Up and coming producer Danger Mouse (DM & Jemini, “The Grey Album,” Lex Records, etc.), and Cali wordsmith Murs (Living Legends, Definitive Jux), have collaborated on a truly inspired song “To A Black Boy”.
Danger Mouse explains the story behind the song: “This true story took place in rural Rome, Georgia, USA just last year 2003! Marcus Dixon, an 18-year old African American high school senior was accused of rape by a classmate (a white girl only a few months shy of 16, a sophomore). The Jury quickly came back with Not Guilty verdicts on all rape & use of force, they agreed the sex was consensual (only took them 15 minutes). However, the prosecutor added the charge of child molestation since the girl was under 16. He was found guilty by this charge by definition and sentenced to a mandatory 10 year sentence.
No high school boy or girl has ever been charged with child molestation of a classmate less than three years his or her junior until Marcus. Marcus was a star on the football team, an Honor Student (3.96 GPA) and had a full scholarship to Vanderbilt University. Marcus had served one year and was recently freed (Monday May 3rd, 2004), when his conviction overturned.
