Today Run Tings Received the Following Information from Zulu Nation:
THE PASSING OF A KING AND WARRIOR
IN THE NAME OF AMEN RA
THE 5TH ELEMENT OF HIP HOP KNOWLEDGE, CULTURE, OVERSTANDING
To All the Activist and Fighters for Hip Hop Culture, I am sorry to say that A Great King and Warrior has just pass on today to be with our Ancestors and among the Gods and Goddesses of the Supreme Force One God who is called by many names.Our Great Warrior Brother Professor X ,from X-Clan. May Amun Ra/ Allah be with our brothers Soul any May his Father Sony Carson received him to be with The Ancestors of The Indigenous People of the Planet so called Earth.
We ask that all who love Hip Hop Music to call all these so called Hip Hop Radio stations and Video shows requesting to hear X-Clan Songs on the airwaves as well as to see X-Clan videos all over the world on TV.
Peace and Blessing To All Brother Afrika Bambaataa The Amen Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture
Professor X of the X-Clan has passed away in a NY area hospital following his bout with Spinal Meningitis, an Inflammation of the membranes enclosing the spinal cord, (caused by a strain of gram-negative bacteria (Hemophilus influenzae) formerly thought to cause influenza, that overcome the body's natural immune system.) The aggressive entities can be transmitted from other people via sneezing, coughing, kissing, infected blood, or contaminated water or food.
Professor X, real name Lumumba Carson attracted much attention throwing around terms like, "Vanglorious" and calling fools "sissies" during his time with the X-Clan. He also produced The Education of Sonny Carson, about his father, the late Civil Rights Pioneer and founded the grassroots organization BlackWatch.
The Brooklyn-based X-Clan released a pair of critically acclaimed albums, To the East, Blackwards (1990) and Xodus (1992), but disbanded soon afterward.
In August 2004, Professor X, auctioned off his time on eBay for a night on the town in New York City.
X-Clan announced a comeback back in December, but it was not clear if Professor X would have been part of the reunion.
He will be missed.
More About the X-Clan: A good number of Afrocentric, politically oriented rap groups put out records during the late '80s and early '90s. Very few of those groups were on the level of the hard-hitting X-Clan, a Brooklyn-based collective that released a pair of stellar albums -- 1990's To the East, Blackwards, and 1992's Xodus -- before breaking up. The group's primary members were Grand Verbalizer Funkin Lesson "Brother J" (born Jason Hunter), Lumumba Professor X "The Overseer" (born Lumumba Carson, the son of prominent and influential activist Sonny Carson), the Rhythem Provider "Sugar Shaft" (born Anthony Hardin), and Grand Architect "Paradise" (born Claude Grey), and they were joined by a cast of associates, which included powerful MC Isis (aka Lin Que). X-Clan were activists outside of music as well; they were Blackwatch members and were vocal supporters of several pro-black organizations. Unfortunately, the group's political stance and their bold red-black-green garb often gained more attention than their records, which featured Brother J's accomplished vocal skills and teacher-like lyricism over in-house productions that flipped the overused Parliament/Funkadelic sampling routine on its back as well as any other group. To the East, Blackwards and Xodus were almost equally strong, reflected in the fact that both albums peaked at number 11 on the Top R&B/hip-hop album chart. Before the group's split, both Professor X and Isis released spin-off solo albums. After the group's split, Brother J formed Dark Sun Riders, a project that released an album in 1996. The year before that, Sugar Shaft succumbed to AIDS-related causes. None of this prevented the group from re-forming at the end of the '90s; however, as of 2003, the group had yet to release anything commercially. - Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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