People all over the world are reacting to the deaths of two black men who were shot by police in separate incidents this week, with their last moments captured on camera and widely viewed online. Figures from all over the Hip Hop landscape have been voicing their opinions, from The Game saying it’s time to fight back against police brutality, to Drake writing an open letter on Instagram, saying the video of Alton Sterling’s death left him “disheartened, emotional and truly scared.”
Joey Badass is known for his socio-conscious views and the Brooklyn rap star took to Instagram Wednesday night (July 6) with his own thoughts. He posted an image of a man’s profile kneeling in front of some CDs, a reference to the circumstances around the shooting of Alton Sterling, who was killed by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on July 5.
In the lengthy caption, the 21-year-old writes that he thinks it’s the government’s plan to incite black people into an uprising that they can quell violently. “They are literally begging for this to happen so they can kill us off faster using uprising and rebellion as the excuse,” the post says.
He also states that gangs should protect the communities they live in rather than contributing to their decline, writing “We are so quick to pick up a gun and kill one another but not quick enough to pick it up and protect one another for our human rights.”
Here’s the full quote. Check out the IG post below.
“What the government is doing amongst our people is downright disturbing but not surprising. With all of the conflict and propaganda, I believe they are simply trying to start a civil war within the USA amongst black & white. They are simply pushing us to our limit so that we can all get together and rebel so that it makes it easier for them to kill us (black people mostly and anyone who acts out against them). Alton Sterling and those alike are happening everyday in this country. The scary part is MOST of these stories don’t make it to the news and reach the mass consciousness. It is for sure time that we as a people stand up for human rights and rebel against the system unapologetically. I just want everyone to be cautious about how they go about it because this is all a part of the governments plan… They are literally begging for this to happen so they can kill us off faster using uprising and rebellion as the excuse.. The cancerous foods, the chemical warfare, and the economic suffering is not working fast enough for them. They are many steps ahead of us in manifesting the future that they want for this country. We have to work together in not only battling them on a physical plane but to outsmart them on an intellectual mental level. As black and low income people, I think our gangs need to do a better job at protecting our communities and not assisting in destroying them. Who do we call when the police break the law?? We are so quick to pick up a gun and kill one another but not quick enough to pick it up and protect one another for our human rights. The code words to killing black men by police is “he has a gun!” That gives them the rights and incentives to shoot and most of the time it’s just a cellphone, wallet or a downright lie!. But what about them? They all got guns so what should we do because it’s always been clear that they don’t value our lives and that they want to harm us. My people are suffering and it’s been way too long. I’m tired of people acting like this isn’t happening and I’m tired of putting up these hashtags every time another story hits the media… What are we going to do? When will true justice be served?”
(insert morgan freeman meme) He’s right you know
Yo Joey! No body cares. Free ave
shut up, bozos like you are the reasons why rogue cops keep killing us.
shut up, bozos like you are the reasons why rogue cops keep killing us.
this is a hip hop site not the news.
Like you can’t talk about different topics, including social and political commentary, in hip hop. Nobody cares about Troy Ave.
Its not just the government its the media and foundations such as black lives matter pulling the strings keeping the hate alive too but especialy the media…
You’re a douchbag but I will agree with you THIS TIME.
The first group you turn to is BLM and not one of the 180 white supremacist groups? Interesting but not
i been telling ppl this for years. now ppl are understanding..if more ppl understand this then we can come toghther as a unit..all races.
You would care if any of your loved ones was in the same situation.
S.O.I. (Speak On It) Its Time
This guy gonna get killed by the government for using his influential position to tell the truth.
DO NOT PROTEST – THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT!!
STAY VIGILANT! LEARN THE LAW! STAY IN YOUR HOMES! ARM YOURSELVES!
We need smart role models for the black youth community, not more gang crimes!!
We need everyone to know at least the basics of road law and their state law, maybe even federal.
YOU ARE PLAYING INTO THEIR TRAP.
THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE ALL OF YOU.
IT’S COMING SOON. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TRUMP RALLY.
Something is happening in America, and someone is pulling the strings.
Media is the force that got people divided into Black and White. Media is the shtthole that commercialized Gangsta Rap and killed the Conscious Hip Hop. Media told y’all that BLACKS are THUGS and they KILL WHITES. Media told y’all that COPS are WHITE and they KILL BLACKS. You see? It’s killing people’s minds off and giving them some biased BS in return, so they keep HATING, FIGHTING and KILLING. Lincoln put an end to Slavery, but he couldn’t have imagined a century later people PAY their enemies and become a slave for the media…
Actually, Lincoln only freed he slaves to destroy the souths agriculture and prevent uprising. He was extremely racist if you read his memoires.
The current Clinton/Obama/Clinton admin sold our jobs with NAFTA and TPP to lower paid foreign countries for lower wages then said we made more jobs. the jobs they made were minimum wage compared to middle class.
They are purposely bending laws to complete a new agenda. Hillary is backed up to much by Obama (Weird look in his eyes lately. Like he is getting away with something) This was to escalate to martial law so chill and spread the these two words……RECORD EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!
Not enough people understand this concept, the most dangerous things in this world are silent and things you cant see. If your rioting being loud they got you, It’s exactly what they want you to do be loud roam the streets its counterproductive. This is not
a sprint its a marathon. The main thing that needs to be done is educating more minorities, we gotta start pushing our kids
to be Doctors, lawyers, Judges and Politicians.
Why do you all continue to believe this is about the blacks.. twice as many whites are shot every year by police.. fact.. we should be complaining… you all keep believing what you hear from the liberals… look at all the violence in the last several years.. whos doing it.? Not the white community… you all are doing exaxtly what the libs want.. listen to yourselves… when have u heard white people saying the things on tv or anywhere else that the black community says daily, go ahead show the videos, dare u… show us destroying things.. show us shooting at law enforcement, randomly beating blacks, please prove your points, and not from decades ago.. from today… now… show us this racist whitey that exist in the numbers u say exist… then we can have a civilized exchange…. keep this in mind, the gov. Wants us fighting, hating, if we are united they lose control… u want to progress.? Then recognize this and stop playing their game…
It’s not just the government, it’s the media too. I consider myself pretty right wing but I’ve come to understand why liberals have the position that they do. We all wan’t what we think is best for everyone, the right wants to move towards localization and individuality and the left want to move towards more of a centralist position and usually values the collective over the individual. THAT THE ONLY DIFFERENT lol. All this race shit has been created to pin us both against one another, they’ve been doing this to us peasants for hundreds (realistically thousands) of years. The more they divide us, the more they control us. Especially on retarded bullshit like race, something you have no control over so unlike ideological warfare, the “enemy” is only defeated once they are dead. I really can’t believe of fucking evil the governments of this world are. Lets stop letting them win and actually unite, try to have a discussion.