kris ex

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Proactive Visionary at Merika
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kris ex’s Summary

kris ex is a Haitian-born, Brooklyn-bred writer. In the past he’s written for God, the children, himself and any editor willing to pay him. He’s since come to the conclusions that there is no God, the children can take care of themselves and there are few editors willing to pay him his worth—leaving him to write just for himself.

When he wrote for others—the cover stories for national rap rags such as XXL, Vibe and Source and international publications like Hip-Hop Connection (UK) and Spex (Germany); the features for newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times and the Village Voice; the music coverage for mainstream bathroom accouterment such as Blender, Rolling Stone and Revolver (R.I.P.)—he was well-compensated, well-respected and, well, not really happy.

When he published books as collaborations with others—the bestselling From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens with superstar 50 Cent (MTV Books/Simon & Schuster, 2005); Ghetto Supastar with Prakazrel Michel of the internationally renown Fugees (Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, 1999), which became the motion picture Turn It Up starring Michel and Ja Rule; the lauded How to Draw Hip-Hop with acclaimed illustrator Damion Scott (Watson-Guptill, 2006)—he was once again well-compensated, well-respected and, once again, not really happy.

When he served in editorial capacities—at Rap Pages and Source magazines, Russell Simmons’ 360HipHop.com (R.I.P.)—he was again… well, you get the point.

kris ex currently writes for himself. He prefers it that way.

He also believes that Whyte America is scared of a strong intelligent Black male voices, factions within the Bush Administration and the US Military were instrumental in orchestrating the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks of September 11, 2001 and that refined sugar represents the biggest drug problem in the country where he lays his head to rest.

kris ex’s Specialties:

slang prostitution, paradigm reconstruction, intellectual vocation therapy, systems subversion and parameters circumvention, paradox interplay, parallel idea dissemination

kris ex’s Experience

Proactive Visionary

Merika

(Publishing industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Engineering brand reconfiguration, directing intensive cultural observation and analysis, controlling information traffic related to research initiatives, masterminding strategic approach planning, laying preliminary groundwork to idea manifestation, overcoming personal demons
Cultural Genius

kris ex, ink.

(Writing and Editing industry)

May 1994 — Present (15 years 8 months)

Changing the game, playing with fire, contributing methods of mass instruction to just about every notable urban publication on the globe. Words-for-hire contractor for major recording corporations and other clients with deep pockets.

kris ex’s Education

Life

Street PhD , Literature, Philosophy, Black & American History, Comparative Religion, Current Events, Space & Time , 1972 — 2012 (expected)

Stepping on couches, ordering the showing of teats, assorted acts of debauchery. Constant elevation.

Activities and Societies:

Young, Black & Gifted.