Greetings again,
Well, maybe I am just soo much of a B-ball fan that I hear all the news. Anyway, Allen Iverson has recorded a rap album, and many are saying the the lyrics are "gay-bashing" and "violent". There was an entire show of BET Tonight about this, and there was a special on ESPN.
Basically, he has people rioting the album, and the games, and the album hasn't even been released. One woman, I think her name is C. Delores Tucker, has pronounced it 'gangster rap', and he has many people condeming him on his choice of lyrics. There are people saying that if he wants to rap, he should wait until the off season, or decide to do one or the other(rap or play ball). There are a lot of people looking to the NBA for some sort of response, and the NBA commisioner was in talks with Iverson, and Commissioner was even thinking of suspending him.
There were commentators who were compating this to the John Rocker controversy. Iverson was getting a lot of criticism for choosing to release the album in the midst of NBA season. The last thing that I heard was that he, Iverson, had been in talks with the NBA Commissioner, and some gay rights groups and such, and he said that he was able to see where they were coming from and he hoped that they could respect his freedom of speech. The last broadcast that I saw said nothing about whether or not Iverson was going to change his lyrics, or postpone his release date. I think the Commissioner decided against suspending Iverson.
If I am missing any details, someone feel free to expound on this.
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