Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin writes that Jacksonians and lawmakers should just name the racist tendencies within the Mississippi Legislature thatHouse Bill 1020 reveals. “We know that you don’t like that Black people are running the capital city (at least not the kind of Black people you prefer), and we know you’re dead set on changing that by whatever means, legislative or otherwise, you can,” he writes.
Brad Franklin
Jackson,Miss., native Brad Franklin has had an extensive career spanning several mediums including music, TV and radio. He’s an entrepreneur, digital creator, motivational speaker, writer and activist. Franklin is a hip-hop artist formerly known as one-half of the critically acclaimed Mississippi hip-hop duo, Crooked Lettaz, with David Banner. He is the president of Ourglass Media Group, a full-service branding, entertainment-consulting and artist management company. He is the founder and executive director of Jackson Indie Music Week, a seven-day music festival in Jackson, Miss., dubbed as the fastest-growing music festival in the southeast. He is also one of the founders of both the Jackson Black Business Expo and Juneteenth on Farish. Franklin hosts Third Coast Radio, a statewide indie music radio show on MPB, The #GoodThingsJXN Show, a community/current affairs show on WRBJ 97.7FM, and he co-hosts The According To Kaz & Queen Podcast with his wife, Queen.