Hip Hop vs. America (The World) pt 4
November 20th, 2009 | By
BET NEWS Presents HIP HOP vs. AMERICA, a Powerful Special Addressing the Current State of Hip-Hop Honest, Candid Town Hall Meeting Features Voices Across the Full Spectrum of Opinion Including Nelly, TI, Chuck D, MC Lyte, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Reverend Al Sharpton, Stanley Crouch, Cornel West, Mike Jones, Master P, Kim Osorio, Dr. Ben Chavis, Judg Parts I and II to Premiere on Tuesday, September 25 and Wednesday, September 26 at 8:00 pm ET/PT, With Part III to Air Exclusively on BET ON BLAST NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /prnewswire/ — Hip-hop culture and controversy have always made for familiar bedfellows. Yet, in the wake of the Imus controversy and in a year when the genre’s sales have tumbled, hip-hop finds itself under an exceptional amount of scrutiny and pressure — and the stakes have never been higher. BET NEWS takes a powerful and compelling look at the state of hip-hop today in a three-part series titled HIP HOP vs. AMERICA. Hosted by bet’s own Toure and Jeff Johnson, this special showcases a candid, heated forum that will allow audiences to hear the opinions of prominent leaders in the hip-hop industry, the political realm, academia and the Black church.
Posted by Sam Daniels
50 just dissed another black artist in fron of the white media. he thought he looked cute and hard but really he just gave the middle finger to a fellow black artist to illustrate a point to these white muthafuckas who will never truly understand the art of hip hop anyway. Nice going 50 you look like an *** hole. TI is smart and was able to come in and clean up 50 statement and put in in better context. i agree with TI. parents have to take more responsibility.
Was that Tichina Arnold behind T.I?! hahaha xD
hip hop is not the only violent music…didnt ozzy osbourne bite a head off a bat or somethin..isnt that violent…music is music…not a blueprint for life…rambo is violent…die hard is violent…hip hop is not dead jus evolved…rappers delight is suppose to the first successful hip hop…but its a work that they didnt even write…it was a corporate thing…alot of ppl say soulja boi is killin hip hop y? because he makes music about dancing?? so what run dmc made songs about adidas???
Rap or (HIp Hop) is like a personality nobody wants to hear happy music all day just as well nobody wants to hear depressing music it all depends on the person who buys it
nice statement from T.I….truth hurts people….thats why I say…going through hard times is very precious….u have 2 get in touch with reality…
becos he’s a fake *** ***** *** nigga
why u say that?
T.I speaks the truth they are bitches niggas and hoes in the world real talk
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50 cent is not articulate.. he is spitting out the same generic excuses white businessmen want him to.. total puppet
50 is a smart dude something that alot of these people who critique him and his craft over look.
50 cent is talking as if the average ghetto dude rolls around in a cadillac, with tons of skimpy clad women, while throwing away wads of money. Ridiculous.
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another mayor said he “didn’t inhale”…lol
@lisalynnette77 yes he is. Very articulate.
but the people works in the govrment sleeps with hoes,and steel money from people and killing the people.but i forgot rap,hip-hop are the issuses.didn’t a mayor come and say he was ***??didn’t another one say he cheated on his wife.but rap and hip-hop are the issuse.like they said in this video.video games has a hand in it too but parents are buying the games and music that not right for the kids under the of 18.stop blaming rap,hip-hop for your issues.you can make your own mind up.
i agree with the comment about the rappers who don’t talk about the street life.cuz there are more to life then the street life.people put down hip-hop and rap because that have nothing else to do but pick on the singers and rappers about they music.afroman didn’t put a blunt in my hand and told me to smoke it,rappers didn’t tell people to kill or steel,or ****.but people are to full of **** to understand the people who are making the music.mos def make great music.i like rap,hip-hop.
WOW! even though I’m not a fan of 50, T.I, or Nelly, they handled themselves very well.
However, it annoys me how they only go after rappers with negative or uncouth lyrics and then decide that all hip hop is like that. Why don’t they have a hip hop argument with rappers who are fortunate enough to have had a good education and that are positive/artistic such as Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, Mike Shinoda, Geologic, Raw Poetic, Dessa Darling, i’d LOVE to hear them talk about this beautiful music.
50 cent is very well spoken!
Jay-z is a great asset. Did scholars call William Faulkner misogynistic: In a Rose for Emily he wrote, “Emily is unflattering: she is a small, fat woman in black who looks bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue. How about that!
When t.i stoped talking look at that monkey behind him, hahahahahahhaaa
T.I. be speaking the truth yo…
the audience is full of clueless kids who arent intelligent enough to realize that this whole debate is a hoax!!! to keep people distracted from what’s important and to promote that “Hip Hop is Dead” bullshit!, non of these people make sense on what they talk about, the only one there who spoke about the positivity in hip hop was Chuck D,
T.I. is a father of 5??? Holy crap!