Ranging in topic from the NSA's phone records scandal to the ramifications of gun violence among youth to the increasing use of the N word, the Official Street Cat segment on BET's "The Chop Up" represented the "regular" persons point of view in a media world which all too often caters to an intellectual stereotype and aesthetic fantasy. Not surprisingly, it was also one of the most popular and critically acclaimed.
In "Street Cat Goes to Washington," Samson takes on the Congressional Black Caucus during its Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. As quirky as the "Chop Up" segments, this special edition takes our host from Brooklyn to the Beltway, as he ponders some of the most pressing questions facing Black Americans today.
After taking an informal survey around his beloved borough, he decides to get some answers from those weve chosen to represent us (and maybe even remind them that they represent all of us, no matter the color of our do-rag).
