Malcolm X comment about Entertainment Industry was over 50 years before its time. I have my on mind. I’m not persuaded by a celebrities perspective regarding world issues.
Whenever I see someone “SUPER” Pro-Black, there is generally some agenda behind them. You can be for your ppl but when it’s 24/7, pay close attention. ✌🏽
Maturing is realizing that gangster rappers like Snoop Dogg (a self-proclaimed pimp who’s been married to the same woman for 27 years) and Rick Ross (who worked as a Florida corrections officer) are just fictional personas.
Meanwhile, the dude prancing around a stage in ‘hammer pants’ was an ACTUAL gangster who pumped fear into people.
Crazy when you think about it.
*BRILLIANT*
The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘_white, angry old man’s_’ advice to go back where they came from.*
I saw a post that said:
“I think being forced to be hyper independent as a child has caused me to be irrationally angry with any adult who needs their hand held through anything they do.”
And I felt that in my soul.
Questlove recalled his late manager Richard Nichols predicting, after 50 Cent’s rise, that there would eventually be a shift away from gangsta rap, a theory he felt was proven when Kanye West’s Graduation went head-to-head with 50’s Curtis in 2007.
Vince Staples offered a much sharper interpretation of that moment:
“I just thought all the white people picked Kanye up, and they put 50 down. It’s like a toy. It’s like, they wanna play with Kanye now. They don’t wanna play with 50 no more.”
Vince said it felt like the industry was essentially saying: “This is our version of a Negro that we like. We don’t like the gangster Negro anymore… Let’s get the nigga in the backpack.”
His larger point: Black audiences didn’t necessarily decide they had to choose between 50 and Kanye. In Vince’s view, the industry decided which version of Blackness it wanted to market next.
For those of you that haven't read it, Chapter 13 of Project 2025 was literally about creating food insecurity by cutting safety nets and slashing regulations and restrictions on food production.
No, we weren't overreacting to Project 2025.
Fun Fact. This was originally supposed to be the first single for Prodigy solo album "H.N.I.C."
The label wanted a single for the Mobb Deep album so P relented.