Hi Nicole,
“Pro” and Ms. Viera are two distinctly different people. “Pro”, I recently discovered, is actually short for “Prolific”, which is the, I guess, poetic name of Timothy “Prolific” Jones, owner of the website Andre Maurice Press. You can get there if you go to this link:
Which is the one where Ms. Viera’s mugshot is featured.
Now, here’s the thing for me: what connection do these two share?
My gut tells me that she (Ms. Viera) is “Pro’s” Man – and if that’s so, then this is simply a case of White Knighting taken to the Nth degree. Apparently, Jones owns a “production company” that focuses on “conscious” rappers and poets and the like – he can’t be much of a for real businessman, one, because “Alternative Rap” is, and always has been, a timesuck and a non-profitable; everyone who knows anything about Hip Hop knows that the money’s to be made in Gangsta Rap, and has been for years and years now. Secondly, when’s the last time you heard of a poet to come along out of Black America to get any kind of major pub? maya Angelou, maybe – and she’s what, at least 80 now?
I mean, come on. I didn’t even know who this cat was until he bitched to WP.
So, in a nutshell, that’s the skinny – its this guy’s Woman that I done went and made look silly with her own ridiculous crappola, and they couldn’t handle it so went crying and bitching to WP on a technicality. Which is fine by me – I’ll relax and chill during the Holiday Season with my peeps, fall back and tweak and site, and relaunch shortly thereafter. No big whup – and I’ll take care of Mr. “Prolific”, in due course.
Count on it.
O.