His Brother's Rapper
Abigail Tucker of the
Baltimore Sun
shared a moving story last Sunday about the choices made by two
impoverished Baltimore brothers, Paul and Matt Talley. Together, Tucker
wrote, they "dreamed about riding in a limousine to somewhere that
wasn't a funeral." But while Matt turned to music to deal with the hurt
of his parents' deaths, Paul turned to street gangs and was killed by
the time he was 18. Tucker's "Rapping about a Lifetime of Pain," which
is a lot more compelling than its headline makes it sound, describes
how Matt crafted a rap about Paul's death that soon turned into a hit
song in Baltimore. Kudos to Tucker for finding this story and writing
it so well.
baltimoresun.com/features/bal-te.to.rap07may07,0,4363274.story?coll=bal-home-headlines