Jamila Woods
When I started writing poetry, it was always in very hip-hop influenced spaces: Someone would teach a Nas song side-by-side with a Gwendolyn Brooks poem, and we'd talk about the connections between those things.
More quotes and aphorisms
Men make history and not the other way around...Give thy thoughts no tongue...Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever...The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe...Music should strike fire from the heart of man...I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread...