hmm. sorry but im with Karma.
and andrea:> try locating yourself in another brothers shoes, and realize that not everybody is as blessed as you. Obviously peole should make their own decision, however what you fail to realize is that kids as young as seven (yes, 7 years old) listen to hip hop. In fact, the majority of those that consider ludacriss and lil wayne as "role models" are either pre teen or slightly older (although its not only them that listen to hip hop)
So yes….. karma gets it
The fact is white people are surrounded by a solid culture (yes America is a culture) infrastructure, architecture and admirable role models. You have all these Nobel prize winners and such for lil white kids to learn about (not every white kid will ever reach that high but still,,its the inspiration that matters) but what exactly is there for black kids? Hip Hop? And its not KRS or even nas thats educating these young minds (through music) but its 50 Cent and Lil wayne ( one a past criminal the other current). The power 50 and Lil Wayne currently possess is assertive enough to push back conscious artists if they want to. It’s a thug take over, plain and simple. Single parent families with young kids selling weed to friends>> that’s reality. A lot of young brothers being shot up in Cali, Philly , Toronto, etc and the music is usually the tool that "pumps" them up, trust me when I say this. The underlying "thugication" of the urbs, the street education etc that hip hop preaches is primarily based on a hustler's disdain for making major moves in no other fashion other than the fast ski mask tactic. Fast cash, telling kids that school is for suckas and instant gratification is the golden rule…… take this shit here and you can get new rims in two weeks
People will say that hip hop is an international culture, it's global. The ability to deliver more ideas is higher in hip hop compared to other music genres. Yes, all that is correct, however as soon as art-form gets corrupted by the wrong hands, its over. You have negativity and ignorance portrayed and yes, most of them reflect the problems in our realities collectively, but never is there ever a solution to these problems. So nothing gets resolved; what we are left with is ignorant blacks and clever whites watching- creating a "blackfaces" over again. Although racism is currently politically incorrect, it still exists. Behind closed doors in mimicking actions (kinda like black face) of black behavior and ignorance and laughing about it behind our backs.
To them its all a big joke. Yeah 50 cent got shot five times and lil wayne is about to do time and T.I just got out of jail. The fact is ,there are over 1 million black men in prison. Drug dealing within the black community is an occupation (job) some white people think the average black man does. Youngsters are sick and tired of living in poverty, so they sell drugs (like their roe models) to make quick cash , so they can drive those big rhims and rock them chains (like their role models). Usually the mother who’s probably on welfare knows that her children are selling drugs just to make a living and does not care. She knows the youngsta is skipping class, but whats an education? She’ll ask.
So basically, to me there is no major conspiracy against the black male. I think it’s the chicken or the egg all over again. That is, did hip hop destroy the black community or did hip hop get created as a result of a broken community? ???...........However the fact still remains>>that during the civil rights [movement] era, there were many (many) mentally strong black male (leaders) than there currently are. As I said earlier, the major leaders of "black" these days are hiphop stars and thats not what the black community requires. We need a major revolution in this bitch
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