Surprisingly a couple of weeks ago I got a letter from someone about my music. I'll just let you read it...

Hi Tye. My son is digging your song, "I'm still cool." He is basically that lil boy in the beginning of the video. The one kid that took up for him - just like in the video - moved away on November 5th (the same day we had the massacre down here at Fort Hood - it was all over the news)...

You know its not cool for a little Black Boy to be so smart, get straight A's, play Chess, Study Science, etc. Since he isnt sagging his pants, trying to do the latest dance and he is avoiding joining the gangs they give him a hard time. My son identifies with your song and video. He just asked me to get the cd so he could listen to it over and over and over.... etc. You get the picture...

I wanted to know if you could autograph something for him and put some encouraging words on it for him. We are military and his dad is gone again. I would greatly appreciate it if you would do this for me. I can save you the shipping & handling. I am from Raleigh so my dad can meet you somewhere and mail it to me. Just let me know.

Thank You.

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This is the type of letter that lets me know that I'm doing the right thing!  It's good to know that my music is really helping kids out there.

Sidenote: Also I have a interview coming up this Thursday 1-28-10 with Mr. Carr on blog Talk Radio @ 9pm

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ccip-radio

We're going to talk about some real issues so come check it out!

Marriage with a prenup or not?  

This week Nas and Kelis’ divorce was finalized. Kelis filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. And the homie Nas accused Kelis of preventing him from seeing the birth of their son Knight.

Nas was also ordered to pay over $87,000 in back spousal and child support, and $10,000 a month going forward. So here’s the thing: if Nas would have asked Kelis for a prenuptial agreement would their marriage ever have come to this point?

People seem to view rappers in two ways - paid or broke! (There really isn’t an in between, but that discussion is for another day). Now you can argue most rappers don’t even get married but look at how much Diddy aka Puffy aka Puffy Daddy had to pay a woman he wasn’t even married to (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,623205,00.html). $4.5 million and that was back in 2001.  

Now I’ve heard people say that Nas was stupid for not getting a prenup but I know many guys who have gotten married without prenups but no one calls them stupid.

Would you marry someone who asked for a prenup?  

(And if you don’t know the definition of a prenup here it is ha ha)

d without prenups but no one calls them stupid. Would you marry someone who asked for a prenup? (And if you don’t know the definition of a prenup here it is ha ha)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prenuptial_agreement

Recently Wyclef Jean of "The Fugees" is being accused of stealing money through his organization Yele Haiti. First and formost, I can't even believe this. Wyclef has been doing stuff for the people of Haiti way before this horrific earth quake, so these accusations are totally out of his character.

But I'll let you hear it from him yourself.

Man this got to be one of the craziest stories I've herd this week. This man house burned down while the fire dept watched because he didn't pay a $75.00 fire fee. But what was crazy is his neighbors got up $5,000 but the mayor still refused. He had 3 dogs in the house and a cat. Plus his grand children witness the fire as their dogs and cat cried out.

I recently got the chance to be in a cool short film -- "One Step Ahead"

Check it out folks.

Man I did a show last night for a great cause.

It was for M.o.M.S (Missing or Murdered Sisters)! If you have never heard of this organization, it’s the organization raising awareness about the unsolved murders of 6 Rocky Mount women and 3 who have gone missing since 2005.

Some people believe a serial killer is doing these murders; I’m not qualified to say one way or another. I just know that some innocent women have lost their lives.

It was extremely touching to see the some of the victims’ families there and expressing their appreciation for acknowledging their lost family members. I have to say, that’s when I really realized those women were sisters, cousins, daughters, and mothers, and their unsolved cases deserved more attention then what they had been receiving.  

It was really cool to see all the hip hop groups come out in support of this cause. Hip Hop was born of positivity and I felt honored to be a part of that last night. Also all the artist that performed last night made a donation to the organization. Who says hip hop can’t do positive things?

I'm happy to announce that the Carolina Hurricanes and I have reached an agreement that I'm satisfied with. Nothing but love for everyone who supported me and understood why I had to stand up for myself and for what's right. But right now I'm about to watch Family Guy LOL

Thanks again.

http://www.Facebook.com/TyeBanks

The show scheduled for 8/26 has been rescheduled for Nov. 18.

More details are on the Events page.

Show starts at 8pm

Admission is $4

119 WEST MAIN STREET
Durham, North Carolina 27701

If you want to see how I get down check the video. I'll see you there!