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Interview | The Cool Kids and Brother Ali

Last Thursday, November 12, Tufts Concert Board brought Brother Ali (Ali Newman) and The Cool Kids (Antoine “Mikey Rocks” Reed and Evan “Chuck Inglish” Ingersoll) to Tufts University for a performance in the cage at Cousens Gym. Before the show, Nick Gang and Mitchell Geller got a chance to talk with the artists together. Though Ali and the Cool Kids come from different places stylistically, and hold seemingly opposing places in the world of hip-hop, they presented a fascinating picture of where hip-hop comes from, where it is today and where it’s heading in the future.

Far from rapper Nas’ bleak declaration on his 2006 album that “hip-hop is dead,” these artists showed hip-hop to be very much alive and kicking.

Nick Gang: So I though we’d start off talking about some hip-hop history. You guys both talk a lot about your influences from the “golden age” of hip-hop like Eric B & Rakim, KRS-One, Brand Nubian, etc. What did you guys try to take from that music and what makes you different? 

Source: Tufts Daily

Normal Was Never Cool: Inception of Perception - prostheses - Gizmodo

Last year I met a beautiful five-year-old child, who had been born with neurofibramatosis (NF), causing her left leg to have extremely brittle bones.

For nearly the first year of her life, her parents and doctors were unaware of the NF, and the brittleness had contributed to multiple bone fractures of the lower leg, unbeknownst to anyone. These early bone breaks resulted in her left leg being seven centimeters shorter than the other, and as a bright, precocious and athletic child, she adapted to her leg imbalance incredibly well. I felt like I could have been looking at myself as a 5 year old. Unlike me, however, who didn't have a clue about an aesthetic style in outward appearance until college, she already had been bitten by the fashion bug, and was particularly excited by the prospect of a new holiday dress or her first day of school outfit. Her source of distress lay in the fact that the vast majority of little girls' shoes were off-limits for her, as there were only a few companies that made shoes that could be adapted with a special lift to even out her walking planes. These shoes had to work within the structure of the external leg brace she grew up wearing.

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Volunteers pack Christmas inside a shoe box

Farmington Daily Times - Nov 16, 2009

"If we liked the stuff or thought it was cool, we packed it." Operation Christmas Child, based in Boone, NC, and sponsored by Samaritan's Purse, and more »

Girls on the Run 5k in Bend offers a great big helping of girl power

OregonLive.com - Nov 15, 2009

Finishers will get a goody bag, age group winners will get a water bottle, and overall winners will earn some really nice prizes: New Balance shoes and a

Interview | The Cool Kids and Brother Ali

Tufts Daily - Nov 16, 2009

I didn't have to buy a new pair of shoes for the show, this is what I was gonna wear anyway. I felt like [the old school rappers] was doing that.

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Boston Globe - Nov 16, 2009

Also: Style expert Lori Bergamotto chats about shoes. Daily Show With Jon Stewart at 9 am and 1:30 pm on COM. Dr. Oz Show at 9 am on Ch. 25; 3 pm on Ch. 64;

Normal Was Never Cool: Inception of Perception

Gizmodo.com - Nov 14, 2009

Her source of distress lay in the fact that the vast majority of little girls' shoes were off-limits for her, as there were only a few companies that made and more »

Nintendo Downloads (Nov. 16)

GameFocus - Nov 16, 2009

If you can stay cool as the difficulty increases, you'll discover the beginnings of the BIT.TRIP saga. FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as a and more »

A Blog For All and No One

ScienceBlogs (blog) - Nov 15, 2009

My point is that I didn't start the facebook page for women who don't care about shoes or makeup or clothes or things like that. There are plenty of other and more »