Byron Crawford is the founder and editor of the pioneering hip-hop blog ByronCrawford.com: The Mindset of a Champion, and the author of the books The Mindset of a Champion: Your Favorite Rapper's Least Favorite Book, Infinite Crab Meats, and Nas Lost: A Tribute to the Little Homey. Writin' Dirty is a collection of the 100 best essays he wrote from 2006 to 2011, selected from over 1,000 total, i.e. the top 10%-this is a book both Mitt Romney and the black guy who operates his car elevator could appreciate.

Inside the culture of exploitation, plus the horrific crimes, that led to the Black Lives Matter movement In the late summer of 2014, black communities across the country exploded in anger over the deaths of black men at the hands of the police, including Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY, and Mike Brown in Ferguson, MO. But of course they weren't just upset with police brutality. No Country for Black Men is a sort of compendium of all the reasons why someone might want to set fire to a Quik Trip in post-race America, with in-depth analysis of music, film, sports, literature, politics and...