The former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was pronounced dead yesterday (November 25) in an official announcement made by his brother and successor, Raul Castro, on the country’s state television. The iconic leader was 90 years old.
Hip Hop responded by celebrating the leader’s life as a revolutionary. Besides bringing a new regime to communist Cuba, he was known for meeting with Malcolm X and other leaders of the movement against systemic racism in the United States.
Castro was also known by many as a feared dictator for his reign that spanned from 1959 to 2008, the amount of time 10 United States presidents served in office. Despite a reported literacy rate of 99 percent and a strong healthcare system, he caused millions to flee the island country because of oppression.
While Nas, Rapsody and Paris reflected on Castro’s role as a revolutionary, Eskeerdo — a Miamian of Cuban descent — and Uncle Luke expressed joy at the dictator’s passing.
Check it out below.
Lmao @ Lupe Fiasco: “A symbol of resistance against western imperialist oppression and labeled an oppressor himself”. Nigga, if you hate the western world so much, why don’t you move your ass to a 3rd world country.
This never fails to be one of the dumbest responses to critiques of America. “If you disagree with being mistreated, exploited, used, and brutalized you need to get out.” Logic has probably been out of your grasp your entire life. The ancestors of many African Americans were slaves who built the infrastructure of this country up over centuries. Why the fuck would we leave? No matter how racist and oppressive this country is, it’s as much ours as it is the Caucasians or anybody elses.
Why do you have to make everything about race? I was talking about an individual, Lupe Fiasco. He’s not mistreated, brutalized or whatever. He’s complaining about capitalism on the internet via the nice laptop or phone he was able to get thanks to capitalism, CD sales and America.
Don’t make an inneduo statement about race and then try to hide your hands when you’re called out for it. That’s another problem with “this country.” Punk ass accidental racists never want to talk about race because that would require some self reflection and force them to relinquish some power atop the food chain.
@Gedal: you’re just another butthurt internet princess. Why don’t you go eat some watermelon?
Why did you have to prove him to be right? Smh. Salute to the dudes above for seeing thru your bullshit.
Lol..you just proved that you’re the butthurt one who resorted to racist remarks via a HHDX comment section.
#LoserAtLife
K is right. If you don’t like the country your in, you can always leave. You complain about being oppressed by the white devil so go to non white countries them. Go to these African countries that only seem to be important when you mention slavery. These countries are lush with resources and rued by black men. No white devil. No institutionalized racism. Nothing is keeping you here. Leave. Lupe Fiasco is a musician that has a song called state run radio, yet endorses a man that enforces state run media outlets. Rappers have become crazy on kanye west levels by saying all sorts of crap about trump yet do the opposite towards this man.
RIP OG Fidel Castro
“Got a freaky, freaky, freaky, freaky flow/Control the mic like Fidel Castro”
-Jeru The Damaja
Communism is Love, Communism is life. Fuck capitalist’s greedy pigs.
Pendejo
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These funny ass rappers. In a bid to solidify their much coveted “street cred”, these rappers mourn the loss of a communist tyrant who among other things: jailed and killed political opponents, suppressed freedoms, let his people suffer in poverty. Fidel was an evil man plain & simple. So fuck your street cred homey!
and made a free health system, a great educational system, fucked JFK in the ass, and deported criminals. He wasn’t a good man indeed, but he wasn’t evil. He had principles till death. Do you have principles? Did Obama have principle when he received the Nobel peace award after bombing Iraq, Lyba and Afghanistan? Fuck capitalism!
Funny. All the rappers praise this tyrant but they hate Trump. Probably the same ones that were on Killary’s side. Hip hop is evil!
Nope it’s just you dumb ass krackers that got tha other dumb ass kracker in office that’s evil… smh Go look up some CMT Saltine ass pussy..
Though not perfect Castro fought for the right for Cubans to govern themselves. They have free health care there. Rest In Power an Viva(long live the) revolution!!
Rot In Hell Castro. This man murdered thousands of people and interned many more. Fck Farrakhan. He merged the nation of Islam with the Scientology cult. And he had Malcolm X killed. And just because Malcolm X was cool with him doesn’t mean he was a good guy. My Cuban friends are celebrating his death with a pig roast.