Dear Jean,
Hey boo, it’s YN. Yo, the young homie William E. Ketchum The Third wrote some article on HipHopDX about how he was perusing through MySpace and found your blog which said you was calling it quits. Arevaderce? Say it ain’t so. I for one don’t wanna believe it because I haven’t seen it. You see I ride more for Facebook, you know, but that’s just me, personally. Mark > Tom.
But anyways, I know times get rough being the underground rap queenpen for over a decade and all but you can’t leave now. Don’t you have some kind of major label deal with Blacksmith? Somebody put Talib Kweli on the phone! What in the blue hell?
Anyways I hope my show, which airs tonight at 10 pm. That’s ego trip’s Miss Rap Supreme. ego trip’s Miss Rap Supreme. Vh1. 10 pm. Mondays belong to ego trip… Sorry. Anyways I hope my show didn’t have nothing to do with you retiring your flow. Yeah we tease and run a few gags on some hungry femme fetales but there is a method to madness.
It’s edutainment! And you may have to watch the whole series to truly grasp it. In fact, I encourage anyone who’s reading this to take the Jean Grae challenge: and watch all my damn shows! How can you judge a yellow nigga by just two hours of hip-hop hijinx?
No, no, no. Keep your head up and your eyes open. This is gonna be a long ride.
Speaking of which, Jean you gotta stay in this for the long haul. There’s no crying or quitting in hip-hop. We know female MCs got it tough but hey no one sells records anymore. There’s no pressure. Keep doin’ it for the art, ma. You still got a core of rap fanatics who need ya. You’re probably just goin’ through a tough time. It too will pass.
I know my ass ain’t convinced this is it. Mark my words: If Jin couldn’t do it, how can you? I’m gonna go find my Rawkus backpack and dust of the old Duck Down windbreaker. It’s a celebration, bitches! Let’s start the countdown til Jean Grae has a change of heart.
Can’t leave rap alone… you know the rest,
Elliott
P.S. I think you shot a black and white vid for “Negro League Baseball” back when you were paying dues with the Natural Resources crew but I couldn’t find it. Here’s an old show you guys did at The Cooler.
The real hip-hop was over there on that night, Miss Lady. Ha!
Cheer up and write some rhymes!
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