Writer Cherryl Aldave feels that material she submitted to AllHipHop.com was taken and used by another author without attribution. Here’s the piece to which she refers containing a quote she recorded during a phone conversation with incarcerated author of Dutch Kwame Teague.
Normally I might not post such a claim at this stage but my dealings with Cherryl have been quite positive and I think she does a lot of meaningful work that doesn’t seem to be compensated, in addition to whatever paying gigs she gets. I also think the issue of plagiarism is pretty bad on hip hop websites and I’m doing what I can to help make thieves lean back. I’ll post more when I have it.
Update: I’m happy to report that AllHipHop.com has corrected the situation and posted Cherryl’s article with her byline. Since they don’t have a statement, I can’t address their version of things. But perhaps it helped that Hashim Warren also posted on the topic. Bloggers working together are a powerful force!
that’s Cherryl, with 2 R’s
(that’s how she always signs her name)
Thanks and I fixed the spelling. I even saw her posts on her website list her as “cherryl with 2 Rs”. You know, that’s a fact check issue for me but, more generally, once you have to add something to your name to remind people of the spelling or explain the pronunciation, the battle’s already lost.
This is especially true for companies that make up words as names. So often a company will make up a name like Expedia with at least two plausible pronunciations based on the words that could be associated with them. As a travel site, Expedia relates to expedient but also to expedition.
But I’ll try to get it right next time!
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