David Banner relayed a message to parents during a Christmas Eve radio interview with The Russ Parr Morning Show.
“Our kids are a reflection of what we did or did not teach them,” David Banner says in the interview. “I think in a lot of cases, our parents chased the American Dream so hard that they ran off and left our kids. They left the kids in front of the television. They ran off and let the oppressor teach our children. ”
The Mississippi rapper mentioned the police-related death of New York City resident Eric Garner as an example of society not doing enough to protect the youth.
“Even what happened to Eric Garner, bruh,” Banner says. “You don’t see it on the camera is how many Black people were standing around allowing that happen. If we want our children to change, we have to go them a good example. How can we expect these rappers to change they music if I’m not?”
Banner dropped his “Evil Knevil” single in October.
“They gave us Obama, right?” Banner raps on the song. “Like that was going to stop the fight. ”
The song came about when Banner was prompted by young Internet commenters.
“What happened when was a kid on the Internet said, ‘David Banner, we saw on all the stuff you did for the world cup and stuff, but we need you,'” Banner says in the interview. “The elders in Rap went off and did movies and tours and paintings, but we left the kids with no elders. So I’m like, ‘Bruh, I gotta come back,’ especially because I can afford to say what I want to say.”
David Banner discussed his dedication to the craft of acting.
“I’ve been in actin school for over 10 years.,” Banner says. “People don’t know this. I started flying from Atlanta to LA every week to go to acting school. “
His upcoming The God Box projects sheds light on social issues.
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see the entitlement in this statement?
‘parents are chasing the american dream so we let the opressors teach out kids’
thats has excuse written all over it..so instead of verbally destroying the bad black parents who neglect their kids for money or w.e they do, he switches it back to white people ‘oppressors’ as the reason their kids grow up fucked up
stop having kids at 16, and when u do have a kid be a fuckin parent. thats not a white persons prob that black parents have the attention span of a retarded ADHD child, in turn leaving your kids to grow up themselves..thats a black issue NOT an ‘oppressor’ problem.
damn I agree to that too many Blacks don’t speak up. Well ima speak on up it. and you took the words out of my mouth
you have to be white. the word oppressor blinded you and forced you to lose all sense of what he was actually saying. he placed the blame on the parents not the oppressor by saying they (parents) left their kids in front of the tube and allowed the oppressor to teach them. thats not blaming the oppressor, thats blaming the parents. get your head outta your arse..
– example of selective reading coupled with poor reading comprehension
– obviously have no familiarity or understanding of basic political sociology
– your emotions got the best of you.
“The oppressor” right after he says the people leaving their kids were “chasing the american dream” hahahahahahahahahaha. Yeah go down to the hood and teach all those kids math and english.
True words were spoken.
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Wow people are selective with their reading. He does mention that black parents need to set better example for their kids and raise/teach them better!
Keep being the voice of reason Mr. Banner.
Grab a young man tell him to do better.OGMaco
Oppressor, this is why things will never change, always putting the blame on somebody else isn’t a solution, it makes things worse.
I gre up arounf a fam that works a lot so I ventured out to a local park…where basketball baseball and sports where the enteraction between majority…I grew up with friends that have mixed familys black mom wyte dad balck children mixed you can say but I later moved to a place where the local parks are not sport influenced so lifestyle changes are needed to fit in