It was the Summer of 1979 and I was living on 9th Avenue in East Oakland. I was sitting in my room, radio on full blast as usual. A song came on with a style I had never heard before. The vocalists were not singing, they were talking — but in a rhythmic form. The song…
The two people who inspired me the most musical were not what you would call big stars. One is my cousin Keenan “The Maestro” Foster. The second is my life long friend Anthony “Dav- Id K-os” Bryant. Keenan is a couple of years older than me and I always looked up to him, and wanted…
Asking why I teach is like asking a fish why it swims, or a bird why it flies. I was simply born to take in and share information. Of course I do it in my own way, due to the conditions and circumstances I’ve journeyed through in my lifetime. But teach I must, so teach…