Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. It's strange that the only time the major press talks about them is when someone gets killed or does drugs or something; yet these are the same press people who made heroes out of the Mafia and other crooks, you know.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. It's strange that the only time the major press talks about them is when someone gets killed or does drugs or something; yet these are the same press people who made heroes out of the Mafia and other crooks, you know.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
