Zalute
Malik Killiam ORBG4L!!! Zalute!!!!!!! Zaluted!!!!!!! The whole concept of the Z'z come from the Ztolen Government Churh Of Bread, Designed to write our own literature & start our own language. In steps the OUTLAW-RBG Movement!
To briefly bring you up to speed,"ZALUTE"12-26-92, which is an OutlawRbg military salute started by Malik Killiam of the OUTLAW-RBG Movement. It is not a mainstream, rap music industry movement. It is a grassroots movement based on Black Nationalism, African Liberation and Self-determination, and Black Cultural enhancement. The concept of OUTLAW-RBG is a hybrid concept using the political/social thought of Tupac and Mutulu Shakur, combined with Marcus Garvey’s Movement. Marcus Garvey started a movement in the 1920’s that was based on Black economic self-reliance, cultural pride, and “Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad”. Garvey is arguably the most successful Black leader in American history having organized millions of Black people through his organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). His concepts have also influenced Black leaders after him like Kwame Nkruma, Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, Queen Mother Moore, and others.
Tupac Shakur is well known as one of the most successful Hip-Hop artists of all times, as well as one of the most influential. Less known is his beginnings as a New Afrikan Panther in the New Afrikan Scouts, a youth program created by members of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) and Provisional Government of New Afrika (PGRNA). Tupac’s “Thug Code” was heavily influenced and co-authored by Mutulu Shakur, a former member of the BLA and a citizen of the PGRNA. Mutulu Shakur also operated an acupuncture clinic in NY to help heroin addicts get clean. Mutulu’s community work also helped to influence Tupac’s music which frequently featured songs about the plight of Black people in America, political prisoners like Geronimo Pratt and Mutulu Shakur, and being military minded.
It is the combination of these movements where OUTLAW-RBG Music gets its influence. RBG is a concept musically that has developed for over 15 years with artists like X-Clan, and more recently Dead Prez. These artists have represented “Red, Black, and Green” in their music and videos, calling for Black people to elevate their consciousness about Africa, Black people’s past in America, and struggling against racial injustice. Within the past five years there has been an increase of rap artists referencing RBG, with artists like Dead Prez and Aisha Sekmet leading the way. However, in order to reach younger people, and more “hood” elements directly, the messages of RBG needed to take more of a tone of an “Outlaw”, in the sense that Tupac saw need for when he was alive.
In an interview, Tupac spoke about having the knowledge of “Black Power” and “New Afrikan Consciousness”. However, he saw that he needed to meet people where they were and address issues that the common Black person can relate to. The movement of OUTLAW-RBG has artists from different walks of life; from Los Angeles, to Chicago, to Miami. These locales are home to some of the most “hood” elements on can find. This “hood” influence, combined with Revolutionary Consciousness is what makes artists like Zayd Malik, B.I.G. Nel, Ife Jie, and Malik Killiam some of the most influential Hip-Hop artists to emerge in the culture. All currently based in Atlanta, GA, they form the nucleus of a movement that rapidly growing every day, influencing people as far away as London, Paris, Lagos, and the Philippians.
The next issues will highlight more of what these artists do, where you can get their music, and how the influence young people and adults worldwide. The OUTLAW-RBG Movement is a grassroots movement that is taking Atlanta, Hip-Hop Music, and the world by storm. Zalute!!!
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To briefly bring you up to speed,"ZALUTE"12-26-92, which is an OutlawRbg military salute started by Malik Killiam of the OUTLAW-RBG Movement. It is not a mainstream, rap music industry movement. It is a grassroots movement based on Black Nationalism, African Liberation and Self-determination, and Black Cultural enhancement. The concept of OUTLAW-RBG is a hybrid concept using the political/social thought of Tupac and Mutulu Shakur, combined with Marcus Garvey’s Movement. Marcus Garvey started a movement in the 1920’s that was based on Black economic self-reliance, cultural pride, and “Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad”. Garvey is arguably the most successful Black leader in American history having organized millions of Black people through his organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). His concepts have also influenced Black leaders after him like Kwame Nkruma, Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, Queen Mother Moore, and others.
Tupac Shakur is well known as one of the most successful Hip-Hop artists of all times, as well as one of the most influential. Less known is his beginnings as a New Afrikan Panther in the New Afrikan Scouts, a youth program created by members of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) and Provisional Government of New Afrika (PGRNA). Tupac’s “Thug Code” was heavily influenced and co-authored by Mutulu Shakur, a former member of the BLA and a citizen of the PGRNA. Mutulu Shakur also operated an acupuncture clinic in NY to help heroin addicts get clean. Mutulu’s community work also helped to influence Tupac’s music which frequently featured songs about the plight of Black people in America, political prisoners like Geronimo Pratt and Mutulu Shakur, and being military minded.
It is the combination of these movements where OUTLAW-RBG Music gets its influence. RBG is a concept musically that has developed for over 15 years with artists like X-Clan, and more recently Dead Prez. These artists have represented “Red, Black, and Green” in their music and videos, calling for Black people to elevate their consciousness about Africa, Black people’s past in America, and struggling against racial injustice. Within the past five years there has been an increase of rap artists referencing RBG, with artists like Dead Prez and Aisha Sekmet leading the way. However, in order to reach younger people, and more “hood” elements directly, the messages of RBG needed to take more of a tone of an “Outlaw”, in the sense that Tupac saw need for when he was alive.
In an interview, Tupac spoke about having the knowledge of “Black Power” and “New Afrikan Consciousness”. However, he saw that he needed to meet people where they were and address issues that the common Black person can relate to. The movement of OUTLAW-RBG has artists from different walks of life; from Los Angeles, to Chicago, to Miami. These locales are home to some of the most “hood” elements on can find. This “hood” influence, combined with Revolutionary Consciousness is what makes artists like Zayd Malik, B.I.G. Nel, Ife Jie, and Malik Killiam some of the most influential Hip-Hop artists to emerge in the culture. All currently based in Atlanta, GA, they form the nucleus of a movement that rapidly growing every day, influencing people as far away as London, Paris, Lagos, and the Philippians.
The next issues will highlight more of what these artists do, where you can get their music, and how the influence young people and adults worldwide. The OUTLAW-RBG Movement is a grassroots movement that is taking Atlanta, Hip-Hop Music, and the world by storm. Zalute!!!
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