Brother Ali

Maybe you could let your parents listen to "Us". And definitely, "Truth Is".Then they might want to go with you (you could always pretend not to know them while you're there; I remember what it was like to be 14) I can't think of many other musicians, Hip Hop or otherwise, who send such a positive and intelligent message. I saw the show Saturday... Read More night with my 11 year old son (and I turned him on to Brother Ali). There were other kids there his age and younger, including a beautiful 6 year old girl who appeared to be having a great time. The energy in the club was awesome and frankly, you would have been much safer with the crowd in First Avenue than you would have with the drunken, rude, but very nicely dressed, wedding party who passed by outside the club. Brother Ali is a poet. He speaks the truth, which some people do find offensive, but perhaps not your parents? Throughout history, poets, preachers and philosophers have been prejudged and punished for speaking truth to power. Lucky for us they did. Maybe your parents don't like the language? I would rather my son hear and say the word FUCK a million times than have him bullied or exploited or exposed to the violence that so many "respectable" parents allow on a daily basis. In fact, I encourage him to utilize, LOUDLY, whatever language he has to in order to avoid a fight or a bully or a predator. Truth does not have to be dressed up and pretty. It just has to BE.