Lupe Fiasco,Kenna, and Mike Shinoda – Resurrection
"On January 12, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. Hundreds of thousands are feared dead, many of whom are children. Millions more are in need of medical attention, shelter, clothes and food - just to make it through the days ahead..." Continue reading post here.
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Damien Marley and Nas-As We Enter
Off of the upcoming album Distant Relatives
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The Huffington Post says... "The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a ruling that had set aside the death sentence of Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in a racially tinged case that has made the former Black Panther an international cause celebre."
The 1,900 Foot Climb For Water
Lupe Fiasco, Kenna, Jessica Biel, and others climbed Mount Kilimanjaro recently to raise to awareness of the global water crisis. Your probably wondering what do they have to do with each other. Well, sometimes people do weird shit to get attention i.e. people walk in circles for days to raise money for cancer. (c) Julian G. So what is it that we need to know about the water crisis?? Well here are some not so fun facts.
- 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease. (11)
- 43% of water-related deaths are due to diarrhea. (11)
- 84% of water-related deaths are in children ages 0 – 14. (11)
- 98% of water-related deaths occur in the developing world. (11)
- 884 million people, lack access to safe water supplies, approximately one in eight people. (5)
- The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns. (1)
- At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease. (1)
- Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use. (12)
Please check out http://summitonthesummit.com for detailed accounts of their climb.
Facts cited at water.org