Harlem rapper Immortal Technique was quick to voice his opinion on the Monsanto Protection Act during a recent interview with Hard Knock TV, and even referred to the Act as being both “a disgrace” and “a human rights abuse.”
“That’s a disgrace. It should be a human rights abuse,” said Technique when asked about the Act. “It should be banned. They really want to control the food industry in general. And I think what’s disgusting about them is that – Listen, we know Monsanto and their parent companies have given the Obama administration money.”
The Monsanto Protection Act orders the Department of Agriculture to turn a blind eye when it concerns federal court decisions that would ban the use of genetically engineered seed. The name of the Act stems from the Missouri-based Monsanto Company, a billion-dollar corporation that is known for producing genetically engineered seed.
Immortal Technique further spoke on the Obama administration and revealed that the people should not be so easily swayed due to what President Obama symbolizes.
“I understand and I know the type of commitment that certain individuals have to the Obama administration. They think that under a Republican administration they would have never gotten any acknowledgement on gay rights,” Technique explained. “I know that there are people that are 40, 50, 60, and they black and they grew up in a completely different America. They couldn’t even picture a black president… We live in a slightly different America in a lot of places, but I know that people support him because he symbolizes that for them. But I remind people that the only reason he signed that Monsanto shit is not out of the kindness of his heart, but because they lobbied him and gave him money…And that takes away from the credibility of this country and that’s damaging to America.”
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this is the news that should be reported on…
WONDER WHY THE YOUTHS HAVE NO SENSE OF DIRECTION, LOOK AT WHAT MASS MEDIA PUSHES.
IT is a G
Immortal Technique is mediocre rapper at best but he talks more truth here than fucking Shawn Carter has in his “dweeb” lifetime.
dawg you spelled his name wrong I can tell you dont know enough to form a correct opinion on Jay
no he didnt..lol^^
This clown is ignorant. Obama signed that into law because had he not the government would have been shutdown. The “Monsanto Act” is only in effect for 6 fucking months before it can be addressed again. Another moron talking out of his ass.
The government was going to be shutdown? Really? Are you sure you should be calling anybody a moron with comments like that?
gov shutdown haha. go back to listening to Wayne n Ross n dont talk about politics
They want to kill us all
This lame nigga mad at food??? LMAO coon ass fuck nigga
Co-sign, he’s a bafoon
So your not mad your food is gonna give you cancer? Weak minded sheep with no heart to speak unless it’s a foolish word. SMH
gm seeds from monsanto and others have produced a lot of positive results as well. there are certainly issues with gmos and monopolization as in any industry. i like that tech speaks out on issues like these, but there is always more than one side to the story.
ultimately gmo are essential to the future of food production here in the US and around the world, but i think the regulations and legal structure needs improvement and diversification has to be pursued for long term sustainability. so read up on it. this is going to be an evolving issue and will be hugely important
This man is an idiot. I hope you dumb mothafawkkas don’t listen to this guy, ever. He’s a “disgrace”, move to afganistan immortal techweak
this nigga got a cd coming out soon that’s why he sayin some dumb shit
SICK LYRICS from “Problem To The Problem”
Our rivers run dry
While bank profits flow
Fed synthetic lies
Monsantos empire grows
Fined for growing food
Fine to share your views
But if you stand up
And put your demands up
Theyll try and punish you
Ill-advised in the schools
Teaching corporate rules
Misguided by the news
Pledge allegiance to their views
Assassins guised as troops
Politics misused
Separate us by parties
Unite us in abuse
Freedom to choose
Division in a vote
– Christiano Can
… unfortunately I hear he’s signing to a major soon …
GET THE FUCK OUTT AMERICA IF U DONT LIKE THE COUNTRY. I AM SURE MEXICO, SPAIN OR ANY LATINO COUNTRY WOULD GLADLY ACCEPT U-WITH OPENN ARMS. TRIED OF ALL THIS WASHED UP-NEVER BEEN POPPN RAPPERS TRYNA BE ALL POLITICAL BCOS THE BAGPACK,GANGSTA RAP ROUTE DIDNT WORK OUT. AINT THIS THE IDIOT WHO DID DANCE WITH THE DEVIL TRACK ABOUT MAKING SOME KID RAPE HIS OWN MOM/ GTFOH—LOOOSER
I hope you’re trolling because this ignorant shit you’re talkin has to go.
Please kill yourself or just continue eating GMO’s. You are an absolute moron and would rather listen to songs about “band popping”, than stimulating your mind about real issues. Do you even know what Dance with the Devil was made for? To make people aware of the treatment of women. To wake idiots up like you. I suggest you do more research or maybe go to a show and see how Immortal Technique is really about uplifting and enlightening his peers. But you will likely just continue to listen to all these Top 40 rappers with no message. Good luck with that.
90% of “gangster rappers” out right now aren’t even gangsters! they sit on the computer and tweet all day, then go to the studio and rap about violence, guns, and drugs. read a fucking book you old ignorant black shit.
I can tell you’re a disgruntled dumbass white boy
We need more postings like this one. Monsantos is bad news, we should have more discussions on topics like these. Who is funding the financial support for these political candidates? Immotek hit this one right on the head.
Look at all these dumbass clowns talking all their bullshit like they have a clue. Every time I think I’ve seen the dumbest this country has to offer, clowns like you come out of the woodwork to spew some ignorant shit.
I understand one grows up and starts to see life through his own eyes and then begins to question things. Like “Why is water wet and why is the sky blue” and other things of that nature. But in terms of food and the food industry we’ve been eating chemically altered and engineered food for the past 50 years if not more. You havent milked a cow, harvested corn, killed a chicken, nor planted the seed that grew rice or wheat. No a shit load of somebodies put in that work for you to be able to stand up and say “Nah i aint eatin that shit!”.
We been chowin’ down pesticides,steroids, and suspect tap water for the majority of our lives. Until we all be come self sufficient farmers this is gonna be what it is for the next 50 years. Some farmers are self sufficient and many others are tied to the Farming Industry regulated by the Federal Government. And this is the way it is around the world.
actually most of europe and other selct countries have banned GMO due to its many health issues. Yes we have been eating it for that long but not to the extent we do today. Also it takes time to effect you like in generations. Studies have shown fertility issues in second generation and then complete sterilization in the 3rd when rats were feed gmo corn that monsanto produces. So think that it takes 20yrs of eating this stuff which the biggest culprit is high fructose corn syrup made from their gmo corn. Dont be ignorant, thats why all these rich companies have the power they do in this country because people refuse to accept the truth and dont care to support the people who are fighting for the truth these people have hidden through money and politics.
Listen everything you consume today in the year 2013 is based on MASS PRODUCTION standards. Thats why there’s places selling chicken wings the size of turkey wings. Like i said there are some farmers who will remain independent but the majority of wut you eat is regulated by the Farming Industry regutlated by scientist and the federal government. When people choose to go with the organic and independent farmers then you’ll have some say so with what you put in your system.
i always fuck with I.T.. hes a beast. and political too not just street shit.. makes him more smarter than your avg.
T.I > IT
IT is the fucking man!
Immortal Technique is beyond the majority of anyone talking ignorant shit on here. Grow up and learn. You would rather listen to some bullshit with no message, than open your ears and mind. I saw Tech last night in Va and he is a man of the people. Just do some research and learn something.
as a Chargers fan im lovin Techs Faders hat
fuck immortal technique
you one of the blind ones stupid
Anon 2 is the zombie thinking anon 1 is, hilarious
Keep preaching you conspiracy nut… The organic food industry made 6 times more that Monsanto who is the largest GMO in the world. Maybe learn about what they do from a scientific capacity instead of allowing your “universe is against me” attitude colour your opinion of them. This guy is talented but is also crazy!
He’s not even talented. I agree with you “almost” completely. He’s an imbecile.
It is very clear most preaching his rhetoric don’t even really understand the concept of what a GMO really is. Most of you idiots are concerend about the DNA resequencing shit which will not be done to harm us but for the betterment of the food supply, what did you think this was an NWO scheme for population control? Oh wait I bet your crazy ass did! Part of their processes include “selective breeding”… do you know what else has been selectively bred throughout our history that is still raised on “natural farms”? Basically every fucking piece of meat you eat, Cows, Pigs and Chickens as we know em did not exist like that in the wild you dumb asses. Banana’s… engineered by US many years ago… Christ read a fucking book!
Christ doesn’t need to read a book. why do u think Europe and other countries banned GMOs? Reading books without intellect does not make one intelligent, especially if y9ou don’t question what you’ve read.
So your argument is that because the legal system banned it than it must prove an issue? Regardless of mountains of evidence that does not support that idea? The personal ideology of the people in charge can manifest itself in stupidity like that. In many places in Canada the “Pit Bull” breed of dogs have been banned (various breeds falling under pit bull) so by your logic because places in Canada have banned ownership of the breed that the dog is actually a violent, terrible animal to own and the rest of the world that allows people to own the dog are wrong? I question everything however it’s peer reviewed evidence that put my mind at ease… GMOs have plenty supporting their claims that the foods are safe, the other side has a stack of debunked bullshit!
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biotechnology/index_en.htm
In the end and as I said above, humans have been modifying food since the dawn of agriculture. Only now due to the lack of understanding of how the product works and the irrational fear of a conglomerate like Monsanto (who I will point out again made 1 6th of what the “organics” industry did) trying to take over the world and for whatever malevolent reasons, wants to poison the citizens of planet Earth.
Dude it has nothing to do with the fuckin food itself. Monsanto is easily one of the most sinister and unethical companies in the world.
Monsanto genetically engineers it’s crops so that they DON’T SEED. Monsanto tricks farmers in India into buying their GM seeds by outright lying and promising better harvests than with natural seeds. That means farmers have to buy new seeds from Monsanto every year, and go further in debt every year. Approx. 125,000 indebted Indian small farmers have committed suicide, and over 1,000 kill themselves every month.
“The price difference is staggering: 10 for 100 grams of GM seed, compared with less than 10 for 1,000 times more traditional seeds. ”
“GM salesmen and government officials had promised farmers that these were ‘magic seeds’ – with better crops that would be free from parasites and insects. ”
“in a bid to promote the uptake of GM seeds, traditional varieties were banned from many government seed banks. ”
“Far from being ‘magic seeds’, GM pest-proof ‘breeds’ of cotton have been devastated by bollworms, a voracious parasite.
Nor were the farmers told that these seeds require double the amount of water. This has proved a matter of life and death.
With rains failing for the past two years, many GM crops have simply withered and died, leaving the farmers with crippling debts and no means of paying them off. ”
“GM seeds contain so- called ‘terminator technology’, meaning that they have been genetically modified so that the resulting crops do not produce viable seeds of their own. ”
source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1082559/The-GM-genocide-Thousands-Indian-farmers-committing-suicide-using-genetically-modified-crops.html
zerocool- you are one ignorant bastard.. gmo seeds and products are horrible for the environment.. first off, when you plant the seeds it destroys the soil, so that nothing except gmo seeds will grow.. second, you cannot plant a seed that comes from a gmo fruit or vegetable because it WILL NOT GROW.. they do this so you have to buy more seeds, instead of being able to plant the seeds that come from the finished product.. third, gmo seeds are spawning super-weeds, that are not able to be killed by regular pesticides.. fourth, gmo seeds have been shown to kill organic crops in adjacent fields, and cross pollinating with them, thereby destroying the non-gmo crops.. you swear you got knowledge but you are stupid..
zerocool aint got shit to say now.. hes just another liberal yuppie fuck boy, who believes every word his ignorant college professor states as the word of god.. do your own research people.. NO MAN is unfalliable
No I just do not buy into conspiracy theories like you dumb fucks have. The Treminator seed… doesnt fucking exist. I did my fucking homework and I am here stating that it is an over reaction to shit you do not have a true clue about. Prison Planet and Natural News are not credible resources you fucking sheep. I can bet that is where much of your research takes you… in the end the Organic food industry makes a shit ton more then GMOs and if you want to know where much of this propaganda orginates… look at the dollars you fucking idiots! Also it is spelled “infallible” you highschool drop out!
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Fuckin idiots on here talking shit, saying immortal is washed up. Dudes out building orphanages for kids and shit, while you sit here (like me) typing bullshit on internet blogs. You fuckin losers
tru dat
On that note the EU has regulations on GMOs not every country has gone that route… the French study in 2010 or 11 fueled the fire but even the Euro regulators did not stand behind the science behind it!
Most of you snot nosed scrubs are full of baby formula steroids, corn, and sugar. You’re the last people to speak on drugs in food.
bet you ImTec is as well
nah, hes not.. he actually looks at what ingrediants is in the food he is buying to make sure all that bull shit aint in there.. you all should as well.. all these fake ingrediants in the everyday foods we eat, is the reason for the explosion in diabetes, asthma, colon cancer, etc, etc, etc.. STOP BUYING PROCESSED GARBAGE!! don’t be lazy you fucks, and actually prepare and cook your food, rather than making those boxed dinners..
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You know why Jay-Z never address this type of problematics? cuz he’s a fuckin’ sellout and corporate puppet.
he addresses this shit all the time but you probably dont understand his lyrics.
have you heard minority report? thats iller then any immortal technique conscious politcal rhymes that he has spit.
listen to minority report and tell me he hasnt addressed this shit.
what do you expect though? he wants to successful hes going to be worth a billion dollars in the next 5 years. good luck to him.
shit i dont listen to jay much anymore i just treasure his first album and thankful that he released a classic album in reasonable doubt. all i hav to do is listen to that if i wanna hear jay-z.
im with u just think if more people knew
co-sign anon 1
The kids these days worship fake ass gangster rap thugs, and people with no message at all. I myself probably even listen to some of this music as well. But you need to show this man some respect, if not for his music, then for his contributions to humanity. He has done more for people in on year then everyone on this blog will in their lifetime. While rappers are out buying chains and cars, this dude is out building orphanages and giving families homes. If you cant respect that then your a damn fool.
who cares about food, this site should be about hiphop
Ignorant fuck.
U A DUMB ASS NIGGA…SAY THAT WHEN 10-30 YRS DOWN THE LINE U END UP WITH SUM SORT OF CANCER OVER THE GOVERNMENTS FUCK UPS…THEIR GONNA BE LIKE THOSE MEDICATION COMMERCIALS..”HERE TAKE THIS TO HELP YOUR PAIN, BUT YOU MIGHT LOOSE YOUR EYE SIGHT”…GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE. TECH AINT LIKE YOUR FAVORITE RAPPER. THIS MAN ACTUALLY STUDIES AND READS. PROPS AND MADD RESPECT TO IMMORTAL TECHNIC.
he’s not being an ignorant fuck, he’s right, this should be about hip hop. news sites are for news related shit like the mansanto protection act. should hip hop dx start posting political articles when they’re a hip hop site? of course not. they shouldn’t even be posting this. has nothing to do with hip hop. just because a rap artist does an interview about something completely unrelated to hip hop, doesn’t make it hip hop news just because they make the music…this article is on the wrong site
thats perfetic, the hip hop nation and young blacks in particular need to be awakened and educated to what their government actually gets up to and these mcs need to be more vocal or knowledgeable, or else what are you in hip hop for?
smarten man. hip hop is a lifestyle. its like the matrix or the force. its everything around and inside of us. you live hip hop. if your hip hop and someone is effecting the way you live or your health then its effecting hip hop.
he’s a rapper so of course his comments r gonna be on rap site dumbass he probly one the only rappers that is smart and knows whats goin on in this world
Monsanto is satan.
I want that immortal Techniec shirt
Shoot him and take it off him
I think this is completely relevant in the world of hip-hop. Hip-Hop is supposed to elevate, enlighten us with knowledge in a way that we would otherwise not get elsewhere (for those of us that don’t necessarily pay attention to the news or read the newspaper, etc). By posting this article, it allows us all to have access to it and share it with others. Also, when you have a hip-hop artist talking about this sort of issue, it gives us the opportunity to read into and question an artist’s point of view and become aware of current events. Plus, this is how ideas get shared and create critical discussions. It’s like KRS-One said, “hip & hop is more than music…”
for realllll
WAKE UP!
Dope…This guy is the realest most substantive person in Hip-Hop at the moment. Tune out all the fake industry puppets and support people with credibility and talent…that is all.
this nigga aint sellin records like lil wayne is so who gives a fuck what hes sayin
well that just shows how many ignorant and gullible ppl are out there that are easily swayed by that fake and meaningless rappers like lil wayne. just means u bit the hook that mainstream music marketing put out there congrats. Yeah it sounds nice but it has no meaning or depth. they just put their music out there with the intention of selling it to u ,even if their stuffs pure bullshit because they know ppl like u are just waiting to buy into bullshit that’s popular , but pure shit
he’s talkin real shit unlike lil wayne this guy is actually smart. u feed into bullshit artist like lil wayne cuz ur a dumb fuck
No he don’t and let’s be real… his FLOW is never going to be 1/8th as nice as Wayne’s even if you don’t like Wayne.
the let numbers be YOUR voice… fucking sheep
One of the dumbest, misguided people alive IS immortal tech
says the unknown dumb good for nothing nigga behind his laptop
lmao.. how do you figure he is dumb and misguided?? I love how people spout off ignorant shit, with no facts to back it up.. go play in traffic and do the world a favor..
i hope u die not joking go fucking die u dumb piece of shit u have no purpose on earth
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Punk spic ass nigga crying bout food.
I have never seen such a bunch of ignorant comments in my life! Immortal Technique is absolutely right. Obama, who i voted for , sold us out. Educate yourself and click on March against Monsanto and learn something before you go off calling people names etc. Our food is so poisoned it’s scary. That is why we have so many cancers and children getting cancer. This is why the bees are dying, they eat Monsanto seeds full of Round-Up pesticide. If the bees perish there is no way to pollinate. Stop the name calling, like a child in school, and look up March Against Monsanto!!
finally a rapper dropping knowledge fuck you dumb fucks who dont get what hes saying go do research instead of watching porn and tv learn something dumb asses
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Immortal should collab with that Beast 1333 kid again, they make a sick duo. the world needs that