Reggie Kee:
CLASS OF 1996
Suitland High SchoolClass of 1996
Forestville, MD
Reggie's Story
Reggie is from Suitland, Maryland. Reggie's schools include Suitland High School. Reggie works(ed) at Columbia College Chicago, Elgin Community College, Lucent Technologies.
Music Reggie likes includes Lavyss Aka Bizzle, Journe, Eric Jamaal "The Coal Blooded God'schild". Books Reggie likes include Cs Lewis Books, Every Man's Battle, The Most Important Person on Earth. Movies Reggie likes include VeggieTales, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest. TV shows Reggie likes include Discovery Channel, History, Avatar: The Last Airbender.
One of Reggie's favorite quotes is:""If the Church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an
irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.".
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Steel Waters VOLUME I: DUPLicate AuthentICITY
by Reggie Legend
Excerpt from the intro of my first book of poetry entitled Steel Waters VOLUME I: DUPLicate AuthentICITY by Reggie Legend:
My interest in Hip Hop didn’t actually take root until college. While acts like Busta Rhymes, Onyx and The Wu-Tang Clan caught my attention in high school, I still only had a mild curiosity at best. However that curiosity was overshadowed by my contempt for the negative stereoty...Expand for more
pes and rough language that began to dominate Hip Hop’s imagery and message…
By the time I’d graduated from college, I had immersed myself in all things Hip Hop. It was all I listened to. Intent on drinking in as much clever wit as I could, I overlooked every swear word for the rhyme schemes as I coveted the wordplay.
James 1:8 says that a double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Yet as I continued to rationalize the world of Hip Hop I lived in, I unwittingly set myself up for a fall as I had one foot in Christianity and the other in Hip Hop. Both were tugging me in different directions and, if left unchecked, Hip Hop’s gaining momentum was set on a collision course with the immovable presence of God in my life. The concern was not for the movement of one versus the position of the other; rather, it was for me being caught between the two…
In short, this book represents this juxtaposition. As you read through its pages, you will observe many pieces which either echo or are coupled with scripture. Just as readily, however, you will read poetitorials which have been triggered and supported by the lyrics of Hip Hop artists. Hip Hop and the Kingdom of God: the best and worst of one world versus a world devoid of shortcomings. Two countercultures embodied in one poet…".
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