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Today, people all over the world are remembering and honoring one of America’s most inspirational leaders — the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Every January, on the third Monday, Americans celebrate his legacy of motivational advocacy for equality for all.

As we reflect on this great American, I want to share some of my thoughts on this outstanding leader who literally changed America and the world.

I have been blessed to serve the people of Virginia in various capacities, with opportunities to engage often with people in the many diverse communities that make Virginia vibrant.

Recognizing and celebrating our diversity makes for a richer society and a better country. Herein lies the brilliance of Dr. King’s dream—that one’s diversity should not be considered a liability, but rather an asset to be valued. And that all of us should be measured, not by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character.

During all my travels around Virginia, the one thing that stands out most to me is that everyone, in every region, without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or gender, wants the same thing. People want a good job so they can provide for their families, good schools to educate their children and safe communities in which to live.

We, as a country, have come a long way towards fulfilling Dr. King’s dream, but we still have work left to do.

As Governor, the most important contribution I made to Dr. King’s dream was to establish accountability and high academic standards for our schools, to make sure that every child had access to a quality education.
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T.I. on people criticizing Tiny for not taking the drug charge.

“I’ma tell you, 50 Cent and anybody else, we not gonn’a have no discussion about what my ole lady should’a, would’a, couda done for anything as it pertains to me,” begins his rant. “We ain’t gonn’a do that. I’m the only one in my family that’s gonna take a lick when it pertains to the legal system. Since me, none of my other family members have seen a jail cell. Nobody. I’m the last one. The buck stops here. I feel that a person that stands behind [his woman for a criminal charge] is a coward anyway.”

VIBE: I doubt she would have gotten any time.
T.I.: She wasn’t gonna catch it period, ’cause I’m there. That wasn’t even a consideration. Even if she asked me to I would’ve been like, “Nah, you trippin’.”

So you didn’t feel you were more valuable to your family, employees and business partners on the street?
That’s a discussion between me and another man. Not with the mother of my children. Not with the nurturer of my household.

I’ll be the first to tell you, that I do not know all of the Canadian rappers that we should look out for. Yet, our good friend over at UPC always has his ears to those streets; and I respect whatever his opinion is of who to look out for in that region. Drake definitely opened the flood gates for these dudes to find a lane in hip-hop. Check out the list HERE

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Dealer: UPC

XXL: Thirty-one? I don’t believe that, man. Mack and them are not gonna let you hang it up. I see Baby still doing it.

Weezy: Well, I’m not Baby. [Laughs] Honestly, this is the real truth. I honestly think it’s unfair to my kids. I’m super dedicated into what I do. Like, it’s no questions—it’s hands down, I do this. I live this. I don’t have a day out my week that I do something else. I do this every day of my life, and I’m not about to stop, ’cause that’s the only way you can succeed in this business, is to do it the way I do it. I want to succeed the way I want to succeed. You can succeed. You can put out a hit… But to do it the way I want to do it, to be comfortable to do what the fuck I want to do, you’ve got to work like no other. Like I said, it’s unfair to my kids. So about 30, 31, 32, I gotta get ready. I got three boys and one daughter. She’s gonna be a teenager, and they gonna be growing. They gonna be five or six. It’s time to get them. Let them niggas know what being a man is about, what being a little boy is about. I’m not trying to have no nanny do that or no uncle or no shit like that. No stepdad or no shit like that. I was raised like, Don’t let no other man take care of yours. Even if you gotta take the sacrifice of quitting what you love the most. Like I said, I’m finished at about 31, 32. That’s it, shawty.

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Marvel has announced that the Uncanny X-Men series will end in October, due to the changes that’s taking place within the team. It will conclude with issue #544 making it the final Uncanny X-Men. In 1963 the series was originally titled X-Men, then in 1980 it changed to Uncanny X-men with issue #142. Within the SCHISM storyline the X-Men will divide causing an end to the series, and a change to mutantkind forever.

Valiant comics is preparing for their return with former Marvel CEO and Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo at the head of the table as Chairman. Cuneo joined Marvel in 2009 when they first filed for bankruptcy, but helped turn the company around until Marvel’s sale to Disney in 2009. Valiant was founded in 1989 and was sold to video game company Acclaim Entertainment in 1994. Acclaim eventually went out of business and Valiant Entertainment acquired the rights to their character library in 2007.

Mostly you know Malice from the platinum selling hip hop duo The Clipse. And now going the book route as some rapper have this past year. ( ie Jay-Z & Styles P) ‘Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind and Naked’ drops 1/15/11.

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The portion that I highlighted is something that just stood out to me while listening to this song on the train. It’s crazy how you can listen to a ‘Pac record a million times and manage to always get something new from the record every time. I just wanted to share this wit’ ya’ll, I thought the passage was really deep.