Jay-Z Speaks On Staying In Touch With The Hood & Barack Obama
‘I think it’s more important for me to be in touch with who I am than in touch with the streets, per se,’ he says. ‘Being in touch with the streets, keeping it real, that’s become a lie and a cliche. I’m not hanging on the corner in the Bed-Stuy. I hate it when rappers say, “I’m keeping it ‘hood.” I’m like, “Why? What do you mean? No one’s there by choice! You’re in the hood, by choice?”‘
‘If [Barack Obama] loses I really will feel sorry and sad for the state of America,’ he says. ‘The world is watching. And the world will judge us on that. And I’m not voting for him simply because he’s black. The worst thing ever for black people would be to put someone in who wasn’t capable. I’m voting because he’s capable. What he represents to a little kid in Marcy Projects right now is to make him feel like he’s part of America. We never felt like we were part of the American dream.’
Full Article: Guardian
Who is in the hood by choice? I understand going back to your community to help build it up, but if your rich and famous you can no longer just be hanging out on the block. You should have more important things to do and there will be a lot of envious people around you in the hood.
July 27th, 2008 at 6:45 am
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July 27th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Looks like realtalk.net will do anything for a buck. What the fuck is this john mccain ad floating around the site all about?
Hov is right though. Who’s in the hood by choice. That hood shit is so overrated. Obama 08..holla
July 27th, 2008 at 7:11 am
I don’t even have to read the rest of what he is saying,because he talks with common sense instead of this attitude that people owe him everything like 50 cent and knaye west.This man is the one man rolling stones,U2,beatles,etc. GOAT nuff said
July 27th, 2008 at 7:52 am
METHOD MAN stil in the hood hav u seen that brudas home lol
July 27th, 2008 at 7:53 am
jay-z jus stating the obvious futhermore
July 27th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Ok, here’s the argument. I completely 100% agree with Jay-Z, but then there’s those stupid ass fans that go “ohh T.I. aint real, he dont be in bankhead” etc. blah blah… So thats why most rappers succumb to all that bullshit and say over and over again that “they’re in the hood”.
July 27th, 2008 at 8:28 am
This was a great interview for Jay. The brother has truly evolved in some parts of his life.
July 27th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Haha Real Talk selling out promoting MCcain just messing, I agree if you made it you got money go back help people yes but don’t be in the hood when you don’t need to. The hood is full of envy thats why I hate when people like Jadakiss talk like being in the hood is great when you have no need to stay their.