When Washington Redskins safety, Sean Taylor, was shot and killed in his own home, it wasn’t just a robbery gone wrong. When a fight happens in the NBA, it isn’t just a situation where tempers flared in a highly competitive game. When Don Imus called those ladies of Rutgers “nappy headed hoes” it wasn’t just because he was a knucklehead making an ignorant shock joke gone terribly wrong.
It was Hip Hop’s fault.
And our lesson for today kids?
“Hip Hop” is the new codeword for “nigger.”
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Now, before anyone goes on some rant that Hip Hop isn’t just black, I must pose this question to you…
When the news says Hip Hop what do you think of?
Lie and say you think of some white kid in a Lacoste shirt. Tell a fib and say an Asian with a fresh pair of slacks. Hell, humor me and say Talib Kweli and Lupe Fiasco.
The truth is you visualize a black man with sagging pants, tattoos, a ball cap and a mean mug. He probably can’t speak English well and brandishes a firearm at all times. He’s probably the type of guy that makes uptight conservatives cross the street.
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Notice I didn’t say woman? Man. Black. Mean. Violent. Ignorant. Nigger.
So when they say “Hip Hop is responsible,” they really mean “Niggers are responsible.”
When they say “Hip Hop is ruining our children,” what they really mean is “Niggers are ruining our children.”
These niggers are responsible for everything these days aren’t they? Virginia Tech shooting? Niggers. Don Imus? Niggers. Violence? Niggers. Infidelity? Niggers. Degradation of women? Niggers.
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Hip Hop = Niggers (They’re interchangeable…go ahead…try it!)
Although Hip Hop does its fair share of magnifying these conditions (to the massive approval of corporations who laugh all the way to the bank), it’s really unfortunate that in the 1900’s BHH or BN (Before Hip Hop or Before Niggers) that none of these problems existed.
What’s that you say?
Rape, violence, racism and various other things linked to Hip Hop was around before Hip Hop?
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No way! *oozing of sarcasm*
It’s funny how “they” blame Hip Hop for the overbearing emphasis on ridiculous jewelry. I could have swore that people like Nicky Barnes and Frank Lucas were flashy before Hip Hop was mainstream. Curtis Mayfield didn’t make them who they were and the music wasn’t to blame for Wilt Chamberlain sexing up thousands of women. Sex existed before Too Short and Luke. Dope pushers were around before Young Jeezy. Pimping has been a part of society even before Suga Free.
For much of the media, Hip Hop somehow created all of these wonderful things and America was heaven on earth before Kurtis Blow rapped about basketball.
But it isn’t just Fox News that contributes to the new nigger word.
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You have Toms (as in Uncle) like Jason Whitlock who lend their black handed stamp of approval on this nonsense. Let’s blame Hip Hop for the murder of Sean Taylor. Let’s not blame impoverished communities that existed well before the Sugar Hill Gang uttered a single word on record. The reason for black on black crime has nothing to do with Hip Hop – rather the conditions and volatile society that we live in which has existed for years. To point the finger at Hip Hop is about as outlandish as saying the video game Grand Theft Auto is responsible for the Columbine shootings…
What’s that?
They linked the two already?
Excuse me, my bad…
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I’ve smoked a shitload of people in Call of Duty 4 but I never really got the urge to pick up an AK47 and go on a killing spree for “my” country. Hell, Mario never made me want to squish a turtle, pick up the shell and throw it at someone. But I enjoy the game.
If you think T.I. bought all those guns trying to find that one cool weapon Master Chief uses from Halo 3, then you are probably in the same line that says Michael Vick was influenced by “Who Let The Dogs Out?” I rest my case.
When Whitlock blamed Hip Hop for Sean Taylor’s death, he might as well have just said “Niggers are responsible for his death.” If you really think black folks are stupid enough to allow a 50 Cent song to influence crime, then you should also think that those same people would kill off “insurgents” because Arnold Schwarzenegger wacked his fair share in movies. Silly isn’t it?
Basically what I’m saying is that people don’t need a soundtrack to do dumb shit. They just do it.
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Those young men were targeting a man who had more than them. Jealousy and envy isn’t Hip Hop. If I’m not mistaken, burglary existed well before Hip Hop. The concept of stealing from someone who has more than you isn’t a “Hip Hop” thing. Gun violence isn’t a “Hip Hop” thing. It’s the American way.
Don’t get me wrong, Hip Hop does reinforce some negative stereotypes in our community that has super conservatives shaking their head while saying “those niggers are at it again.” It does make it really difficult to defend the culture when all that’s seen on TV is a bunch of rubbish while the other elements of Hip Hop remain underground. But, to place blame on a culture that is much more than sagging pants and ice grills is outlandish.
Whitlock’s rant was about as reckless as the one Bill Cosby made as he blamed black people (and black people alone) for their high incarceration rates. It’s too difficult to lift up the rug and see all the grit and dirt underneath this country’s problem. Too hard to explain. So instead of getting to the root of the problem, they both took the easy way out. They both blamed Hip Hop.
But people forget that Hip Hop was birthed out of the impoverished and crime riddled communities that couldn’t afford to give students real musical instruments. Hip Hop was a way out for many and was a musical genre black folks, and those suffering from the conditions of America, could call their own. Hip Hop has people like Common, Talib Kweli, dead prez and Mos Def who have done some pretty positive things. But do they blame Hip Hop for that? Hell no.
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Will Smith and Queen Latifah were birthed from Hip Hop, but they aren’t really “niggers” (read: Hip Hop) anymore due to their success. Or are they? Of course they are. Pay close attention the next time you see either in the news. Notice that their history in Hip Hop has vanished?
While Whitlock does make his points when it comes to the ignorance of Soulja Boy, Soulja Boy is not responsible for pulling a trigger. How unreasonable does it sound to say that if a person raped a woman – and just so happened to be black – that the term “superman that hoe” influenced his decision to rape.
How about he was just a sick person to begin with? But too bad, because if he happened to like Soulja Boy, people like Whitlock would be quick to throw him under the bus.
Oprah likes 50 Cent’s music. Does that make her more likely to commit a crime? It’s really absurd.
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Really…
The best way to not be a nigger? Go against it publicly. Pay attention how conservative right wing media embraces any black person who has something to say about Hip Hop. Al Sharpton hasn’t ever been on the news as much as he has since this whole Don Imus thing became Hip Hop’s fault. Tell me I’m lying.
Mr. Whitlock, you too have separated yourself from being Hip Hop and being a nigger. Don’t worry, Stanley Crouch has done the same. But when the revolution comes headed your way, guess who’s going to have your back? That very Hip Hop culture you have erroneously blamed for society’s ills.
So when they say “Hip Hop did it” and if you consider yourself “Hip Hop” then consider yourself a nigger in their eyes. If you are melanin deficient, consider yourself a nigger lover. The mass media sees no positivity in this culture and has basically lumped every black person on this planet that does wrong to Hip Hop.
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Never mind those that use Hip Hop as a tool to spread positivity. Never mind that the only extensive education on Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Marcus Garvey, Nat Turner, Assatta Shakur and others has come from Hip Hop music. Never mind the cleverness of a Lupe Fiasco, the brilliance of a DJ Premier, the revolutionary methods of Immortal Technique, the poetry of Nas, the women empowering lyricism of Jean Grae, the consciousness of KRS-One and the many others that use Hip Hop to challenge the mind. I mean, who else could make a song about the world’s water crisis like Mos Def?
Michael Eric Dyson is Hip Hop, Aaron McGruder is Hip Hop, Cornel West is Hip Hop, Spike Lee is Hip Hop and none are scared to embrace it and be critical in a constructive manner of the culture they both love.
I bet you that the media doesn’t blame Hip Hop for their success.
Now if Sean Taylor was found to like Alanis Morrisette and possess a mean square dance routine, then what would “they” say? If the criminals that took Taylor’s life just so happened to be listening to Britney Spears‘ “Gimme More” on the way to Taylor’s house, who would they blame it on then? But nobody is going to go that deep into any of their lives. Let’s just go the easy route and blame Hip Hop.
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They’re just a bunch of niggers anyway right? But I’m just a critic – who just so happens to be the Editor-In-Chief of your favorite nigger-loving website, HipHopDX – Who The Hell Am I?
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