People who are angry, uneducated and come from tremendous struggle, they have poetic license and they say things that offend you," Simmons said. "You have to talk about the conditions that create those kinds of lyrics. When you are talking about a privileged man who has a mainstream vehicle and mainstream support and is on a radio station like that you have to deal with them differently."
Folks now do you understand why, African-American young males need not listen to some of this music. This after the media went to the not so best of the brightest among the rappers, Snoop Dogg, for this quote:
"It's a completely different scenario. We are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about hos that's in the 'hood that ain't doing sh, that's trying to get a n-a for his money. These are two separate things&.we ain't no old-a-- white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them muthaf-as say we in the same league as him."
Simmons is doing the deflection that Eddie talks about on his spot. Ya'll Obama not black, who you gonna listen too, him or me?
Simmons go to the bible and find me these words, and take your friend snoop with you. Loud in clear, it is not okay rich or poor to call any woman, out of her name. If the women that you live with like it, keep it beyond your closed doors.
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Hopefully Oprah will straighten out Simmons.
Simmons spoke to ABC News from Chicago, where he was preparing for an Oprah Winfrey town hall meeting on the subject of rap lyrics, which will also feature hip-hop artist Common, who raps about love and spirituality, Kansas City Star sports writer Jason Whitlock, former NAACP president Bruce Gordon and the Rev. Al Sharpton.
A press release from the Winfrey show said, "The group will address whether or not there is a double standard in this country, what behavior different races are willing and not willing to tolerate, and why women and minorities often are targets for derogatory and degrading comments. Winfrey asks the panel to consider if this incident could be a 'tipping point' for American society."
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I saw the show. Simmons was protesting that gangsta rappers are showing us reality that we don't want to see. I think that the way they are presenting it doesn't get message across that sexism, racism, and violence should be stopped. I think that the way they present their messages seems to say that sexism, racism, and violence are okay or cool. Other artists are able to make their message clear. I really don't think you need to have women in thongs shaking their behinds to prove that the world is sexist. Really, does that make any sense?
ReplyDeleteRussell Simmons proved that his reality involves soft porn. Those who are buying these videos are mostly men.
ReplyDeleteSex sells, and undressing a woman and placing her a throng, is just to pass FCC. Soft Porn.
What makes these men attractive to some of these women are the money or lifestyle. Many women would not allowed to be degraded. Some of these women have learned to take the money and fun to get where they need to get.
That does not mean it is music with a message of our reality.