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Natives of Boynton Beach, FL, Hard Copy first came to prominence in 2000, when they began rapping at nightclubs in Palm Beach County, FL. The three members that  originally formed Hard Copy included Jermaine Haywood (aka Drastik), Trimaine Haywood (aka Soulja Raw), and Tony Harvey (aka Gutta Jig). Hard Copy was co-founded by Terrance Shelton (a.k.a T-Felony) who could clearly see the strong talents that the three young men possessed, so he took action, and not much time had passed before recording was underway. In 2001 at only 16 years of age Hard Copy started recording their first album, "Unborn Killas" with the help of producer Robert D Guertin at Sound Great Production. A year later in 2002 horrible news was delivered to the boys. Co-founder/rap artist T-Felony was incarcerated. This news could not come at a worse time because Hard Copy was on top, selling out shows, and had a growing fan base. Unfortunately the sudden event caused Hard Copy to endure a major setback, and...

Kenneth Brady is a director and writer, known for the award-winning short film starring Academy Award winner Naomi Watts, A House Divided (1998) and for The Time Is Now (2006). It has been 36 years since the Reagan revolution turned the course of America in 1980. American families in battleground states mirror Ken’s, and they recognize themselves in his story and see their working class fathers in his father, and their history in his. Ken's story is about politics and America, Reagan and Trump, history and family. A son's account of a proud working class man who chooses a path of racism and the embracing of destructive, divisive leaders.

  President Obama today signed into law an updated defense authorization bill that includes a landmark provision reinforcing the United States’ end on the use of torture. Human Rights First notes, however, that other provisions in the bill will severely damage the president’s ability to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay by the end of his term in office.   “The legislation is an land mark victory in the fight to reestablish a durable, bipartisan consensus against torture,” said Human Rights First’s Raha Wala. “Torture violated our laws and betrayed our ideals. Now, no amount of loophole lawyering will be able to bring us back to the dark side.” The legislation is supported by 12  of  intelligence and interrogation professionals  and  retired generals and admirals , including Frank Anderson, a 26-year CIA veteran and former chief of the CIA’s Near East and South Asia Division. “After 9/11, we did many things out of fear and anger, incl...