I’m not a sneaker expert by any means, but I think I know what looks good. Lots of sneaker releases went down in 2009 and seeing what Complex was doing with different sneakerheads, I thought I’d put together a shortlist of my Top 5. I tend to sway towards simple/neutral colored sneakers and that is definitely proven through my list. Read below for my top picks of 2009.

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By now, most would come to know Miami by its familiar South Beach real-estate, Cuban cuisine and its bass heavy musical history headed by Uncle Luke. Miami actually has a deep rooted history steeped in Hip Hop culture. Few thought of Miami as a play ground for B-Boy’s and B-Girls, but in the early 1990′s that’s exactly what Miami was. This was the scene that birthed and nurtured my passion for Hip Hop. The city of Miami would be nothing had it not been for the pioneering music of Luke & The 2 Live Crew, Poison Clan, DJ Uncle Al, The Sugar Hill Dj’s, DJ Laz, Ghetto Style Dj’s, and all the other Bass artist and dj’s that paved the way for Miami’s music scene. However, few know of the DJ’s, MC’s, Graffiti Writers and B-Boy’s that put their blood sweat and tears to equally pave the way for what is now seen as one of Hip Hop’s power house cities! For some reason this scene was lost therefor was not added to the history books and given its proper recognition. Only to be reminisced, in oral exchanges spoken amongst those that lived it. Many of us veterans remain from this scene and are still strong forces within the Miami Hip Hop industry. This is my recollection of this scene, how I experienced it and the people and places that I saw during this period.

Given the current state of the economy. The geniuses at the state legislature are trying to find all sorts of ways to cut back and save a couple bucks so they can afford to probably pay for more important things such as million dollar water fountains or statues. So it seems like there’s a shortfall of incentive money for production companies that film their movies in our wonderful county. So how will this affect Hollywood? The answer is, that it won’t. Hollywood’s pockets won’t feel a thing because they’ll probably use this as an even better reason to move their productions to Canada (which is very profitable I hear). So who then is affected by this? Its all the local South Florida business owners that take advantage of the surplus of spending dollars that came from these multi-million dollar film projects. Here’s the story.

Three and a half years ago when I began writing to express my pains and thoughts on many subjects, I never imagined it to have taken me as far as it has. I never imagined I would ever sell one book, I have sold thousands. I never imagined to have made this a business, it has become one. The thing I did imagine was to help our society stear away from the pot holes on the road to becoming successful. G Publishing’s company motto from day one has been Education, Motivation & Inspiration for a Hip Hop Generation. That short summary holds alot of meaning behind it, it is my pains, struggles, failures, victories and everything in between wrapped into one, I bring that to you so that maybe you can avoid those pitfalls.

I just ran into a very interesting article written very tastefully by Fred Grimm of the Miami Herald. I am shocked at these new developments in Marijuana Laws. I believe that cigarettes and alcohol are far worst drugs than marijuana but yet if you get caught cultivating more than 25 plants, under the new law you will be facing 15 yrs… Wow… I won’t say no more, just read on and please get educated so you or someone you know doesn’t hit this pitfall.

Yo, seriously. I’ve heard Papa Keith joke about it from time to time, but seriously, this dude needs some more air time on time slots when people would actually listen. Yeah, he currently holds it down for the weekends on 99 Jamz, but Papa Keith needs a weekday slot. Seriously. Not sure how that would fit in the mix of the current line up of WEDR personalities, but Papa Keith just has a great presence and a great personality for radio. This became more evident when he was on the air today filling in for K. Foxx during today’s edition of The Takeover with DJ Khaled. Somebody throw some hints to Mr. Rushin…!!!

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