Gil Scott-Heron, 1949-2011
Gil Scott-Heron was an African-American poet, musician, author, and political thinker. Racialicious has a tribute post you should check out.
Ta-Nehisi Coates also blogs about Gil Scott (as he calls him), and adds that:
"Of course The Revolution Will Not Be Televised overshadows everything. Which is sad, if unavoidable. There's an entire Heron canon."
Which is true, because the first thing I thought to link to was The Revolution Will Not Be Televised:
And for my fellow ATPoers, yabyumpan has broken radio silence to post about seeing Gil Scott-Heron perform live in 2010.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates also blogs about Gil Scott (as he calls him), and adds that:
"Of course The Revolution Will Not Be Televised overshadows everything. Which is sad, if unavoidable. There's an entire Heron canon."
Which is true, because the first thing I thought to link to was The Revolution Will Not Be Televised:
Click to viewAnd for my fellow ATPoers, yabyumpan has broken radio silence to post about seeing Gil Scott-Heron perform live in 2010.
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