Comments on: Russell Simmons Ask For Removal Of, “Bitch, Ho, N*****,” From All Clean Songs

By: FUKKKIN' YOGA MY ASS!

FUKKKIN' YOGA MY ASS! — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:02:41 +0000

Umm whatever happened to him being stuck in some sort of a Yoga Matrix? Why the fukkk is he attacking Hip Hop?

By: Nesia

Nesia — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:01:43 +0000

to C.A.S.H.
I tried my best to read your statements without responding, but I couldn’t. I just want to make you aware of the fact that you said “nigger” and “nigga” are not the same word. Yet, throughout the rest of your blog, you used words such as “brotha,” “sista,” and “togetha.” Please help me to understand the meanings of those words. My guess is that “brotha” is brother, “sista” is sister, and “togetha” is together; however since you’ve explained that “nigga” and “nigger” are two completely different words, I simply remain lost in a contradiction.

Also to reply to the statement about being called a “nigger.” I can say that I have been called that, and I consider myself to be in the younger generation (just turned 26). I was surprised that I was called that, and in Miami of all places, which was even more surprising to me. My reaction was that the people that called me and my friends that were racists that sadly live in ignorance. Because I see most racists as such inferior beings in society (somewhat like cavemen), I usually don’t find it worth my time to respond to them. Yes, it bothers me, but it only makes me want to educate our youth even more. I will say that I do continue to use the word “nigger” as I am working to educate others.

By: Trebonique

Trebonique — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:49:48 +0000

Well I think it’s a small step in a positive direction the problem’s African American communities are confronted with are to deep to settle in a day or one year.. Many years of oppression cannot be erased in an instant. Most people want this to occur but it cant especially when you have someone like Camron showing just how ignorant and uneducated some hip-hop artist (who represent blacks and what is viewed to major audiences) and African American truly are. I think Russell Simmons is making a strong offensive that will cause a defensive playback by all media genre’s. Explained: if rap artist have to remove derogatory language from performances and records every other entertainment entity must do the same.. Sex and the city will need to play out a little differently… The word bitch will have to get removed from television and movies as well.. The thing is why would it be enforced on only Hip-hop and not the entire entertainment industry…. Strong move Russell….

to re-iterate the African American community is so lost that all the problems cannot be vanquished with one twinkle of a magic wand. Its not like creating a hot beat and placing a catchy hook over it….

By: JAY

JAY — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:57:46 +0000

the lost generations, yes with an s. . .i wish i was born when being black or afrikan is valued.

By: Ciara

Ciara — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:25:12 +0000

Nigga is a desensitized derivation of nigger, therefore to argue that the word is different doesn’t make sense. They are forever connection. Honestly, if you use the n word everyday, you shouldn’t be offended if someone else uses it. We in our communities have desensitized the word. Therefore, we can’t get offended with someone uses it that shouldn’t. We brought all of this on ourselves. We spit the word out in front of other cultures, our children. Shit spreads. We need to openly adknowledge that nigger is a offensive word even in today’s society. Once we do that, we can make a step.

Majority of us can’t say that we have been called a nigger. If you have, you’ll never use that word again in your life.

By: adeee

adeee — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:11:11 +0000

freakin lame but whatever…..just do it to make everyone happy for a little bit cause either way its not gonna go away

By: Cuuuurrrtiiis' #1 Fan

Cuuuurrrtiiis' #1 Fan — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:09:28 +0000

OH HELL NO!!!…Do u hear his ass cursin a storm on Run’s House…..He’s contradicting himself.

By: 400grand

400grand — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:18:30 +0000

i respect russel simmons but he could suck a dick 2, he’s givin in 2 what middle age white america thinks

By: C.A.S.H.

C.A.S.H. — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:17:00 +0000

I’m not brainwashed….i know what my ancestors went through…..and they were being called nigger….When someone uses that word (other than to describe a historical fact or to make a point) then i take offense, but the word nigga is not the same. Yes it changes the word, just as “to” and “too” mean different things. If we are following any plan, it is the fact that they continually pit are race against ourselves and other minorities who have been oppressed. East vs West coast, crips and bloods, whatever it may be, we still haven’t learned to stick togetha. Instead we constantly claw and bicker at a fellow brotha/sista’s to try to get ahead individually. The word isn’t trampling their struggles, that’s what their and our oppressors have been doing since we have been brought to this country….and still continue to this very day.

As far as hip hop artists, you have to realize that they are exactly that, artists. You can’t force art. Well, true art can’t be forced. the so called “artists” that rap for the sole purpose of making money may not be the best thing for our society, or hip hop, but true artists are only able to create what’s within them. Life has never been all smiles and sunny days, and neither should the art. I agree that artists should take some more responsibility, but that the responsibility should be shared amongst all artists…not just hip hop

By: Stick2daScript

Stick2daScript — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:31:54 +0000

@ C.A.S.H

Listen, I’m not trying to have a bar fight with you. You do have a point, society does have a lot to do with the usage of “N” word and also the degragation of of females, BUT if the change has to come from society, or start with society, who has a bigger affect on society than the hip-hop artists?

And as far as believing in racist ideology, you are just as brain-washed as you can be! We’re following the plan they made for us hundreds of years ago. They’ve undermined us to think that if we change the meaning of the “N” word, it’s okay to use it, and not only do they refer to us as such, but we also refer to ourselves as that! How clever was that!
It is what it is…..I’ve even tried to justify the use of the “N” word because it was a part of daily vocabulary, I mean I’ve used the word my whole life, But as I think about what our ancestors and our leaders went through not to be called this word, FOR ME to continue to use that word would be to trample over everything they fought for and to count it as NOTHING!!! WAKE UP AND WISEN UP MY PEOPLE!!!!!!