Sunday, April 10, 2011

[100 Days of Non-Violence] Mobile, AL Rapper ((C-Nile)) Talks Better Decisions



WKRG.com News


MOBILE, Alabama - A popular Mobile rap artist was among several speakers at [Williamson High School] for a program that re-enforced the Mobile School system's 100 Days of Non-Violence program. ((C-Nile)), whose real name is Afori Pugh, lamented some of the choices he'd made in his own life. They led to a prison sentence after his record label came under federal charges for drug dealing. It came at a time when his rap career was taking off.Pugh believes kids are responding to his message. But he says it's consistency that will win minds one at a time.The program was held on the [43rd anniversary] of the violent death of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Other speakers invoked Dr. King's message of non-violent change.Senior DaMon Husband says he thinks the program is working for some students. "Violence affects the education process. I think this is a good thing for my education and future."

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