"Buddy Black", a rap artist outside of Birmingham, practices his lyrics at his trailer in Jasper, Ala on Friday, April 13, 2007. He raps into a microphone that is stuck through a hole in a sheet draped on one side of his small trailer. Buddy is currently receiving unemployment, and is hopeful for the future. Over the past five years he has worked odd jobs in construction, grocery stores and anything that will pay the bills. "I'll do anything to make the money i need, but I know where my passion is." (Photo by Matthew Williams/Catapult Stock ©2007)