Art is a reflection of life. Life is manifested through art and sport. Rappers have always wanted to be athletes and athletes have historically had a penchant for wanting to be in the rap game. Hip-hop’s relationship with sport is a cross-polination of an inevitable marriage born in the streets and is demonstrated on stages, in arenas and stadiums. I represent this marriage on a daily basis as it embodies the essence of a good chunk of my experience as an urban youth drawn to the hip-hop culture while pursuing a pipe dream of being a professional athlete. Welcome to The Grant Slant. (An Urbanology Exclusive Column By Karim Grant)
This August marks the three-year anniversary since football player Colin Kaepernick decided to take a seat, and then a knee, to protest the alarming amount of police brutality in the United States. Since January 2017, Kaepernick has yet to play another game of professional football.
In June, the city of Toronto witnessed a spectacle that was beforehand unfathomable, writes Grant Slant columnist Karim Grant.
I’ve always said that sports are the only thing that really brings me to any semblance of rationality in this world. For the most part, the concept of competitive sports is simple.
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