Cyrus Langhorne
Washington, DC native Wale has packed his bags and traveled to Baltimore, Maryland this week amid publicized rioting and growing tension following Freddie Gray‘s funeral.
Speaking at Frederick Douglass High School, alongside Reverend Jamal Bryant, Wale talked about the importance of speaking to youth.
“Regardless of what’s happened out here, these are the young leaders of tomorrow and they have to look in the mirror and see something better than what they’re being perceived as on TV,” Wale said. “We need each other. We need our community leaders to come step forward and we need these kids to understand that somebody believes in them. I believe in them, Jamal believes in them and there’s a lot of people in this community that believe in these kids.” (My Fox DC)
Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame applauded buzz about national gangs like the Bloods and Crips coming together to demand justice for slain Maryland man Freddie Gray this week.
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Baltimore native King Los has kept fans updated on his feelings about the Gray case on social media.
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Footage of various gang members putting their differences aside for non-violent unity surfaced online this week.
“We got Bloods, Crips, J’s, Latin Kings. Everybody who’s beefing with each other is all united together to fight for this cause,” a man said from a gang rally for Freddie Gray. Another man proclaimed, “I’m a Crip. I sat with Bloods, BGIs, on a truck. I’m the only Crip here. If they wanted to do something to me, they’d do it. I’m not afraid. They not afraid. We’re not here for us, we’re here for y’all.” (AJ+)
Why did the mayor of Baltimore, STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE say: “We also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.”?
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Shout out to Wale respect that. for that I will cop his album real talk