By Michael Partis

“If Malcolm or Huey had the outlets our musicians have today, it’d be global. I have to figure out a way to do it myself.”
Alicia Keys- “Alicia Keys Unlocked”
Blender Magazine-May 2008 edition

Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 book, “Why We Can Not Wait”

When I saw Jay-Z, the biggest artist in Hip-Hop, could put out a record dissing NBA basketball player Deshawn Stevenson two days after the Sean Bell verdict, but yet could not put out even a statement on the case, I said enough. Read the entire entry …

Video Of 50’s Remarks About Alicia Keys & Another Interview About Buck
Audio: Alicia Keys Clears Up Her Blender Comments

You can see a live performance of this song and an interview from the Today show below.
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Notice Lloyd Banks and Yayo’s expressions, they look like they wanted nothing to do with the comments but had to cosign.

Check below for video of Tony Yayo saying Young Buck does drugs and owes 50 $300,000 and 50 Cent’s Hot 97 interview.

Video of comments 50 had about Alicia Keys that was previously posted, concerning her Blender magazine interview.

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“If she don’t like that, (then) I don’t like that classical music s— she be doing. At some point she’s playing some s— that don’t relate to me. … We listen to it and try to figure out why people actually enjoy it. I am trying to enjoy it. That statement changes my perception of Alicia Keys totally. But the magazine is standing behind it, which means they probably have a tape of her in conversation saying it. It’s just not really a bright comment anyway.”

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“Try to figure out why people actually enjoy it,” thoughts on that comment?

More On Alicia Keys

But I don’t think that [her] classical sh*t is cool. I don’t give a f*ck if you can classically play the piano. I haven’t been classically trained, because my upbringing, nobody put me in front of a piano at that time. If they did, I would know how to do it as well as she does. I could learn how to play the piano if I was passionate about it right now. That’s obviously my perspective evaluating what she does, and I could f*cking care less about the sh*t.

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Alicia Keys Thinks, “Gangsta Rap,” Was Created To Make Blacks Kill Each Other
Alicia Keys Releases A Statement On Her Gangsta Rap Comments In Blender

Alicia Keys Thinks, “Gangsta Rap,” Was Created To Make Blacks Kill Each Other

Alicia Keys has released the following statement regarding her recent interview with Blender Magazine:

“I feel it is necessary to clarify the comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented.

Anyone who knows me and my character, knows that I am not a conspiracy theorist or, by implication, a racist. My comments about ‘gangsta rap’ were in no way trying to suggest that the government is responsible for creating this genre of rap music. The point that I was trying to make was that the term was over-sloganized by some of the media causing reactions that were not always positive. Many of the ‘gangsta rap’ lyrics articulate the problems of the artists’ experiences and I think all of us, including our leaders, could be doing more to address these problems including drugs, gang violence, crime, and other related social issues.”

This is Alicia Keys statement on her quotes released from Blender about, “Gangsta Rap.” You can see the rest of her statement below. Do you see her point or is she trying to save face?

Alicia Keys Thinks, “Gangsta Rap,” Was Created To Make Blacks Kill Each Other

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The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter tells Blender magazine: “‘Gangsta rap’ was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. ‘Gangsta rap’ didn’t exist.”

“the bicoastal feud between slain rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. was fueled “by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing.”

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I think Gangsta rap was created from people conveying the struggles they went through or seen in their environment. I don’t think the government is behind the deaths of Tupac & Biggie either.

Damn Keri Hilson need more shine…

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