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Originally Posted by PhiGam
One on level it bothers me because I personally would never associate an entire race of people with something negative. I think we can all agree that doing so is racist.
On another level it bothers me because I never like when celebrities use their status to get involved with politics. Especially when they say things that are (as Dr. Phil already said) dumb.
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Celebs have done it for years...where have you been?
And what was negative about what he said?
No more negative that all the slurs that the extreme right hype machine has pushed all last year to scare people into not voting for him.
Hmmm...
He's Muslim
He's Anti America
He a "Magic Negro"
He looks like Curious George....
and some of this bullshit has been perped by celebs who used their status to push their message.
You see where this is going?
Obviously you haven't listened to enough hip hop, rap and R and B, shit for that matter MUSIC, to know that many times artists have used the platform to talk about the government, if you are making statements like that.
Try some John Lennon or Marvin Gaye.
If you want something a little more current, try Public Enemy.
More current than that try Nas.
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Originally Posted by PhiGam
That article didn't really speak to the racist remarks- it simply is predicting the rebirth of hip hop. I hope that he does spark a re-birth of hip hop but I hope that the results of this rebirth won't contain these kind of lyrics. If Jay-Z were to write a song about his happiness on election day (or something along those lines" then that would be a different story.
Admittedly, the more I think about it the more I realize that I was probably wrong to be angry about Jay Z speaking out as it was clearly at a political event.
That being said, I still find the content of the speech to be racist and offensive.
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Maybe because it wasn't racist?
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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
The last time I heard of a politician being "hip-hop" was Kwame Kilpatrick. And we all know how that ended.
I'll respect hip-hop when they stop singing about their lollipops and smacking a bitches ass. There was once a time when I actually was really into rap, but with this crap out there now I just can't respect it. And as much as I hate Kanye West, I do like his new stuff... but I can't and will never respect him.
As for Jay Z's comment, it should NOT matter what color the president is, or if it were Hilary's case, what gender. I think that's where the anger comes from.
And he's really not the first African American President. Last time I checked his mom was white.
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So what is he then?
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