The Game is calling for all gang members to meet him, Snoop Dogg and Minister Louis Farrakhan to have an open discussion about the state of the streets today.
The Compton, California rapper made the announcement on Instagram today for a town hall meeting called “Time To Unite: United Hoods + Gangs Nation,” which is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. PST Sunday (July 17) on Vermont Street in Los Angeles.
The Game, who is a Blood affiliate, is combining forces with Snoop Dogg, who has ties to the rival Crips. The Game makes it clear in his post that all gangs and sets from all neighborhoods are welcome and urges men from these communities to come together “to have the much needed conversation amongst ourselves about our influence on the youth in our respective neighborhoods & how we can serve as better role models to them & the brothers we stand beside daily.”
The call that Black Lives Matter has been strong recently, as the deaths of two Black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, at the hands of police, dominate headlines.
The Game says that as the Black community fights for equality in the United States, it must be aware of and trying to solve problems internally.
“The sad truth that no one wants to face is, before we can get OUR LIVES TO MATTER to anyone else… ” he says. “We have to show that OUR LIVES MATTER to US !!!! WE have been responsible for more of the KILLING of ourselves than anyone else by a long shot & the percentages in which BLACK on BLACK, BLACK on BROWN, BROWN on BLACK, BROWN on BROWN murders are so fucking high verses any other killing of us that it is disgusting & this needs to be addressed & laid to rest !!!!! Don’t think we can’t change it & better ourselves, lead by example & make our city a safer place for our children.”
He also requests for all weapons and illegal substances to be left at home and says that people who come seeking to cause trouble will be kicked out of the venue.
The event is sponsored by H.U.N.T., the same movement that The Game and Snoop Dogg backed when they led a peaceful rally to meet with the LAPD last week.
The Game’s son, Harlem Taylor, also took action with the news of the recent events and raised more than $50,000 for Arkansas police officer Tommy Norland, who is active in serving the Black community. The rapper emphasized that there is a difference in good cops and bad cops and donated the first $1,000 to show his support.
View the announcement for The Game and Snoop Dogg’s town hall with Minister Louis Farrakhan below:
Two things: 1. That’s NOT Minister Louis Farrakhan, and 2. Wasn’t this method tried after the L.A. Riots? What’s different this time?
The difference is we can’t talk about what cops are doing to us if we are doing it to ourselves and we need to bring attention to that still. #blacklivesmatter is being tainted by the perception of us killing each other at a higher. The excuse seems to be “ya’ll killing each other, whats the problem if a cop kills ya’ll too?” That’s a dangerous slippery slope to extinction. We have to start with us first before the revolution. We must be untied gang affiliated or not.
lol
That’s three things.
A good to hear news story. Brothers need to respect life and put the guns away man. The system designed to keep acting foolish. We need to value life and push our own to do well and stay healthy.
don’t they do this every 5 years?
Exactly! Sh*t is lame. Have they ever stopped and asked themselves “Why are we even a gang to begin with? What’s the point of this anyway?” But that would be way too easy.
fuck tha police! they all are wicked pigs!
farakhan a good trump supporter!
In other words, let’s join forces and sell crack together! Without competition we can have a monoply in the crack game! Haua
And now it’s time for these simple minded “rappers” to stop glorifying this BS for profit and maybe it would end. Game is at the forefront of this type of fuckery! Then wants to make peace between the two? What an idiot.
Gangs are a reality for them in California the world is not peaceful & never will be thay live that life it’s apart of what goes on in California so shut the Fuck up
Weren’t the gangs created as a means to keep peace within the neighborhood without the police’s assistance then shit got crazy?
“STARST AT 11AM”.
STARST?
I wouldn’t be surprised if one of HipHopDX’s journalists proofread that!
Shut up you I’llcuny
Get all the gangs together and do what? Shyt would be like the movie when Anthony Anderson told the white boy the hood always got his back. They gone get together somebody get they Js stepped on then everyone start shooting. Who gonna lead all these gang members? You know niggas don’t like taking orders from nobody.
props for the idea and I commend him for doing it…however, the gang culture has been glorified for literally generations and I don’t think it can be redirected in one meeting…food for thought, there are 40 + year old men, wearing colors, claiming hoods that they have no real ownership in…if you “claim a block”, produce the deed for said piece of property…if your over 40 and still banging, hold this incredibly large L
Truth!!
Not everybody that’s reppin’ is bangin’… some are just representing and showin’ love for they hood and homies. Everybody wants to fit in and belong to something.
Who’s gonna bring tha Hodee Do’ to the meeting? Who’s gonna bring the conebread???
NIGGA, THAT NIGGA A NIGGA, NIGGA!!!
Sooooooo many people gonna beef at this event.
Not if they put their pride, ego and set affiliation to the side and know their enemy is not their brother, but within
CAAAAN YOOOOOU DIIIIIG IIIIIIT!!!
All I can say is…TRUMP 2016!!!
#gangstarapmadethemdoit #Truth
This right here is wack. One minute Game is bangin colors, next minute he’s talking against his people. Hard to take him serious. I see why 50 Cent let him be. He’s bad news. Snoop is my G off the strength of his mind. But he will get mollywhopped in a fight.
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I always find this way of thinking skewed. These two things should not be seen as the same thing.
Of course we want gang war to stop immediately. I am sure there are people who are tired of the killing.
However, has anyone stopped to think that before realistically this happens we need bad police to be accountable. Not all police. Like the term black on black violence. Not all black people are connected with black on black violence.
You pay taxes so that police protect you. This is their job. If some of them are not doing this then they should feel the weight of law.
I repeat gang violence (not black on black violence). Should never be justification for police to act the way they do.
Just like usage of the n word does not legitimise the use of the word by ogre races
I hope Farrakhan reminds everybody at the meeting that the letter Z is for “Zig Zag Zig” and the letter N is for “Nigg Nagg Nigg”!!!
That isn’t Farrakhan in the photo.
HAhahahahahahahahahahahah
Who isthis gang guy loius farkhan isnt Islamhe amerika he o eel in faith e thiss iis in me land he fraud
APIDTA! Even the good book states that there is a season for everything. I pray that all of the immature minded who are making comments of negative connotations on this blog or chat-line give a little more serious thought to the hour which we have actually entered and at least learn that when you lack the ability to contribute to the advancement of humanity thru progressive thought and positive energy, exercise silence. It tends to masquerade your ignorance.
Let’s behonest, Africans will always be violent because of the fact that they have smaller brains then the other races….doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out
Before you try to criticize Africans by saying stupid shit like that maybe you should learn how to spell