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Blacks in America are on the cusp of what appears to be a major change in American society. Barack Obama’s
Hip Hop heads are some of the smartest, most varied people you’ll ever meet. You got the 80’s old-school cats who cling to KRS-One, Rakim, or Public Enemy as the greatest MC’s of all time (period), and keep the Five Percenters tradition alive. You get the Phillies and Backwood smoking, Hennessy & Baileys drinking, D.I.T.C, Canibus, Purple Tape (a.k.a Raekwon’s 1st album for those not up on history) lovers from early to mid-1990’s. There’s the people like myself who came up on Vanilla Dutches being the number one choice, Cassidy killing Freeway, G-Unit mixtapes had the biggest buzz on the streets, DMX and Eminem being the most marketed rappers on the planet (damn, can you remember a time when DMX was Def Jam’s biggest star), and Ruff Ryders and Dipset being the crews holding down “the streets.” And finally you got the new Hip-Hop heads; a mix between cats who love Jim Jones & Dipset for they “swagger,” the Lil Wayne obsessed, the True Religion jean wearers, and new “backpackers” (the Lupe, Little Brother, Saigon, Brother Ali faithful) always ready to say “the real hip-hop is right here.”
“Until we recapture the minds of black youth, convince them that it’s not OK to “super man dat ho” and end any and every dispute by “cocking on your bitch,” nothing will change. Does a Soulja Boy want an education? The “keepin’ it real” mantra of hip hop is in direct defiance to evolution. There’s always someone ready to tell you you’re selling out if you move away from the immature and dangerous activities you used to do, you’re selling out if you speak proper English, embrace education, dress like a grown man, do anything mainstream.”
This is an excerpt from a article written by FoxSports columnist, Jason Whitlock. In the article Whitlock ties hip-hop into the recent death of pro-football player Sean Taylor and compares black on black crime to the KKK, calling it the Black KKK. I’ve never been a fan of Whitlock and this article doesn’t suggest other wise.
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How many times must I feel like my remote is the “Action” a Director shouts to start a movie, narrated by sensationalizing some aspect of the Gangster lifestyle? Henry Hill’s story made a classic GoodFellas movie; Al Capone’s story made a classic movie with The Untouchables, as well as a great inspiration of Tony Montana’s story in the classic movie Scarface (1983); I will even go so far as to say that Frank Lucas’ story made a great American Gangster movie, but at what point do we step away from what the media has sensationalized and glammed up for us in order to see what’s going on behind the scenes?
Written by Nicole Camack bka K-Mack
Nigger or Nigga, what’s the difference? Nah, really?
Before I begin, please allow me to say, this is not my attempt to intellectualize the use of the N-word. I personally think that’s an oxymoron in itself. Instead I’m more interested in obtaining clarity in our usage of the word by asking how do we intelligently make an argument that nigga differentiates from nigger? Nigger or nigga, I ask, “What’s the difference”?
Written by Cornell Dews
“I’m So Hood!”
I love DJ Khaled’s song titled, “I’m So Hood!” For the past few weeks, I’ve listened to it while in my vehicle at least three times a day. And need I say that it was played at a very high decibel. I shared my affection with the song to a friend of mine and he asked, “How could you like such a song?” I pondered the question for a moment and then asked myself “why shouldn’t I like it?” It then donned on me, from his perspective, he obviously interpreted the song as one glamorizing the negativity which has a stranglehold on our community. However, that was not my interpretation at all.
Written by Cornell Dews
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