Hello. Everyone. This is Mike-Mike. Giving you a little bio information on Men of Rap. The Rap Artists and Actors -LL Cool J & Q-Tip. --James Todd Smith professionally known as LL Cool J which is short for Ladies Love Cool James is an American rapper, record producer, actor, author, and entrepreneur from Queens, NY. LL Cool J has released 13 studio albums. And he is known for these such hip-hop and R&B hits. They are Going Back to Cali, I'm Bad, The Boomin System, Rock the Bells, Mama Said Knock You Out, Doin It, I Need Love, All I Have, Around the Way Girl, Hey Lover and Exit 13. --LL Cool J appeared in various films and shows. Which are In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday, S.W.A.T., Deep Blue Sea, Mindhunters, Edison and NCIS: Los Angeles. --LL Cool J popularity began from his apperances on American Bandstand as the first hip-hop act on the show, as well as his appearance on Diana Ross 1987 television special, Red Hot Rhythm & Blues. --He has been a two-time Grammy Award winner. --And lastly, LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center of Honors. --Q-Tip. Kamaal Ibn John Fareed born in Harlem, NY as Johnathan William Davis is better known by his stage name Q-Tip. He is an American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and DJ. --Q-Tip appeared in such films as Poetic Justice, She Hate Me and Prison Song. --In 2006, Q-Tip was given artistic director for hip hop culture at the Kennedy Center. --And in 2018, he became an instructor of a jazz and hip hop course at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. --Some information on the history of his career is Afrika Baby Bam from the hip hop group Jungle Brothers that gave him the nickname Q-Tip, which became popular in high school. This later became his stage name. --In 1988, Q-Tip was featured on Jungle Brother's songs titled the Promo and Black Is Black. --Later. Q-Tip renamed his hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. This name was given to him by Afrika Baby Bam. --Johnathan Davis, Q-Tip is an outstanding producer in jazz-based hip hop. He is known as perfectionist on these instruments: vocals, keyboards, drums, bass guitar, guitar, glockenspiel, turntables and sampler. --Recently. LL Cool J says on Twitter that he and Q-Tip are working together on a New Album. --LL Cool J says on Twitter "I just started recording new music produced by my little bro." --After Q-Tip's Twitter message LL Cool J further says, "I'm putting this new music out on def-jam." --And I would like to commend James Todd Smith, as known as, LL Cool J and Johnathan Davis, as known as, Q-Tip on their marvelous, successful achievements and professional accomplishments in music. --Let's give it up to LL Cool J and Q-Tip. --Photography is by The Guardian

Homelessness in America! July 31, 2019. In a reading a report from the National Law Center of Homelessness and Poverty. Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness among the women. Other causes of homelessness for men and women of the United States are lack of affordable housing, unemployment, poverty, and low wages. According to the National Law Center of Homelessness and Poverty statistics are alarming: 564,708 people in the US are homeless. A recent report, recorded that over half a million people were living on the streets, in cars, in homeless shelters, or in subsidized transitional housing during a one-night National survey as of January 2018. There are three types of homelessness. 1. chronic homelessness are those who are homeless for long excessive periods of time. Mostly, older or injured people. This is the least common type of homelessness. 2. Transitional Homelessness are people who stay in a shelter for a short period of time. 3. Episodic Homelessness are those who frequently go in and out of homelessness, usually the young, and due to abuse, unemployment, and experience with their mental illnesses or medical problems. From reading the Coalition for the Homelessness. The proven solutions are stabilizing people through shelter, moving them into permanent housing and implementing assistant programs. Federal housing assistance programs are one of the most successful housing-based solutions to reduce homelessness. There are two Federal housing assistance programs, which are, public housing and federal housing vouchers, known as Housing Choice Vouchers or Section 8 vouchers. Housing vouchers allow low-income households to rent and adjust with the family's income. But in one of my readings of the Global Government Forum-the US government could run out of money over this summer. The government is 22 trillion dollars in national debt, sending shock-waves through global financial markets. I critique, but what can we do as of the fact that money placing US debt is money going to the military, welfare, and HUD. What are we to do if we run out of funding and finances? I meant what is the government must do if we run out of funding and finances?