R.i.p. Gil Scott-Heron

[+EdwardGlen]

Artist, revolutionary, teacher. As a fat white 13 yr old kid in the suburbs in 1971 listening to anything radical got you attention from those in authority. But when I brought home "Small Talk at 125th and Lenox", i really drew some attention, my Dad and me even had to have a little chat with some guys in suits in downtown Detroit.

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/05/27/136731274/gil-scott-heron-poet-and-musician-has-died?ps=cprs

 

Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon in New York, his book publisher reported. He was 62. The influential poet and musician is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, and is best known for the spoken-word piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

 

 

 

[Guest thequietone]

May he rest in peace.

[1337Gr33n]

RIP Gil Scott Heron!

[MightyMightyMezz]

A righteous poet. I'm sorry to hear he was in and out of jail on drug possession charges in recent years.

[MightyMightyMezz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk&feature=related

'We Almost Lost Detroit' about the Fermi partial nuclear meltdown in 1966

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDC_ZM48S0Y&feature=related