes to the big screen in the form of the Paramount Pictures release Get Rich or.
te Tryin T. :
_ \ ,Six-time Oscar-nominated Jim Sheridan brings to life the story of an orphaned street kid who makes
his mark in the drug world, only to leave that environment behind in favor of establishing himself as a
Tapper. For the film, art imitates life " much as it does in 50 Ts top-selling records. :
The movie parallels Jackson Ts own life, in which Marcus (50 Cent) always knew he was going to be "
a rapper. When his mother is murdered, he turns to selling drugs to make ends meet. Thanks to some
influential people in his life " including his grandmother (Viola Davis), Marcus becomes grounded
and is able to maintain some sanity as his world begins to spiral out of control. :
Living in a virtual hell of his own making, a tragedy that nearly kills him forces Jackson to turn his
life around for the better.
But before you think that Get Rich or Die Tryin T is completely a copy of 50 Cent Ts real life, think
again. According to the rapper, the movie is a story that is centered around incidents similar to some
of those that happened to him in real life.
50 Cent burst onto the scene when his debut. album, also titled Get Rich or Die Tryin T , set the record
for the all-time best debut with 900,000 units sold in its first week. Subsequently, the project went on
the be certified six-times platinum. His follow-up album The Massacre debuted at number one and
~ Went on to sell four million units to date. With The Massacre, 50 Cent became the first artist to have
four songs in the top ten of Billboard Ts Hot 100 since the Beatles in 1964.
For the movie, director Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America ) views the ultimate story as being one
that runs to a deeper level. Center to the story for him is that the characters all face enormous chal-
lenges " including illness, poverty, and racial bigotry. For him, the movie is more about the whys in
life: Why, there are more single mothers in the Black community than any other community in
America. Why is rap music the way it is? Why was Marcus forced to do what he had to do?
Producers wanted Sheridan for the job because he understands the concept of struggle " whether it
struggling in Jamaica, Queens or the Bronx - or in the tougher districts of different colors, but the
struggles of trouble, despair, and violence is the same everywhere.
Terence Winter (The Sopranos) wrote the script for the movie. Producers felt the two-time Emmy
winner for the HBO meb series was most appropriate for the job, considering the parallels between the
Italian gangsta world and the urban gangsta culture. The result was a gritty dramatic screenplay
about a young maii Ts survival in a world against him.
The film Ts main producer Chris Lighty says the movie Ts title says it all. For the movie makers, Get - 2. i. 4 lg,
Rich or Die Tryin T is all about the universal need to en and Pp reventin qun ats ragé arinking
live the good life. On other levels, its about getting out of the ft |. | -
hood by any means necessary without getting killed or ending : is easier than YOu think. talk now.
up in jail. oI think every stock broker on Wall Street is living
that life, ? says Lighty. oEvery American is trying to buy a
Mercedes; we Tre all trying to get rich or die tryin T. This is just
50 Ts version of it.
-: For 50, his.plunge inte the drug trade started after his...
mother Ts death. He went to stay with his grandparents, who did
what they could to keep him on the straight and narrow. oBut I
didn Tt feel like I was where I should be at, so I turned to the
people that appeared to have it all with no problem, ? says the
rapper. oThey were people from my mother Ts life " from
when she used to hustle. And they would look out for me, and
do things for me. So that Ts how I started. They were helping
me to provide for myself. ? . .
50 Cent says it was the birth of his son that changed his life.
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Once he was born, his priorities changed. The way he saw it, cat 30 Cent Jackson
he couldn Tt be of much help to his son if he was locked up in __| tives to a screening of his
jail. So he changed his direction and pursued a musical career. movie, oGet Rich or Die
Tryin, T ? Monday, Nov. 7, 2005,
The music for Get Rich or Die Tryin T came about as a result in New York. The rapper turned
of the film. Situations for the movie drove the music, not the
other way around. It was a film project first, then music was peed was seen)
added to it. In fact, when he wasn Tt in front of the camera, 50 the fatal shooting at a Home-
Cent was in a mobile studio writing the songs for the film Ts stead, Pa., theater where his
soundtrack. He made the music as he moved through the film. movie was playing on Wednes-
As a result, the storytelling in these songs is markedly different
day night. ?I feel for the victim Ts Just talk with your kids,
from that of 50 Ts other music. ye fact x
family in this situation, ? 50
For Sheridan, the movie is all about the evolution of a kid Cent said on ABC Ts oThe View ?
who thinks he has no alternative but to go and stand on the on Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. (AP
comer and be an entrepreneur. And it Ts about the change from Photo/Diane Bondareff)
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even if you're not a fan of hip hop music, you should see this
movie because ultimately it Ts a story about a culture and the drive of a child into becoming a man.
that into becoming a superstar rapper. The producers say that
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With Every Note,
I Felt God Ts Pres-
ence
Leontyne Price remembers a
memorable night.
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Singing is a very personal art
form. An instrumentalist has to
deal with, and touch, other .
objects "a violin, a piano, etc.
However, singers are the object
of the art, and singing is the most
personal way to express it. It is
you, and you are it. The breath
that is involved with singing is a
technical thing. It is part of the
training that helps to produce the
voice in the best form possible.
But breath, in terms of the Spirit
of God, is really about the sense I
get of being in the hands of God
when I sing. I really do feel I am
in touch with something much
higher than myself, and much
higher than the performance I am
Edgecombe cont... . .
In major crimes, we have a one
unsolved homicides, 100%
clearance rate in rapes and
statutory offenses, 88 % clearance
rate in armed robberies and a 30%
clearance rate in breaking/entering
and burglaries. T The detective
division has recovered for
Edgecombe and surrounding
counties in excess of $900,000
worth of property.
Along with searches and search
warrants, the narcotics division has
made 200 arrests involving 250
drug charges. The Narcotics
Division has been busy training
and is preparing to gear up for the
continuing fight on drugs. We
hope to see the number of drug .
arrests and charges increase over
the next year.
There are 53 detention officers and
supervisors and two public health
nurses assigned to the detention
facility. The average daily inmate
population managed by detention
personnel is 230. The number of
federal-inmates being housed in.the
Edgecombe County Detention
Center increased to 100. We have
collected $1,397,280 in revenue
from January 2004 to April 2005
for housing federal and state
inmates.
A new computer system has been
added in the detention center that
monitors inmates T telephone calls
(the system advises them that the
calls may be monitored). With this
system in place, we have cleared
several cases and have recovered
stolen property. .
An additional CAD workstation
has been added to Telecommunica-
tions. This workstation will serve
ad backup if one of existing
stations becomes inoperable. It
will be manned in the event the
Emergency Operations Center is
activated.
Through grant funds and match-
ing funds from the county, we have
continued our quest to technologi-
cally outfit the Edgecombe C ounty
Sheriff's Office with state of the art
equipment. We have continued to
upgrade our computerized records
management system, added five
additional Mobile Data Terminal
(MDT Ts) to patrol vehicles,
equipped each patrol vehicle with
cages, purchased additional digital
cameras, bulletproof vests and
further updated our catalog of
surveillance equipment.
The Sheriff's Office has two K-9
Units. With drugs being a major
concem within the county and
abroad, the K-9 units will be used
to assist in searches and executing
search warrants.
Courthouse security has been
tightened with the hiring of two
additional deputies that serve as
courthouse security. An X-ray
machine was donated to the
sheriff's office by the federal
government, which is in full
Operation at the courthouse along
with a metal detector,
We have implemented and
equipped a MIRT Team that will
respond to natural disasters when
requested by other agencies to
assist with manpower needs.
This past year has been a year of
extensive training for the Sheriff's
Office, especially with the SRT
Team. We hope to use this
renewed knowledge to better serve
the citizens of Edgecombe County.
November 11 - 25, 2005
giving. I am in the hands of
God, who guides me far beyond
any technical expertise I may
have. A.
I never go out onto the stage
- without praying. I have to have
that moment beforeIgo
onstage, because I will not go
out without letting God know I
need his strength. One night, I
was supposed to perform, and |
was very ill. This happened in
Dallas. It was the opening of the
wonderful new hall there, in
1989. My recital was supposed to -
be the first one held there, As
always, I took time to pray
T before, and somehow I was able
_ to get to the stage. I leaned on the
piano because I was very weak
and ill, and I prayed silently after
each note, as if saying to God,
oIt Ts really not up to me alone;
It Ts up to you and me. ? J will
always remember that night,
because I probably did the best
singing I have-ever done. With
every note, I felt'God Ts presence.
After the performance, I was
taken to a hospital and diagnosed
with diverticulitis.
I think all artists are vessels and
we are guided in the way we
express our art. I feel so grateful
to. God that He gave me the gift of
being able to'sing. I cannot
_ believe that any artist does not
acknowledge that his or her art
was a gift from God. It has been/
said of the composer Giuseppe
Verdi that he was an agnostic. |
do not believe you can compose
the Verdi Requiem and be an
agnostic. Whenever I sang the
Requiem, my own experiences
atid my total belief in the omnipo-
tent merged so completely.
Conductors have told me it
seemed as if I were having an out-
of-body experience when I sang
it "that I was someplace else,
though of course, always in the
music, but outside the notes, In
every. performance I have ever
done of Verdi Ts Requiem, it felt as
if God wrote every flote.
Excerpted from Inspired: The .
Breath of God by Joanna Laufer
and Kenneth S:-Lewis. "
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years event was oIt Ts Your Business ? oIn a-national survey of over 6,000 American families, 50% of the men
frequently assaulted their wives and also frequently abused their children ?. oMen who have witnessed their
parents T domestic violence are three times more likely to abuse their own wives than children of non violent
parents, with the sons of the most violent parents being 1000 times more likely-to become a wife beater ?. The
spouse isn Tt the only one at risk in a violent relationship. Statistics show that the children are also at risk.
oOver 3 million children are at risk of exposure to parental violence each year ?. oChild abuse is 15 times more
likely to occur in families where domestic violence is present ?. oChildren-who witness violence at home
display emotional and behavioral disturbances as diverse as withdrawal, low self-esteem, nightmares, self-
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A new change to sapiens indigent people and African :
dire reahificcasany lien However, some might lack
African Americans, according to knowledge about the drug cover-
recent information provided by _&&¢ Plan and experience diffcul-
health policy e US y ties receiving coverage when it is
Officiats at the ae launched. ony
research group the Kane ens, Under the new policy, the federal
Foundation held a conference call government will provide dr
to discuss a pivotal change in the ee oe reromapate 5
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coverage via private health " cans will a3 pene n Amer a
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confused about the new policy,
which takes effect Jan. 1.
?A lot needs to happen in a very
short timeframe, ? said. Michelle
Kitchman Strollo of the Kaiser
Foundation. .
Kaiser contends that there are
about 43 million Americans "_
almost 4 million of them African
Americans " receiving Médicare
who might need help switching to
- the new program and enrolling ~
and choosing among the many
private plans participating in the
program. In literature provided by
the Kaiser Family Foundation, it is
estimated that obeneficiaries in
most states will have a choice of
about 40 Medicare prescription
drug plans. ?
The experts say the change may
greatly affect Americans receiving
Medicare in addition to Medicaid
drug prescription benefits " more
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fast ? honoring historically black college Bennett College located in Greensboro, NC,
was the honorable President Johnetta Cole of Bennett College, Ms. Renee Purvis, Ms,
Elaine Tyson, Ms. Hazel Brown, Mrs. Imogene Dupree, along with other guests and
friends that were on hand to honor our historically black oonly women ? college. We
want to honor and congratulate Dr. Cole for all the hard work, time and energy she
has put into turning around Bennett College to be one the best historically black
colleges today. Live on Bennett College !!!!!
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to Medicare drug plans if they -
want federally subsidized drug _
coverage. .
Medicaid, funded jointly by the
federal government and the states,
generally provides medical .
insurance for the nation Ts poor.
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"Their Medicaid is ending Dec. 31 ,
of this year, ?:Dr. Linda Elam, who
serves on Kaiser's Commission on
Medicaid-and the Uninsured, said
of those who must switch to
Medicare coverage. oThey are
going to have to have a smooth
transition to ensure that they have
continuity of coverage. ?
Elam said the federal government
is taking extra steps to ensure that
those who receive Medicaid drug
coverage are notified of the
changes. Mailings, she said, were
sent to these beneficiaries.
According to information from
tial beneficiaries
can enroll for 2006 between Nov. .
15 and March 15, 2006.
The National Caucus and Center
on Black Aged has taken up the
charge of educating and assisting
those affected by the new Medicare |
drug plan. Daniel Wilson, director
of policy development for the
Caucus, said the organization will
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Lewis Adams was born to a
slave woman (Black) and a white
planter named Jesse Adams in
Macon County, Alabama. He was,
for his time a privileged Black.
man. His father took him to live
in the main house on the planta-
tion, but he was not allowed to
attend classes. He never received
any formal educations but he
studied mathematics and learned
to read and write English, French,
_ German, and Spanish from books
_ that belonged to his White
' brothers and sisters. He also
understood that pratical skills are
» Valuable and he learned the trades
_ Of blacksmith, tinsmith, harness
maker and shoemaker.
After the Civil War, Adams
married a local woman and moved
into a house that his father gave
him. He plied his trades in a
small shop nearby and by the late
1870 Ts there was hardly a
household in Macon County that
did not contain a pot, pan, shoe or
tin roof made by him. Adams
provided work for several Black
Carpenters who were hired to roof
local businesses, and he taught his
skills to many young African-
American men. | ,
He was a member of AME Zion
Church where he taught Sunday
_ School to his 16 children as welll
as those who had attended church.
There was a shortage of teachers
because Tuskegee was a farm
community. However, Adams was
determined to provide an educa-
tion for Black children so in his
Sunday school besides réligion, he
also taught the three r Ts: reading,
riting and rithmetic. Still he
wanted more for Black people.
White children in Tuskegee had
decent and well-kept schools to go
to; Blacks (children and adults)
had to travel elsewhere for a
decent education. Apparently
Adams believed that the state
senate and house elections would
usher in an era of change. The
Democrats were in trouble and
Wilbur Foster, the Macon County
Democratic Committee chairman
and a former confederate officer
was in danger of losing his seat in
the Alabama Senate. Adams
knew that Black voters outnum-
bered White voters three to one in
the Macon County. So when
Foster approached him about
Black support in the county,
Adams struck a deal. When
Foster asked Adams, oWhat would
you want for securing the Black
vote for me? ? Instead of asking
for money, Adams told Foster that
he wanted an educational institu-
tion for his people.
Nominations for the 2005 Citizen of the Year
- November 2005
The Chamber is now seeking
nominations for the 2005 Citizen
of the Year. Citizens and
Chamber members are encour-
aged to nominate persons they
feel are deserving of this recogni-
tion. The Greenville-Pitt County
Chamber of Commerce annually
presents its CITIZEN OF THE
YEAR AWARD to honor a man
or woman who has made signifi-
cant contribution to the
Greenville-Pitt County commu-
nity. Presented at the Chamber Ts
Annual Membership Celebration,
the award represents a prestigious
recognition:by the community of
the recipient Ts commitment and
dedication to the advancement of
the Greenville area.
To be considered for the award.
the nominee should be someone
who enjoys a reputation for
contimuous community service in
areas such as civic involvement,
By: Yussuf J. Simmonds &
Dr. Brenda Flanagan
Another politician, Arthur L.
Brooks, a local newspaper
. publisher, was also in jeopardy of
losing his seat in the House of
Representatives and went to
Adams for the Black vote. As
with Foster, Adams wanted money
for an educational center for Black
people. Foster and Brooks both
won their seats with solid backing
from the Blacks in Macon County
and Brooks introduced a bill to
fund a college for Blacks shortly
he réttimed to office. In February
1881, Rufus W. Cobb, the gover-
nor of Alabama, signed a law
appropriating $2,000. a year for a
school for Black teachers. It was
called Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute and it was
administered by three commis-
-Sioners " two Whites and a Black,
Lewis Adams. On the recommen-
dation of General Samuel
Armstrong of Hampton Institute,
and the good reputation of Lewis
Adams, Booker T. Washington got
the nod and was appointed to the
helm.
In his autobiography, Up From
Slavery, Washington said the
following about Adams, oI Tve
always felt that Mr. Adams, in a
large degree, derived his unusual
power of mind from training given
his hands in the process of
mastering well three trades during
the days of slavery. ? Lewis
Adams taught classes at Tuskegee
for many years. Had he not
understood, early on, the need for
higher education for Blacks and
had he not finally understood the
potential strength of the Black
vote, there might never have been
a Tuskegee University. He died in
church on a Sunday at 63 years
old.
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submitted by January 6, 2006. the
award will be presented at the
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By GORDON JACKSON,
The Dallas Examiner
Under the international micro-
scope recently has been the small
West African country of Liberia.
Looking into that microscope are
several Americans, including
_ those of Liberian descent living in
North Texas. Roots run deep ina
nation founded by ex-slaves from
America. |
Liberians living in the United
States took the Jead in monitoring
the results of the Nov. 8 runoff
election that pitted former finance
minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
against former soccer hero George
Weah. The two rose from 22 total
candidates in the primary election
held in mid-October.
The people have spoken and Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf is their oman, ?
having amassed almost 60 percent
of the vote in an election that
hopes to restore democracy to the
civil-war ravaged nation.
on
Johnson-Sirleaf becomes Africa's
only female president and one of
the few woman heads of state in
the world.
oIt Ts a big task. I Tm aware of the
enormity of this, ? Johnson-Sirleaf
said in an interview according to
The Associated Press. oBut I also
think that I Tm up to the task. ?
So does Hurst resident and
Liberian American James
Coleman.
oT think Ellen is prepared from her
day of swearing in to communi-
cate with President Bush and with
the people of Liberia in a manner
to bring the people back to their
feet, ? said Coleman. oI Tm happy
to see Liberia actually take the
lead in promoting democracy for
all of Africa. ?
Eric Nimely, president of the
Liberian Community Association-
DFW, also felt that Johnson-
Sirleaf was the best possible
candidate to represent Liberia.
oEllen Johnson is very credible to
the international community. She
has us looking good to the world
economy, ? said Nimely, but he
recognizes the challenges before
her.
oI have no doubt that she has a lot
to prove, ? he said. oIf jobs are not
created and families not able to
put food on the table, she can lose
control right away. ?
Having lived in America since
1978, Coleman, 52, has watched
with pain his homeland go
through several stages of civil
unrest since he left.
oWe have not been happy with the
way things have been going over
there, ? said Coleman, whose
great-great grandfather, William
Coleman was Liberia Ts president
from 1896-1900.
The country Ts 19th president,
William Tolbert; was overthrown
and assassinated by Samuel Doe
in 1980, the first time the usually
peaceful country went under
military rule. Doe himself would
be assassinated in 1990, his
regime replaced by mili
warlord Charles Taylor. That put
Liberia into a civil war with
Taylor fighting off different
factions. An election was held in
1997 with Taylor easily defeating
Johnson-Sirleaf, but many say
Taylor intimidated his way to the
win because many citizens feared
death if they voted against him.
Rebels finally defeated Taylor,
forcing him into exile in Nigeria
in 2003 and enabling the country
to set up a caretaker government
and the recent elections, where
former President Jimmy Carter
served as one of the election
monitors. Johnson-Sirleaf was
Tolbert Ts finance minister and .
barely escaped death herself when
the coup took place. She left the
country briefly but returned and
was jailed by Doe for being critical
of him while running for a senate
seat. Although losing to Taylor in
1997, her courage for standing up
against him earned her the
nickname of oIron Lady. ?
Both Nimely, a respiratory care
practitioner at Cook Children Ts
Hospital in Ft. Worth, and
Coleman, manager of the supplier
diversity program with Verizon,
looked at Johnson-Sirleaf's gender
as a plus.
oShe's a good role model for
females to show that they can lead
as well, ? said Coleman.
oPeople look at Africa as a male-
dominated society, ? said Nimely.
oThis paves the way to open more
doors not only for women in
Libetia but all of Africa. ?
Liberia was founded by freed
slaves sent over from the United
States between 1822 and 1847.
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irst woman presi
The country Ts capital, Monrovia,
is named after James Monroe, the
United States T sixth president.
Nimely and Coleman gave several
recommendations to what would _
be Johnson-Sirleaf Ts next critical
steps. Developing relationships
_ with neighboring countries fo
better avoid insurgencies, drawing
in foreign investment and uniting
all Liberians by establishing a
government of inclusion were
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