WORDS BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO I’ma keep it funky. In the hood, multiple Arab-owned grocery stores peacefully co-exist on one block and swap workers every so often.  The same holds true with Chinese restaurants.  These businesses pool their money together for the good of their respective ethnic groups.  Meanwhile, black folks can’t even [...]

PARANOIA BY BLACK PACINO Ding dong, the A-rab’s dead! Congrats to those who take everything at face value, you finally got your man.  Allegedly, Osama Bin laden was killed by U.S. troops in Pakistan on May 1st (the same day Hitler was declared dead).  On cue, Americans took to the streets to celebrate and rappers [...]

WORDS BY PACINO718 Another postcard from sunny Mexico! You think your day was bad? This guy’s day was worse.  He’s a victim of the Zetas, one of Mexico’s most brutal and feared drug gangs.  I don’t know what the fuck homeboy did to deserve this but the Zetas sent a pretty powerful message.  Reincarnation won’t [...]

THROWBACK BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO A long time ago, in a ghetto far away… Let me start by saying that I don’t actually slang the dope, I just bag it. And this is only a temp job until I find something legal… or at least until Jose returns from Puerto Rico to reclaim [...]

SALUTE BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO Today, on the 14th anniversary of his death, my wake & bake was dedicated to Biggie Smalls.  The White Haze conjured up memories of a hometown hero. I grew up in the Fort Greene-Clinton Hill area of  BK; the same neighborhood where Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G. [...]

ENDORSED BY PACINO718 Hell yeah… I been waitin’ for this one. You already saw the video for “Don’t Pass That To Me,” the dope first single for this free digital-album, GP Pot Heads.  It got plenty of burn (pun intended) right here at the ol’ Spiz.  Brother Hood 603 (Thanos & Arewhy), Sincere Amakulate and Sir [...]

CONSPIRACY THEORY BY PACINO718 The other day I was at the Hustler Magazine blog checkin out tits & ass.  Then I stumbled across an excellent post titled Coincidences or Conspiracies? The Bush Crime Family’s Shady Past.  Not exactly the kind of “bush” I was looking for at Hustler but the article is great regardless. George [...]

PHOTOS BY JOEY ORTEGA RESEARCH BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO This post happened by accident but these pics are too badass not to highlight.  If there was ever a photo set tailor-made for The Spizzy, this is it. It’s been well-documented  that I’ve got a twisted fetish for women with guns.  So I pitched [...]

PACINO718 SAYS FUCK THE MAINSTREAM Brother Hood 603, the street-minded rap duo hailing from BKNY (Gunset Park), is the shit.  The brothers who comprise the group, Thanos & Arewhy, score A’s in both production and lyrics. I’ve already posted the joint they did with my man Lost Soul, “We Don’t Play.” Now, they’ve teamed-up with [...]

  PHOTOS BY SUNDIATA ACREE a.k.a. THA SNYPER You out-of-towners talk greazy about NYC but your clubs close at 2am on Friday night like a retirement community.  Most of ya’all can’t even buy a beer on Sunday.  What kind of oppressive society is that? Don’t hate us ‘cuz we get it crunk all night while [...]