Jayson Rodriguez

Nov 18, 2024 | variety.com | Jayson Rodriguez |Jem Aswad

Toward the end of “The Honorable Shyne,” the flawed yet redeeming Andscape documentary that premiered on Hulu Monday, Moses Barrow — the current leader of the opposition in Belize’s House of Representatives and one-time Diddy protege known as Shyne — ruminates on the life of…sea turtles. By this point in the film, the director Marcus A. Clarke (“Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali,” “THE WZRD”) has highlighted the Belizean ocean coast as a transformative place for the protagonist.

Jun 18, 2024 | backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info | Jayson Rodriguez

Welcome to 50th issue of Backseat Freestyle (clap for me!). This is my weekly hip-hop newsletter I send out every Friday(ish) focusing on one big thing that happened over the past seven days. I also include links (15-25 of them) to what I’ve been listening to, reading and watching. You can check out the archive, here, and read more about me, here. If you’re already a BF subscriber, thank you for your continued support.

May 30, 2024 | backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info | Jayson Rodriguez

Welcome to 49th issue of Backseat Freestyle. This is my weekly hip-hop newsletter I send out every Friday focusing on one big thing that happened over the past seven days. I also include links (15-25 of them) to what I’ve been listening to, reading and watching. You can check out the archive, here, and read more about me, here. If you’re already a BF subscriber, thank you for your continued support.

Apr 27, 2024 | jdsalaro.com | Jayson Rodriguez

Almost everyone I know who uses a computer, for fun or work, is overtaken by a slight nervousness when installing a new library, package, service or application on their operating system. The horror stories underpinning these reservations vary slightly between Linux, Unix, Windows and MacOS users, but everyone knows, regardless of preferred ecosystem, that installing software can do a number on their computer and the task should not be taken lightly.

Sep 22, 2023 | revolt.tv | Jayson Rodriguez

Debates are like gangsters. They don’t die, they get chubby. But, instead of moving to Miami, they live forever online. And one that goes on in perpetuity is, “Who’s the best MC?”Before JAY-Z posed the question in “Where I’m From,” it was a debate that first raged on when Hip Hop heads picked sides between Grandmaster Caz or any number of early pioneers like Melle Mel.