Get Inked Up With RYC-Memphis Co-Founder Tristian Santana

Get Inked Up

 

"Rise Up And Get Yours Santana We Got Your Back"

Rap was one of the  most popular and influential form of African-American pop music of the 1980s and 1990s, rap is also one of the most contreversial styles of the rock era. Black, white, rock, and soul audiences continue to fiercely debate the musical and social merits of rap, whose most radical innovations subverted many of the musical and cultural tenets upon which rock was built.
New York City, particularly Brooklyn and the Bronx, was home to a large Jamaican community. There, Jamaican DJs mixed sounds from several turntables (Technics), a device which would become one of rap's trademarks.
Although mixing from large sound systems began to be employed at NY house parties in the 1980s, it didn't really emerge as a recorded sound until the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" in 1979. Next up was Grandmaster Flash's 1982 single, "The Message," which really stands as rap's watershed mark. "The Message" was a straight-up social comment, reporting from the front lines of the ghetto.
From its inception, rap was labeled as too harsh, monotonous, and lacking any traditional melodic values. It has also been embroiled in controversy from the beginning. From claims that rap lyrics incite violence to disgust over vulgar and mysogonystic themes, rap has been through as much of a fight as rock-n-roll went through in the '50s.
But rap is the poetry of the streets, directly reflecting and addressing the day-to-day reality of ghetto life.
The music of rap says a lot. We have those who are coming up the same way as many have in the past. Tristian Santana from Atlanta but resides in Memphis is one of those who are heading to a life in the recording business. Co-Founder of Represent Your City- Memphis, he have big plans for both Atlanta and Memphis , giving his all to give you whats real and straight in his music for all ears. We here at RYC want to support Santana and all those who are like him trying to make it in this already hard world. So when you see him post support him, check him out.
And if you are one with talents share them and let us support you as well. We are all family here at Represent Your City.
                                           

                                      Tristian Santana

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Big Brother Big Sister’s Mentor Charged with Rape

(RYC-Memphis) Twenty-one year-old Christopher Bostick is behind bars after Memphis Police say he raped a 7 year-old boy. The boy reported the rape October 14th. He told police he knew Bostick from “a local mentoring program”.
One of the victim’s neighbors said Bostick told him he met the boy through Big Brothers Big Sisters.
“That’s kind of scary. You don’t know what’s going on in other people’s houses. I got kids and  we don’t let people baby sit our kids.  We do it ourselves for that specific reason.  I thought he was just cool.  I thought  he was doing a good thing. He said he was a part of this program,” said neighbor LaDerrel Williams. Bostick has no previous record in Shelby County as an adult or juvenile.
He has a profile on Sittercity.com advertising himself as a babysitter or tutor.
At the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Virginia Stallworth said background checks are not enough.
“If you have a baby sitter coming into your home, let there be surprises. Show up unexpected, some places even have cameras,” said Stallworth.
Big Brother Big Sister of Greater Memphis CEO and President Adrienne Bailey released a statement saying: “Big Brothers Big Sisters of Memphis is aware of the child abuse investigation of a former volunteer in our program and are alarmed and deeply saddened by reports of any child being harmed. We are working proactively with law enforcement and are unable to provide further details or speculation beyond this written statement.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a recognized leader in child safety.  We make child safety our priority and have zero tolerance for abuse of any kind.  We have been a leader in providing child safety education to mentees and their families based on effective prevention practices developed by nationwide experts.  We remain committed to improving children’s odds for succeeding in school and breaking negative cycles and believe that safety and security are the foundation of the service we provide.  The integrity of our program is extremely important and to achieve the highest quality standards possible, we work to constantly review and strengthen our screening and background check systems as new best practices in the industry emerge.”