Chuck D has never been afraid to tackle sensitive topics head on, and the legendary rapper is now calling for the N-Word to be banned from Twitter.
On Friday (December 2), the Public Enemy frontman tweeted directly to Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, about his concerns regarding the use of the word on the social media platform.
“Yo @elonmusk the next thing twitter should do is ban the N-Word the N**ga & ni**er by anyone that uses it here,” Chuck D wrote. “Then we know things are pointing in an equalized direction. Then you can convince Zuck to do the same at IG FB get it outta here suspend em. It’s as bad as that symbol.”
In a second tweet, he continued: “It ain’t like kicking somebody’s tail in a fight. It’s all words and images here .. keyboard sht … so I’m not talking about anywhere else except social media right now because it can be done .. there gonna be a lotta people backbroke over their ‘pet’ getting smashed on here.”
After receiving some backlash from other users who didn’t agree with his idea, the “Fight the Power” MC doubled down on his stance.
“Social Medias pet dog .. hey the original MC rule was never get lazy with W O R D S,” he wrote. “They have impact..some folk gettin all ass-hurt because I suggested taking one bad tooth out of their keyboard grill. It’s not censorship it’s against stupidsht. Everything is mixed in 1 BS bowl.”
Chuck D raised the issue on Twitter after Kanye West was suspended again from the platform for posting a photo of a swastika and expressing his admiration for Adolph Hitler and the Nazis.
Kanye continued his antisemitic commentary while making an appearance on Infowars, hosted by far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
“I like Hitler,” he said with his face covered up with a mask, “I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis.”
“The Jewish media has made us feel like the Nazis and Hitler have never offered anything of value to the world,” he continued. “I see good things about Hitler, also.”
According to Twitter’s Hateful Conduct Policy, the app does not promote any speech or violence against anyone “on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease.”
Interestingly, Twitter experienced a 500 percent increase in the use of the N-word in the first 12 hours of Musk’s ownership.
Besides attempting to keep Twitter free of racial hate, the “Strong Island” native recently announced the release of Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed The World on PBS which premieres on January 31, 2023, and will be available on all streaming platforms.
Per the press release, the four-part series will feature appearances from Grandmaster Caz, Ice-T, Abiodun Oyewole (The Last Poets), Roxanne Shanté, Run-DMC, John Forté, will.i.am, MC Lyte, B-Real (Cypress Hill), Melle Mel, Fat Joe, Lupe Fiasco, and many others.
“The Hip Hop community has, from the start, been doing what the rest of media is only now catching up to,” Chuck D said in a statement about the docu-series. “Long before any conglomerate realized it was time to wake up, hip hop had been speaking out and telling truths.”
This is stupid. Then you gotta ban nicca, nikka, ninja, and every other word people have made up to basically say the same thing. You do realize the “N” word was invented at some point in history like every other word in the dictionary. Slurrs come and go, unless you strive to keep them alive for generations to claim victimhood.
Its not stupid, whats stupid is wanting the same power other cultures have yet fighting against the historical things that keep us disrespected. YES, if you travel outside the US other cultures think its ok to refer to you as the n word because we use it so freely. Want power? It starts with self respect
OleHead, using a word does not give anyone “power” over you unless you let it. If you let a word bother you l, youre submitting to victimhood. The old saying “sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me” has not been embraced by the young generation. Thats the real problem. The good news is actual racism in this country is on a decline. How do I know this ? Because the woke mob keeps searching for new things to be offended by and they are reaching for the bottom of the barrel. They are running out of things to play the victim. Their biggest fear is equality because then they will actually have to compete for things instead of getting things handed to them for being the victim.
Of course of racist would see a problem with this.. smh
How about if we just ban social media altogether?
Atleast make an age limit. If adults want to be shitty to eachother that’s one thing, but leave the kids out of it.
Banning speech is not the way to go, and will set a precedence going forward that we can just ban words goin go forward. Don’t think he government won’t try to out their hands in something like this. This should not trusted and I question anyone who pushes for things like this. Whether it be Twitter or Facebook. We have already seen what happens when the government and social media (big tech) collaborate. I’m sure most of us has seen all the things Elon has been sharing that Twitter and the government has done.
LOL. They tried to ban this guy back in the day and he kept yelling “first amendment.” Now he has a problem with it. SMH. Guys, Chuck D should decide what is or isn’t acceptable to say from here on out. Or Kid Rock. Maybe Kodak Black?
So… ban black people from Twitter lol?
These topics always shows you how many conservative white people are in the comment section on HipHopDX
Also you can see how many low iq always a victim black Americans they’re by their victimized comments. My ego couldn’t never let me see my life in consistant victimhood then pretend I’m a man in public
LOL you’ve got the nerve to say someone has a low IQ but then proceed to not comprehend the simple difference between “they’re” and “there are”. Glad at least to see at least one hit dog hollering.
Black only pie? Sounds racist brah….. Nobody should say that filthy word nowhere. Period.
Free speech on twitter let the racist spew there antics so we see who it is love for all races is the mission
Nigga please!
I think the “N” words needs to be banned by everyone!
Say whatever you want, whenever you want to, at the risk of being wired or misquoted. Terms the rules. A washed up has been isn’t changing the constitution. Huge fan of PE back in the day. Maybe use your free speech to make a decent track, Chuck.
Chuck D got away with the fake militant act for many years but the truth is he is phony.
Another brainwashed Democrat pawn attacking twitter now that its not run by his party.