Three weeks ago when my latest Tokyo Weekender piece, “A Shut Door: ‘Japanese Hip-Hop Has Sectioned Itself Off’” was published online, it got more attention than I anticipated. I got to talk on The BBC. The article was to expose an extension of Japan’s xenophobia and its rejection of multiculturalism, even while it is straining western influences through a Japanese filter. To avoid talking about it is like braving a sand storm. Taping one’s windows, doors, and air vents still …
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He was open and acknowledged everybody. You got his humanity immediately. There was no mistaking it. Feeling like everybody is dying. I loved Michael. I'm mad at his death. His humility and talent was an illustrated love that hadn't yet hit a stride. He needed more time.
I regret not stopping to just talk to #MichaelKWilliams. At the time, he was blowing up on The Wire. 10 feet away from my desk at The Mugshot Magazine office, he stood, doing a photo shoot. We did a profile on him. I remember looking at him, thinking that he was a beautiful man.
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