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The remix took a seminal song from the Hyphy Movement, added a unique wrinkle, and then proceeded to make faces melt.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ii7QSbxg88w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ii7QSbxg88w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The track could be heard at pep rallies in the valley, in nightclubs in San Francisco and blasting out of the front grill speakers of Chevy vans as they smashed through Deep East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trackademicks, a half-Black and half-Filipino guy who was raised in Alameda, looks at his own lineage and says remixing things is in his DNA, literally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was already in the music too. The Hyphy movement has its own history of mixing genres, which allowed it to birth something unique in The Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, as a number of rappers (\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc8oGJNUh2o&list=OLAK5uy_kS656OLwsYU_0N1YsfmLkv5bA3pQjr6Sc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including Trackademicks\u003c/a>) make music that harkens back to that era, we thought it’d be a good time to discuss how the big sun glasses, fun dances, and uptempo music of the Hyphy Movement came to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC9687019930\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Below are lightly edited excerpts of our episode on Hyphy history with Trackademicks. Listen to get the full experience and to hear more about how Trackademicks remixed a classic and worked with artists like Mistah F.A.B. \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pendarvis:\u003c/strong> I think it’s time for a Bay Area history lesson on hyphy music, and who better to talk to than the cool collar scholar himself, the HNRL producer who has worked with J. Stalin, Kamaiyah, Mistah F.A.B. and more. His name is Trackademicks, and he knows a thing or two about hip-hop history in this region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pendarvis:\u003c/strong> What’s the first hyphy song you ever heard?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trackademicks:\u003c/strong> I’d have to say that E-40 album … it had the song “Gasoline” with Turf Talk. That’s when I first started hearing like, ‘oh, this is an actual crazy sound.’ The hyphy sound. Turf Talk’s voice next to E-40’s voice, it just kind of created this crazy tone where it’s just unruly. It was in your face.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ySel0OB-TDw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ySel0OB-TDw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trackademicks:\u003c/strong> The beat’s by Rick Rock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pendarvis:\u003c/strong> Rick Rock was the Northern California producer behind classic old-school songs, contemporary hits, and a ton of songs from major hip-hop artists, like Tupac, Jay-Z … even \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDaNJW_jEBo\">Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey\u003c/a>. Rick Rock was one of the producers who laid the cornerstone to the hyphy sound — producing songs like \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe7ohnlZhBc\">“Hyphy”\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtZ0bYEW28\">“Go Dumb”\u003c/a> by The Federation, as well as E-40’s “Yay Area.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/K71IXLQpGss'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/K71IXLQpGss'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trackademicks:\u003c/strong> Rick Rock was making crazy beats. He was making more uptempo songs with wacky, wacky sounds and crazy percussion. This is something different, it’s hyphy. I mean, we didn’t have the terminology yet. But it slapped.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where Did the Word “Hyphy” Come From?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pendarvis:\u003c/strong> “Hyphy” the word was first said on record by East Oakland’s Keak Da Sneak in the mid-’90s. It gained popularity in the early 2000s. But in the early days when Keak started using it, “hyphy” didn’t mean what it means now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trackademicks:\u003c/strong> He’s the one who created the hyphy terminology. In Oakland, hyphy … didn’t mean fun. Hyphy meant … “They hyphy over there.” Like I’m not trying to go over there. They might rob you. You never know what’s going on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pendarvis:\u003c/strong> But, as language does, the term evolved to mean hyperactive — in a good way. Full of exuberant energy, the life of the party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trackademicks:\u003c/strong> Hyphy is pure energy. It’s not a clap sound or ghostriding whips and all that … it’s pure energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Musical Lineage that Created Hyphy\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pendarvis:\u003c/strong> The hyphy sound in the mid-2000s didn’t come out of nowhere; it was a combination of the energy of the people and the evolution of music styles happening locally. To start us off, back in the day, there was funk music…\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/AoQ4AtsFWVM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/AoQ4AtsFWVM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pendarvis:\u003c/strong> The heavy bass and synthesizers from funk shifted into a darker tone… becoming \u003ca href=\"https://www.criticalminded.com/2016/11/27/bay-area-mobb-music/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mobb music\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trackademicks:\u003c/strong> In the ’80s, you had prehistoric mobb music. 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So that’s the first iteration, like that mobb, that ’80s, you know, Too Short.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1b8kTV4VtKA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1b8kTV4VtKA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pendarvis:\u003c/strong> Everyone knows Short sampled Parliament Funkadelic and James Brown, but it’s the deep cuts that show how foundational the funk was. Tracks like the Conscious Daughters’ “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8KZ2CIpjto\">Somethin’ to Ride To (Fonky Expedition)\u003c/a>”. That song is built off a sample of the S.O.S. Band’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSEbDN49bYM\">No One’s Going to Love You\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trackademicks:\u003c/strong> As it went through the late ’90s, mobb music started re-interpolating a lot of things. 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There was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRCIja0Eb4\">Dem Hoodstarz\u003c/a> out of East Palo Alto. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6FDYlpKek0\">J. Stalin and Livewire Records\u003c/a> out of West Oakland, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe7ohnlZhBc\">The Federation\u003c/a> out of Fairfield, to name a few. And many artists had careers that spanned both mobb music and the hyphy movement — like Too Short, E-40, and this one guy whose birth name is Andre Hicks. But you might know him as the Furly Ghost, Ronald Dregan, Thizzelle Washington, Andre Macassi, the Cold Crest Creeper, or simply: Mac Dre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trackademicks:\u003c/strong> The thing that Mac Dre brought was the energy of hyphy, the caricature, the character of hyphy. He kind of set the groundwork of the fun aspect of it. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he Bay Area’s hip-hop culture is as rich as the soil from which it grows. We should value it like the property in the region.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the bedroom closet of this little apartment I’ve been renting for just over a year (in Sacramento because the Bay is too damn expensive), I’ve got a little bit of that history tucked off in a shoebox. It’s full of printed photos and digital images archived on external drives. It’s my stash of golden nuggets that I’ve mined during my 15-plus years of being a documentarian, and lifetime of soaking up \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">game\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Bay. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since our rich Bay Area hip-hop culture will be center stage this coming weekend, I figured it’s time to share a little bit of the wealth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9389058/verzuz-battles-ranked-instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verzuz\u003c/a>, the online musical battle series backed by mega-producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, is scheduled to feature Bay Area superstars \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CIwO8zqDVw3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E-40 and Too $hort\u003c/a> on Saturday, Dec. 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890442\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890442\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"Me in New York pointing to a small poster advertising the release of E-40's My Ghetto Report Card\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-768x437.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in New York pointing to a small poster advertising the release of E-40’s My Ghetto Report Card in late January, 2006. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just after the event’s announcement on Sunday, a virtual chat room titled “The Bay Is In The Area” on the all-audio social media app Clubhouse got a surprise appearance from Mr. 40 Water himself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">E-40 Fonzarelli explained that during the upcoming battle he’ll be wearing his rapper hat, so he can’t be “the goon with the spoon,” for catering purposes. He said his Bay Area rap Mount Rushmore includes himself, Too $hort, Mac Dre and MC Hammer (with a nod to Tupac, but Pac is also on the overall hip-hop Mount Rushmore, so there’s that). \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I asked 40 Belafonte about his 1996 track “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://genius.com/E-40-record-haters-lyrics\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Record Haters\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” (a diss to Brooklyn rapper AZ and NBA star Rasheed Wallace), in which Uncle Earl says, “My niggas 3X Krazy laced me/ \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taught me how to say ‘fa sheezy.’” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890440\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-800x528.png\" alt=\"Pendarvis Harshaw wearing a "100% Intelligent Black Child" shirt while standing next to D'Wayne Wiggins backstage at the S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-800x528.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1020x673.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-768x506.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1536x1013.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-2048x1350.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1920x1266.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pendarvis Harshaw wearing a “100% Intelligent Black Child” shirt while standing next to D’Wayne Wiggins backstage at the S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My question: did 3x Krazy, a popular East Oakland rap group from the late ’90s and early ’00s consisting of Keak Da Sneak, Agerman and Bart, really teach The Ambassador how to say “fa sheezy”? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Charlie Hustle confirmed that they did indeed. And then The Ballatician went on to explain how that term gave birth to a new way of speaking, one that’s evident in Lil Wayne’s usage of “Lil Weezy,” Kanye West’s moniker of “Kanyeezy” and more. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a preview of the larger lesson on the etymology of popular slang we’re sure to get during the upcoming battle. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earl Stevens told the attendees of the chat that he “hardly has enough time to eat a pistachio,” so he’d have to exit the convo. It’s true—the 53-year-old fixture from the hillside in Vallejo dropped multiple albums in 2020, and he’s working on \u003ca href=\"https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.59525/title.too-short-explains-snoop-dogg-ice-cube-e-40-supergroup-is-for-hip-hop-not-the-bag#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an album with Snoop, Too $hort and Ice Cube\u003c/a> for 2021. But before he left the virtual room, he mentioned he’d be posting old photos ahead of this weekend’s battle, just to let people see a bit of his story. Which is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">lightweight\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> our story. Our culture. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It got me to thinking about that collection in my closet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t’s not \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">all\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> there. I’ve lost all the airbrushed shirts. And I’m wounded because those size 38, baggy Girbaud jeans with the straps that I wore when I weighed 140 pounds would probably fit well right about now. But a\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t least \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdst63FWSCs\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">my video of Stomper goin’ dumb\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> still exists.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I hold tight to what I do have: my photos of that time\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13854043/when-nipsey-hussle-brought-his-marathon-mindset-to-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Nipsey Hussle brought the Jacka on stage\u003c/a> in December of 2013. (Both of them are now deceased.) Dear to me, too, are the pictures from that evening \u003ca href=\"http://hiphopandpolitics.com/2012/03/15/oaklands-townhall-on-misogyny-teen-violence-the-influence-of-rap-music-w-too-short/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rev. Dereca Blackmon and Too $hort\u003c/a> sat in Oakland’s City Hall chambers and held a conversation about misogyny in hip-hop in March of 2012.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arguably my most important stash of printed photos is from \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 2005. A little more than a month after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the gulf coast, there was a \u003ca href=\"https://archive.upcoming.org/event/bay-area-saving-ourselves-sos-benefit-concert-32878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saving Ourselves S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit\u003c/a> concert held at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland in effort to support folks in the south. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Backed by Comcast Cable and The First African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church of Oakland\u003c/span>, the event was organized by former Oakland City Councilperson Desley Brooks, the late trumpeter \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13869182/oaktown-jazz-workshops-a-beacon-of-youth-music-programs-turns-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khalil Shaheed\u003c/a> and Tony! Toni! Toné!’s Dwayne Wiggins. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The show featured jazz greats Bobby Hutcherson and Nicholas Payton. Hip-hop and R&B artists like Spice-1, EA-Ski and Jennifer Johns were also in the building. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was one of the first events I ever covered. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890445\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890445\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ameer Loggins when he was known as Left, half of the the Frontline duo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ameer Loggins, aka Left, half of the the Frontline duo posing for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">En route to the show I hit the Walgreens on 14th and Broadway and liberated two disposable cameras. I had a digital video camera and a small voice recorder too, but those have since vanished. All that’s left are the photos from the disposable cameras.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Within the stack of image after image of people in airbrushed T-shirts is a photo of Keak The Sneak—wearing an airbrushed T-shirt of himself. I took the photo right after he told me about his family roots in Alabama, and why the event meant so much to him. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890439\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 419px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13890439\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-800x1162.png\" alt=\"East Oakland emcee Keak Da Sneak wearing an airbrushed shirt of Keak Da Sneak.\" width=\"419\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-800x1162.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1020x1481.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-160x232.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-768x1115.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1058x1536.png 1058w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1410x2048.png 1410w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1920x2789.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak.png 1941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak wearing an airbrushed shirt of Keak Da Sneak. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s also a photo of rapper San Quinn in the dressing room, surrounded by his folks from the City, including Big Rich, Ya Boy (also known as Rich Rocka) and Bailey, whose song “U C It” (featuring J. Valentine) was getting a lot of spins at the time. After the photo, I recall Quinn pulling me aside and suggesting I interview a firefighter who was in the room—saying he was the real star. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The night ended with a good friend of mine, Jesus El, being harassed and arrested by the Oakland Police Department. The overly aggressive officers made for an anti-climatic ending to the evening, and simultaneously exemplified another aspect of Bay Area hip-hop culture.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what came from that night was a small sample—a couple of golden nuggets—of what the culture was like at the time. (My Lord, did we really wear that many airbrushed shirts?) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890441\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13890441 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco rappers, including Ya Boy (sunglasses), San Quinn (center, far back), Bailey (Blue SF hat) and Big Rich (far right) pose for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland. October 2005. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco rappers, including Ya Boy (sunglasses), San Quinn (center, far back), Bailey (Blue SF hat) and Big Rich (far right) pose for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland. October 2005.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It also shows the importance of\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> someone valuing the story of the Bay Area’s hip-hop culture. \u003c/span>And with that said, I’m kicking myself because there should be so much more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> should have the video I shot from the night before Husalah turned himself in to face federal time. I should have the photos from that evening I sat in on a studio session with a group of youngsters named \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03wPJpQG4U&ab_channel=kellymdickpromotions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poplyfe\u003c/a>, which featured a vocalist named \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13830316/kehlani-is-queering-mainstream-pop-and-the-bay-area-is-here-for-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kehlani\u003c/a>. I should have the tapes from the day I interviewed journalist \u003ca href=\"http://www.daveyd.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davey D\u003c/a>, when he told me about Tupac living on the other side of the Lake—a conversation that lasted two hours and concluded with me going to the Federation’s video shoot for the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuVwF80ydqA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18 Dummy\u003c/a>,” on Alameda’s Naval Air Station. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890443\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890443\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-800x1204.png\" alt=\"Goapele singing at an event at SF State in 2005. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-800x1204.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-160x241.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-768x1156.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF.png 876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Also found in my archives: a photo of Goapele singing at an event at San Francisco State University in 2005. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m hella salty about all the stories untold, photos unpublished and videos unshared, because I know each tale pushes the value of the culture that much further.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>… all the more reason to share what I do have. \u003c/em> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hot97.com/hip-hop-news/hot-news/ashanti-vs-keyshia-cole-verzuz-cancelled-singer-tested-postive-for-covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If this weekend’s event happens\u003c/a>, I’m sure it’ll bring about more gold than one can hold. [aside postid='arts_13890048']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My hope is that the event not only pushes our region a step further down the path of the recognition it deserves, but also inspires other folks to dig in their crates, closets and computer chips and share some of the cultural riches they’re sitting on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC2198604807\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he Bay Area’s hip-hop culture is as rich as the soil from which it grows. We should value it like the property in the region.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the bedroom closet of this little apartment I’ve been renting for just over a year (in Sacramento because the Bay is too damn expensive), I’ve got a little bit of that history tucked off in a shoebox. It’s full of printed photos and digital images archived on external drives. It’s my stash of golden nuggets that I’ve mined during my 15-plus years of being a documentarian, and lifetime of soaking up \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">game\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Bay. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since our rich Bay Area hip-hop culture will be center stage this coming weekend, I figured it’s time to share a little bit of the wealth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9389058/verzuz-battles-ranked-instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verzuz\u003c/a>, the online musical battle series backed by mega-producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, is scheduled to feature Bay Area superstars \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CIwO8zqDVw3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E-40 and Too $hort\u003c/a> on Saturday, Dec. 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890442\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890442\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"Me in New York pointing to a small poster advertising the release of E-40's My Ghetto Report Card\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-768x437.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in New York pointing to a small poster advertising the release of E-40’s My Ghetto Report Card in late January, 2006. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just after the event’s announcement on Sunday, a virtual chat room titled “The Bay Is In The Area” on the all-audio social media app Clubhouse got a surprise appearance from Mr. 40 Water himself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">E-40 Fonzarelli explained that during the upcoming battle he’ll be wearing his rapper hat, so he can’t be “the goon with the spoon,” for catering purposes. He said his Bay Area rap Mount Rushmore includes himself, Too $hort, Mac Dre and MC Hammer (with a nod to Tupac, but Pac is also on the overall hip-hop Mount Rushmore, so there’s that). \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I asked 40 Belafonte about his 1996 track “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://genius.com/E-40-record-haters-lyrics\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Record Haters\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” (a diss to Brooklyn rapper AZ and NBA star Rasheed Wallace), in which Uncle Earl says, “My niggas 3X Krazy laced me/ \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taught me how to say ‘fa sheezy.’” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890440\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-800x528.png\" alt=\"Pendarvis Harshaw wearing a "100% Intelligent Black Child" shirt while standing next to D'Wayne Wiggins backstage at the S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-800x528.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1020x673.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-768x506.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1536x1013.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-2048x1350.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1920x1266.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pendarvis Harshaw wearing a “100% Intelligent Black Child” shirt while standing next to D’Wayne Wiggins backstage at the S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My question: did 3x Krazy, a popular East Oakland rap group from the late ’90s and early ’00s consisting of Keak Da Sneak, Agerman and Bart, really teach The Ambassador how to say “fa sheezy”? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Charlie Hustle confirmed that they did indeed. And then The Ballatician went on to explain how that term gave birth to a new way of speaking, one that’s evident in Lil Wayne’s usage of “Lil Weezy,” Kanye West’s moniker of “Kanyeezy” and more. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a preview of the larger lesson on the etymology of popular slang we’re sure to get during the upcoming battle. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earl Stevens told the attendees of the chat that he “hardly has enough time to eat a pistachio,” so he’d have to exit the convo. It’s true—the 53-year-old fixture from the hillside in Vallejo dropped multiple albums in 2020, and he’s working on \u003ca href=\"https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.59525/title.too-short-explains-snoop-dogg-ice-cube-e-40-supergroup-is-for-hip-hop-not-the-bag#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an album with Snoop, Too $hort and Ice Cube\u003c/a> for 2021. But before he left the virtual room, he mentioned he’d be posting old photos ahead of this weekend’s battle, just to let people see a bit of his story. Which is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">lightweight\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> our story. Our culture. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It got me to thinking about that collection in my closet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t’s not \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">all\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> there. I’ve lost all the airbrushed shirts. And I’m wounded because those size 38, baggy Girbaud jeans with the straps that I wore when I weighed 140 pounds would probably fit well right about now. But a\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t least \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdst63FWSCs\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">my video of Stomper goin’ dumb\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> still exists.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I hold tight to what I do have: my photos of that time\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13854043/when-nipsey-hussle-brought-his-marathon-mindset-to-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Nipsey Hussle brought the Jacka on stage\u003c/a> in December of 2013. (Both of them are now deceased.) Dear to me, too, are the pictures from that evening \u003ca href=\"http://hiphopandpolitics.com/2012/03/15/oaklands-townhall-on-misogyny-teen-violence-the-influence-of-rap-music-w-too-short/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rev. Dereca Blackmon and Too $hort\u003c/a> sat in Oakland’s City Hall chambers and held a conversation about misogyny in hip-hop in March of 2012.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arguably my most important stash of printed photos is from \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 2005. A little more than a month after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the gulf coast, there was a \u003ca href=\"https://archive.upcoming.org/event/bay-area-saving-ourselves-sos-benefit-concert-32878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saving Ourselves S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit\u003c/a> concert held at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland in effort to support folks in the south. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Backed by Comcast Cable and The First African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church of Oakland\u003c/span>, the event was organized by former Oakland City Councilperson Desley Brooks, the late trumpeter \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13869182/oaktown-jazz-workshops-a-beacon-of-youth-music-programs-turns-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khalil Shaheed\u003c/a> and Tony! Toni! Toné!’s Dwayne Wiggins. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The show featured jazz greats Bobby Hutcherson and Nicholas Payton. Hip-hop and R&B artists like Spice-1, EA-Ski and Jennifer Johns were also in the building. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was one of the first events I ever covered. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890445\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890445\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ameer Loggins when he was known as Left, half of the the Frontline duo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ameer Loggins, aka Left, half of the the Frontline duo posing for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">En route to the show I hit the Walgreens on 14th and Broadway and liberated two disposable cameras. I had a digital video camera and a small voice recorder too, but those have since vanished. All that’s left are the photos from the disposable cameras.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Within the stack of image after image of people in airbrushed T-shirts is a photo of Keak The Sneak—wearing an airbrushed T-shirt of himself. I took the photo right after he told me about his family roots in Alabama, and why the event meant so much to him. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890439\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 419px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13890439\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-800x1162.png\" alt=\"East Oakland emcee Keak Da Sneak wearing an airbrushed shirt of Keak Da Sneak.\" width=\"419\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-800x1162.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1020x1481.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-160x232.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-768x1115.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1058x1536.png 1058w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1410x2048.png 1410w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1920x2789.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak.png 1941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak wearing an airbrushed shirt of Keak Da Sneak. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s also a photo of rapper San Quinn in the dressing room, surrounded by his folks from the City, including Big Rich, Ya Boy (also known as Rich Rocka) and Bailey, whose song “U C It” (featuring J. Valentine) was getting a lot of spins at the time. After the photo, I recall Quinn pulling me aside and suggesting I interview a firefighter who was in the room—saying he was the real star. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The night ended with a good friend of mine, Jesus El, being harassed and arrested by the Oakland Police Department. The overly aggressive officers made for an anti-climatic ending to the evening, and simultaneously exemplified another aspect of Bay Area hip-hop culture.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what came from that night was a small sample—a couple of golden nuggets—of what the culture was like at the time. (My Lord, did we really wear that many airbrushed shirts?) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890441\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13890441 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco rappers, including Ya Boy (sunglasses), San Quinn (center, far back), Bailey (Blue SF hat) and Big Rich (far right) pose for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland. October 2005. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco rappers, including Ya Boy (sunglasses), San Quinn (center, far back), Bailey (Blue SF hat) and Big Rich (far right) pose for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland. October 2005.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It also shows the importance of\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> someone valuing the story of the Bay Area’s hip-hop culture. \u003c/span>And with that said, I’m kicking myself because there should be so much more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> should have the video I shot from the night before Husalah turned himself in to face federal time. I should have the photos from that evening I sat in on a studio session with a group of youngsters named \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03wPJpQG4U&ab_channel=kellymdickpromotions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poplyfe\u003c/a>, which featured a vocalist named \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13830316/kehlani-is-queering-mainstream-pop-and-the-bay-area-is-here-for-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kehlani\u003c/a>. I should have the tapes from the day I interviewed journalist \u003ca href=\"http://www.daveyd.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davey D\u003c/a>, when he told me about Tupac living on the other side of the Lake—a conversation that lasted two hours and concluded with me going to the Federation’s video shoot for the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuVwF80ydqA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18 Dummy\u003c/a>,” on Alameda’s Naval Air Station. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890443\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890443\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-800x1204.png\" alt=\"Goapele singing at an event at SF State in 2005. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-800x1204.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-160x241.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-768x1156.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF.png 876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Also found in my archives: a photo of Goapele singing at an event at San Francisco State University in 2005. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m hella salty about all the stories untold, photos unpublished and videos unshared, because I know each tale pushes the value of the culture that much further.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>… all the more reason to share what I do have. \u003c/em> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hot97.com/hip-hop-news/hot-news/ashanti-vs-keyshia-cole-verzuz-cancelled-singer-tested-postive-for-covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If this weekend’s event happens\u003c/a>, I’m sure it’ll bring about more gold than one can hold. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Just days after \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/officialkeakdasneak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keak Da Sneak\u003c/a> was released from California state prison, he took the stage in Oakland in front of 40,000 cheering fans at the rap festival Rolling Loud, performing his Bay Area anthem “Super Hyphy” during headliner G-Eazy’s set.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think no drug can amount to that feeling of being on stage and thousands of people wanting to see you and happy that you’re up there. It’s a feeling that I try to describe in words, but it’s just like—\u003cem>wow\u003c/em>,” says the rapper, whose real name is Charles Williams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It marked a triumphant comeback from a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13849409/keak-da-sneak-heads-to-prison-no-compassion-for-disabilities-he-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">situation that seemed dire six months ago\u003c/a>, when Williams was sentenced to 16 months in state custody despite requiring ongoing medical care for various physical disabilities. After \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13854812/keak-da-sneak-begins-prison-sentence-after-lengthy-legal-battle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turning himself in\u003c/a> on April 11, he was released on probation on Sept. 24 thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11081078/gov-brown-sees-prop-57-as-key-to-ending-court-prison-oversight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prop 57\u003c/a>, a recent California law that allowed him to earn 66.6% credit on his sentence as a minimum security inmate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zmtZrHtQs/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams’ two-year legal battle stemmed from a 2017 charge of firearm possession as a convicted felon. As he told KQED in January, he carried a gun for protection after surviving a shooting. A police officer in Amador County discovered the firearm after searching his car in a situation Williams described as “racial profiling at an all-time high.” During the course of the trial, he survived yet another shooting that left him in a wheelchair and in need of medical care and physical therapy multiple times a week. His sentencing was delayed multiple times to give him time to complete medical procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13849409/keak-da-sneak-heads-to-prison-no-compassion-for-disabilities-he-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED\u003c/a> broke the story of his sentencing, high-profile music publications like \u003cem>XXL\u003c/em>, HipHopDX and Okayplayer as well as various cable news channels across Northern California covered Williams’ plight. Williams credits the media attention and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/alternative-sentencing-instead-of-prison-for-disabled-rapper-keak-da-sneak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change.org petition\u003c/a> started by his wife, Dee Bowens—which amassed over 70,200 signatures—with pressuring state prison officials to send him to a state facility with quality medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align='right' citation='Keak Da Sneak']“God works in mysterious ways. I just know I was supposed to see that, and how fast your freedom can be taken from you, you know? It made me appreciate life and appreciate my freedom.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big shout out to y’all, I want to thank KQED,” he says. “I want to thank the people who signed my petition on Change.org. If it wasn’t for y’all, I don’t think it would have went as smooth for me, you know? I don’t know if they would have sent me where they sent me, because I made a big deal of the level of care I needed, so they made sure that was there for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After turning himself in, Williams served his term at the California Health Care Facility (CHCF) in Stockton, which has round-the-clock medical care. Before he knew where he was headed, he feared the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation would send him to a facility that couldn’t meet his medical needs. Indeed, disability rights advocates say that quality of medical care and ADA accessibility varies greatly from facility to facility, even within the same state. The office of the California Inspector General rated medical care at CHCF “inadequate” in\u003ca href=\"https://www.oig.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CHCF_Medical_Inspection_Report_Cycle_5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> an April 2019 report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the most part, man, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was gonna be,” Williams says. “But for the other part—that jail shit ain’t where it’s at. There’s people in there that are never coming home, they don’t have a release date at all. So, God works in mysterious ways. I just know I was supposed to see that, and how fast your freedom can be taken from you, you know? It made me appreciate life and appreciate my freedom.” [aside postid='arts_13849409']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Williams says that not all of his medical needs were met. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849510\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-800x1197.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Keak Da Sneak says that California correctional facilities have little compassion for inmates with disabilities.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1197\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-800x1197.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-160x239.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-768x1149.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-1020x1526.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-802x1200.jpg 802w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rapper Keak Da Sneak says that California correctional facilities have little compassion for inmates with disabilities. \u003ccite>(Joel Galvan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area rap star Keak da Sneak began a 16-month prison sentence today after being taken into custody in Amador County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13849409/keak-da-sneak-heads-to-prison-no-compassion-for-disabilities-he-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported\u003c/a> that the rapper faced a prison sentence for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. In a lengthy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13849409/keak-da-sneak-heads-to-prison-no-compassion-for-disabilities-he-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exclusive interview\u003c/a>, Keak, whose real name is Charles Kente Williams, went into detail about surviving two shootings which rendered him wheelchair-bound and in need of regular medical care for bed sores that could result in a life-threatening infection if left untended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know they’re not gonna give me the treatment I need in prison,” he told me in January. “I’ve been to jail before, and once you get behind these walls, they have no compassion. You have to be on your dying bed for them to give you some assistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the extent of Williams’ disabilities, his legal team had lobbied for an alternative sentence of house arrest. The judge on the case delayed his sentencing date twice as he completed several medical procedures. Though Williams and his legal team had hoped for another outcome, today, Williams went into custody to begin his sentence, Amador County District Attorney Todd Riebe confirmed. He faces three years of parole once released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We spoke with folks from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,” Riebe said. “There are plenty of facilities that can take individuals in wheelchairs that need medical assistance on a daily basis.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I know the court has made orders for accommodations ahead of time, that any transportation is going to be medically complaint, that he has an adequate bed,” said Chief Assistant District Attorney Robert Trudgen. “I know efforts are at least being made.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-1020x1020.jpg\" alt=\"Keak da Sneak (L) speaks at Oaklandish in downtown Oakland with Tyranny of Marketing Kings (R) in March.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13854824\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keak da Sneak (L) speaks at Oaklandish in downtown Oakland with Tyranny of Marketing Kings (R) in March. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Disability rights advocates, however, paint a different picture of the California state prison system. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I know the court has made orders for accommodations ahead of time, that any transportation is going to be medically complaint, that he has an adequate bed,” said Chief Assistant District Attorney Robert Trudgen. “I know efforts are at least being made.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13854824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-1020x1020.jpg\" alt=\"Keak da Sneak (L) speaks at Oaklandish in downtown Oakland with Tyranny of Marketing Kings (R) in March.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13854824\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Keak.Oaklandish.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keak da Sneak (L) speaks at Oaklandish in downtown Oakland with Tyranny of Marketing Kings (R) in March. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Disability rights advocates, however, paint a different picture of the California state prison system. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s medical system has been under federal monitoring since 2006, when a federal judge ruled it unconstitutionally inadequate and in violation of the 8th Amendment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the ACLU, California state prisons are overcrowded, at 136.6 percent capacity. Quality of life for inmates with disabilities varies widely from facility to facility, and they often spend lengthy periods of time in highly restrictive reception centers—where they don’t have phone privileges and can only interact with visitors through glass—while the state assesses their medical needs and places them in an adequate facility. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are concerned how the state system would treat him because the CDCR is under a mandate, and are being monitored for not treating the prisoners well,” says Williams’ lawyer, Joanne Biernacki. “I’ve read reports on prisoners not doing well in the state prison system. The last thing I want is for him to go in and get sicker.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were hoping for something better,” says Williams’ close collaborator Dontrell Mayfield, a.k.a. 4Rax of the production duo the Mekanix. “We talked to him yesterday and what was really the focal point was, ‘I’m ready to put this behind me.’ The clock is ticking and we gon’ pray for him and wait for him to come on out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to starting his sentence, Williams worked on music and a documentary set to be released sometime during his term. As he explained in January, “It got me doing a lot of recording right now, so while I’m gone I can be dropping music to take care of my family.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849510\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-800x1197.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Keak Da Sneak says that California correctional facilities have little compassion for inmates with disabilities.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1197\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-800x1197.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-160x239.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-768x1149.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-1020x1526.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-802x1200.jpg 802w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rapper Keak Da Sneak says that California correctional facilities have little compassion for inmates with disabilities. \u003ccite>(Joel Galvan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area rap star Keak Da Sneak has caught a break from prison—for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keak da Sneak was scheduled to begin a prison sentence in California’s Amador County earlier today, Feb. 7. But at his hearing, Judge J.S. Hermanson granted the “Super Hyphy” rapper an additional 60 days due to his medical condition. His new sentencing date is April 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13849409/keak-da-sneak-heads-to-prison-no-compassion-for-disabilities-he-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported\u003c/a> that Keak Da Sneak, a longtime fixture in Bay Area hip-hop, awaited a 16-month sentence in California state prison for possession of a firearm is a convicted felon. In an exclusive interview, Keak, whose real name is Charles Kente Williams, said that though California law prohibits him from owning a gun due to his criminal record, he took it upon himself to carry one for protection after surviving a shooting in Oakland in January 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The criminal case against Williams began in March 2017 after a police officer searched his car at a gas station in Amador County and found the gun. As the case was ongoing, Williams’ health took a drastic turn for the worse. In August of that year, he was the victim of another shooting in Richmond. The incident left him in critical condition, and he now uses a wheelchair full-time, as well as a catheter and colostomy bag. A nurse comes to his house three times a week to clean his bed sores, which can lead to a dangerous infection if not cared for properly. [contextly_sidebar id=”YIUAUZvMN0J60n2f0nipIYPh9CJhf2QY”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the severity of his medical condition, Williams is lobbying for an alternative sentence of house arrest instead of prison time. According to disability rights experts, not all California state prisons are ADA accessible, and even fewer can accommodate an inmate who requires regular medical care for a chronic condition. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s medical system has been \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plata_v._Schwarzenegger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under federal oversight\u003c/a> since 2006, when a federal court ruled it unconstitutionally inadequate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Am I gonna get the treatment I’m getting out here? I don’t think so,” Williams said last week. “I’ve been to jail with people who were sick and really doing bad, and the guards and deputies didn’t care about them at all. They came and beat on them because they were pushing the button like, ‘I need help, I need help.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After KQED broke the story, popular hip-hop publications like \u003cem>Vibe\u003c/em> and \u003cem>XXL\u003c/em> as well as several TV news stations helped draw national attention to Williams’ case. Prominent activists like Shaun King retweeted KQED’s story, and Bay Area rap stars like \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/E40/status/1091456244961820672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E-40\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BtUH5YThFMx/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mistah F.A.B.\u003c/a> shared their support on social media. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/alternative-sentencing-instead-of-prison-for-disabled-rapper-keak-da-sneak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change.org petition\u003c/a> asking for alternative sentencing has over 43,491 signatures and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a phone call, Williams’ manager Chris Thomas said that the extensive media coverage as well as testimony from Williams’ doctor helped sway the judge’s decision. Thomas sees the 60-day extension as a positive sign, but says that Williams’ legal team will continue to fight for alternative sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is developing. We’ll update it when we learn more. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849510\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-800x1197.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Keak Da Sneak says that California correctional facilities have little compassion for inmates with disabilities.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1197\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-800x1197.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-160x239.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-768x1149.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-1020x1526.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205-802x1200.jpg 802w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/IMG_5205.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rapper Keak Da Sneak worries that California correctional facilities have little compassion for inmates with disabilities. \u003ccite>(Joel Galvan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update, Feb. 7: \u003c/strong>Keak Da Sneak now has until April 11 to turn himself in, and is still fighting for house arrest. Read about his delayed sentencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13850378/keak-da-sneak-prison-sentence-delayed-other-options-remain-a-possibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update, Jan. 28:\u003c/strong> At the Jan. 28 hearing, Amador County Superior Court Judge J.S. Hermanson gave Keak Da Sneak additional time to complete a medical procedure. He must now turn himself in on Feb. 7. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n January 2017, Keak Da Sneak survived a close brush with death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way the rapper tells it, a friend was dropping him off to his car in Oakland after a show in Tracy when several men pulled up and attempted to rob them. After an altercation, the assailants started shooting. Keak was sitting passenger side and narrowly escaped with his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After that, I got a gun,” says the rapper, whose real name is Charles Kente Williams. Because of his hardscrabble early life in Oakland’s streets and his local celebrity as a godfather of the Bay Area’s hyphy movement, he says, he’s been the target of multiple violent attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me being from the streets, this environment I grew up in, the streets will suck you in and spit you out,” he tells me over the phone. “There’s no love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California law prohibits Williams from owning a firearm as a convicted felon. But because he earns less as a musician than he did in the ’90s, when he was signed to Virgin Records with his group 3X Krazy—or in the 2000s, when he helped define the regional sound with tracks like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrH-VKYY3nw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Hyphy\u003c/a>” and E-40’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZbaXdK8Js\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tell Me When To Go\u003c/a>“—he couldn’t afford armed security. He took it upon himself to carry a weapon for self-defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Jan. 28, Williams begins a 16-month sentence in state prison for one count of possession of a firearm as a felon. Though he has severe physical disabilities from the January 2017 incident and another shooting that occurred months later in Richmond (he uses a wheelchair full time, as well as a colostomy bag and a catheter, and sees a nurse three times a week), he says that over the two-year legal battle, prosecutors were unsympathetic to his condition and refused to consider house arrest as a part of his plea bargain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like they had no compassion,” he says. “My health is not good. I know they’re not gonna give me the treatment I need in prison. I’ve been to jail before, and once you get behind these walls, they have no compassion. You have to be on your dying bed for them to give you some assistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The Amador County district attorney’s office was not available for comment as of press time.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">W\u003c/span>illiams’ felony firearms possession charge goes back to March 2017. As he remembers it, he had the gun hidden in his car while returning from a night of gambling at a casino in Amador County, a rural area east of Sacramento whose population is 89-percent white, according to the latest census estimate. A police officer ran Williams’ license plate at a gas station and saw that he was on probation from a prior firearm charge, and decided to search his car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really racial profiling at an all-time high,” Williams says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to public records, the Amador County district attorney charged Williams with four felonies and one misdemeanor: possession of a firearm as a felon, possession of ammunition as a felon, receiving stolen property, driving with a suspended or revoked license and possession of a controlled substance. Over the course of the two-year court case, the district attorney dropped all charges except for firearm possession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not long after the criminal case began, Williams survived another shooting in August 2017, and his health took a major turn for the worse. That incident took place as Williams left a casino after another night of gambling. He was sitting in his parked car near a Richmond gas station when, he recalls, someone attempted to open the driver’s side door. The next thing he saw was a barrage of gunfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first bullet busted the window and hit me in the face, grazed my face,” he says. “It made me put my arms up and guard my head, so I got shot all in my side, abdomen, my elbows, my sides. When the gunfire stopped, I couldn’t feel my legs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams woke up two days later at Highland Hospital in Oakland, with his mother praying at his bedside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/rSRBp72DU2I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The road to recovery has not been easy since the second shooting. He spent weeks in the hospital and then transferred to a rehabilitation center, where he learned to adjust to life in a wheelchair. He now lives at home with his wife in the Sacramento area, where he also has regular physical therapy sessions; a nurse comes three times a week to care for him and clean his bed sores—a common ailment for people with mobility issues—in order to prevent infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During our interview, Williams’ voice occasionally rises from stoic resolve to anxiety. “Am I gonna get the treatment I’m getting out here? I don’t think so,” he says. “I’ve been to jail with people who were sick and really doing bad, and the guards and deputies didn’t care about them at all. 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Quality of medical care varies widely from facility to facility—even within the same state—and although prisons are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), there’s no guarantee that they’re always compliant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“When we talk about people with disabilities accessing services in general, people with disabilities face the onus of having to prove they are disabled and need the service,” Juneja says. “You see that with people waiting a really long time with Social Security Disability Insurance. When someone is incarcerated, you can imagine it’s that much worse. 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A federal class-action case, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plata_v._Schwarzenegger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Plata v. Schwarzenegger\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, found the state prison system’s medical care to be inadequate and unconstitutional; as a result, its medical system was placed in a receivership in 2006. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.clearinghouse.net/detail.php?id=572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Armstrong v. Newsom\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a class-action lawsuit on behalf of prisoners with disabilities that’s been ongoing since 1994, continues to monitor California state prisons for ADA compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BsFclSZA-_4/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all he’s been through, Williams says he’s closer than ever with his family, especially his kids. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me being from the streets, this environment I grew up in, the streets will suck you in and spit you out,” he tells me over the phone. “There’s no love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California law prohibits Williams from owning a firearm as a convicted felon. But because he earns less as a musician than he did in the ’90s, when he was signed to Virgin Records with his group 3X Krazy—or in the 2000s, when he helped define the regional sound with tracks like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrH-VKYY3nw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Hyphy\u003c/a>” and E-40’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZbaXdK8Js\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tell Me When To Go\u003c/a>“—he couldn’t afford armed security. He took it upon himself to carry a weapon for self-defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Jan. 28, Williams begins a 16-month sentence in state prison for one count of possession of a firearm as a felon. Though he has severe physical disabilities from the January 2017 incident and another shooting that occurred months later in Richmond (he uses a wheelchair full time, as well as a colostomy bag and a catheter, and sees a nurse three times a week), he says that over the two-year legal battle, prosecutors were unsympathetic to his condition and refused to consider house arrest as a part of his plea bargain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like they had no compassion,” he says. “My health is not good. I know they’re not gonna give me the treatment I need in prison. I’ve been to jail before, and once you get behind these walls, they have no compassion. You have to be on your dying bed for them to give you some assistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The Amador County district attorney’s office was not available for comment as of press time.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">W\u003c/span>illiams’ felony firearms possession charge goes back to March 2017. As he remembers it, he had the gun hidden in his car while returning from a night of gambling at a casino in Amador County, a rural area east of Sacramento whose population is 89-percent white, according to the latest census estimate. A police officer ran Williams’ license plate at a gas station and saw that he was on probation from a prior firearm charge, and decided to search his car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really racial profiling at an all-time high,” Williams says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to public records, the Amador County district attorney charged Williams with four felonies and one misdemeanor: possession of a firearm as a felon, possession of ammunition as a felon, receiving stolen property, driving with a suspended or revoked license and possession of a controlled substance. Over the course of the two-year court case, the district attorney dropped all charges except for firearm possession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not long after the criminal case began, Williams survived another shooting in August 2017, and his health took a major turn for the worse. That incident took place as Williams left a casino after another night of gambling. He was sitting in his parked car near a Richmond gas station when, he recalls, someone attempted to open the driver’s side door. The next thing he saw was a barrage of gunfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first bullet busted the window and hit me in the face, grazed my face,” he says. “It made me put my arms up and guard my head, so I got shot all in my side, abdomen, my elbows, my sides. 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He now lives at home with his wife in the Sacramento area, where he also has regular physical therapy sessions; a nurse comes three times a week to care for him and clean his bed sores—a common ailment for people with mobility issues—in order to prevent infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During our interview, Williams’ voice occasionally rises from stoic resolve to anxiety. “Am I gonna get the treatment I’m getting out here? I don’t think so,” he says. “I’ve been to jail with people who were sick and really doing bad, and the guards and deputies didn’t care about them at all. 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