Posts Tagged ‘Oscar Grant’
The Tragic Story of Oscar Grant: ‘Fruitvale Station’ (Trailer)
July 17, 2013
‘The true story of Oscar [Grant], a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.’
– VISO Trailers
‘Why don’t you take the train out there? That way you guys can hang out and not have to worry about anything’ would end up being tragic fateful last words to Grant (played by Michael B. Jordan) December 31, 2008; tragically shot to death by BART officers in cold blood. By the way, there have been several posts related to the Oscar Grant tragedy on here. You can check them out, too.
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Killer Mike, Chace Infinite, Krondon, Freddie Gibbs, & DJ Khalil Haven’t Forgotten Oscar Grant
January 14, 2011
Amongst all the club records, strip club records, & ‘this is for the radio’ type of records many artists seem to to be wrapped up in these days, its good so see some genuine artists talk about some real issues going on in our communities. If you’re not familiar with Oscar Grant’s murder by a transit police officer in San Francisco you need to wake up because chances are police brutality is occurring in your community as well. Killer Mike aka Mike Bigga, Strong Arm Steady, Chace Infinite & Freddie Gibbs have recorded songs to keep the focus on the young man who lost his life by a rogue police officer. Check out the video from Killer Mike below as he talks about his upcoming album PL3DGE album & being inspired about Oscar Grant’s unfortunate demise. Shouts to Maurice Garland on the visuals. Check out the songs after the jump!
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Tags: Chace Infinite, Killer Mike, Mike Bigga, Oscar Grant, PL3DGE, self scientific, Strong Arm Steady | 
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