King is still King?

Everyone knows who Dr. Martin Luther King is, and if you do not shame on you! It must mean you did not pay attention in any of your US History classes. I feel like the only reason people know of Dr. King is because of their history classes. People just know that he did something for civil rights but when I ask them more about it they give me a blank look. "Why should we care? It already happened...," is the usual response I get. Although, I will admit I know the basics of Dr. King's accomplishments and life I am far more aware of his importance to our current day life. Now, no one questions the fact that there are blacks, whites, browns, yellows, whatever color you decide to add in there, interacting with each other in a regular basis. People don't realize that this a few decades ago would have been unimaginable.
Maybe socially King is not the King. His accomplishments will always make him a King, but if people do not take the effort to keep his name and image alive he will fade like many, many, many, historical figures have. I believe that what Dr. King was fighting for has not been fully accomplished and because his fight still lives on to this day, maybe in different forms but in the end it is the same basic problem. Because of this, Dr. King should still be King. People need to use him, and many of the other civil rights figures, to keep on fighting and to draw support and knowledge from. People can still take so much from what he achieved, from his speeches and images and ideas.
I fear for King, I fear that he will soon just become a historical figure that we need to learn. I am afraid that he will become a vacant name although what he fought for has taken a different form, perhaps now different people are being attacked. To me King will not stop being King until another King comes in to further out his story/legacy.

Die Antwoord

Yo-Landi Vi$$er and Ninja

Most people are surprised when they catch a glimpse of the music that is found on my laptop, phone, and iPod. Two summers ago, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, I first heard of this South African rap-rave group, Die Antwoord "The Answer". From the first song I heard I realized that every video, every track, every appearance should be labeled with a warning label.
This South African group can be simply described as "Brilliant Weirdness", people have to be able to stomach the graphic images and very blunt and obscene language. Yet, Die Antwoord is not simply a very weird and strange rap group, it is a rap-rave group that borrows tales and values from the South African Zef culture, they borrow the trashy and disregarded cultural elements. They take the 'ugly' of a culture and turn it into a very interesting form of music. Die Antwoord breaks many Afrikaans stereotypes, borrowing from the recently oppressed black community. What captivates me most from their music is not the surreal imagery they use in their videos but how they manage to mix three languages into their music; Afrikaans, Xhosa, and English. I also love how they manage to bring up a cultural item into all of their songs, from Evil Boy which deals with tribal rituals. Die Antwoord is a refreshing thing, out of the ordinary but very interesting. Their very pronounced South African accent adds more to their style, and their hip-hop fusion with rave is very new and thrilling.
But like I said earlier on, listen to them with caution. You have to be very open minded to be able to really listen to them.

Die Antwoord- Baby's on Fire http://youtu.be/tpNvk4iE0V4
Die Antwoord- I fink U freeky http://youtu.be/QGIbDQpVqX4
Die Antwoord- Faty Boom Boom http://youtu.be/bWEJHg4Hgqc
Die Antwoord- Fok Julle naaiers http://youtu.be/ektsOP8yOQM