Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, recently stopped by the Breakfast Club on New York’s Power 105 Friday (June 5).
Minister Farrakhan discussed numerous topics as DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God were a little bit more toned down in front of the respected leader. Among the topics discussed were the recent police shootings of unarmed individuals and subsequent protests calling for it to end. Farrakhan says more of a commotion should be made about the shootings since the state isn’t doing anything to address the matter.
“The only thing they want to know is when they kill us, are y’all going to be peaceful? Well should we be?,” he said when asked about the shootings. “That’s a question we have to keep asking ourselves. How can peace be there, if there’s no justice there and the government is too weak to stand up for us and we pay the taxes of these people that shoot us down? We pay the taxes for an education that does not educate us properly that we can come out of school and do something for ourselves. We’ve got to go back and beg them for what we could unite and do for ourselves. We’ve got some serious decisions to make.”
Louis Farrakhan also told the trio of radio hosts that rappers are the new leaders now. He also explained that they should use their voice for good as each of the top rappers have a wide following.
“I was with Brother Snoop [Dogg], and I was telling my brother how you rappers are the new leaders,” he said. “You’re the real leaders of the people. The rapper doesn’t think he’s a leader, but he’s got followers all over the world. The biggest preachers don’t have as many followers as one rapper. How can we get you to rap where intelligence is coming through the lyrics with a beat that begins to open the minds of people. Our people want better and they’ll do better if they are shown better.”
Finally during the sit down, the Minister talked about his own musical past and says he’s got a surprise collaboration coming with Kanye West.
Watch the first part of the interview below:
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OK I somewhat agree with that but only if rappers were more positive and talking about positive stuff but kids look up to rappers and they listen I just wish a lot of rappers would put out more positive messages verses negative
I understand what hes saying but also he’s in the Chicago and I don’t see him going in his community to straighten them out. Hes not on tv or radio…. Don’t he have enough money to get a radio station or a tv network… come this is too much.
He is always in the Chi communities, the NOI is always bringing the youth to the mosque, and he is on radio, TV, and other churches there as well all the time….don’t speak on what you don’t know…just a little research would’ve told you that, so I have to assume that’s what you want people to believe…agent
enjoyed prophet louis. I consider the midwives who hid hebrew children against Pharohs command, AND THEY WHERE BLESSED!
glad and thakful he spoke with Robert Kennedy Jr
my life is stirred
NOI people all sound as retared as this ^
Good to see mental illness is prevalent among the black community.
Is good to know that the sun kills you slowly.
This was the interview of the year so far! Whether you like Noi or not there is no doubt that hip hop was a better place when rappers were students of Noi wisdom and knowledge. Those days need to return!
Mr. Racist wants rappers to be more racist is what he is saying. Nobody outside the black community likes L.F and nobody outside the black community respects the N.O.I. About 80% would like them to leave the country and never come back.
Police killing Blacks ain’t that Racism motherfucker?,white assholes like you need to shutup y’all know how culture vulture you’re.
Islam loves hiphop?interesting……
Farrakhan is a prick that thinks UFOs are real just google this stuff man you wouldn’t believe his psychosis
We don’t want any thing from this country we are strictly for segregation to separate is the only way we can up root ourselves from this nation and watch them perish,we don’t need these people to to determine when we can eat, the only thing doing us is fear, but if we move as one nation we won’t have to be fearful of any thing.
This whack ass culture jacking society. The wire man is nothing but a mixture of all the other cultures. In all reality he is a punk when he is by himself it’s only when he has back up does he flex, your a FUCKING punk and i say this by myself without a nation to back me up(yet).
then get your bee hiine on a bot and get ta’ steppin’
what a joke…a rap web site that censors…and you are the same ones that go on and on about bitches and hoes…..counterfit young black people
drake is the leader. He runs that rap shit. All these other rappers are nothing compared to drake in 2015. Most of them are washed up, out of place or irrelevant in the rap game.
young blacks who don’t know better cuddling up the man who killed Brother Malcolm….(SMDH).
That’s untrue. My father, Nuriddin Faiz, solved Malcolm X’s assisination. Check your facts.
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EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS 100% TRUE YOU RACIST MUTHAFUCKS! GOD WILL WACTH YALL IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually he’s incorrect, Over 50% of the inner city is unemployed so they aren’t paying taxes to finance anything.. They are actually draining the system to the breaking point by creating a whole people who are illegitimate/fatherless and living off the government /people..
On some of this he came off as racist. ALMOST stopped watching good thing I didn’t cause he started dropping truth!