MC Shan has never been afraid to voice his opinions, and now, he’s got some thoughts on Dr. Umar Johnson‘s views on Eminem.
The Juice Crew All-Stars member took to his Instagram Live on Saturday (December 30) to roast the activist for his recent claims about Eminem, reminding Johnson — whom he addressed as “Mr. Muthafuckin’ Umar” — that Slim Shady was, and has been, down with the culture for years.
“Mr. Muthafuckin’ Umar, you just make everything a race thing, n-gga,” he began. “Everything ain’t no fuckin’ race thing. Eminem — muthafucka, you know that n-gga nice. Em deserves a muthafuckin’ slot in this game!
“Em wasn’t no rich muthafucka that come and rob the rap game, and step off. Em muthafuckin’ came in this muthafucka, he had more problems than any Black n-gga. His plate was just as fucked up as some of us in the Black community. Nobody’s robbin’ us.”
He continued: “If you don’t wanna respect him, you do what you do, n-gga,” he concluded. “We don’t fuck with you anyway like that, n-gga. We talk our Hip Hop shit. You talkin’ Black racial, Black fuckin’ culture rhythm. Yeah, we on that, but n-gga, we don’t fuck with that shit. Leave us over here. Em is down with us, son.”
Check it out below.
Dr. Umar Johnson, a controversial activist who has received criticism for his opinions on homosexuality, interracial marriage, and antisemitism, has doubled down on his recent comments where he claimed that calling Eminem one of the greatest rappers of all time was “white supremacy.”
After being roundly criticized for his remarks, Dr. Umar went on Instagram Live on Wednesday (December 27) and defended his opinions.
“When I look at the responses from America’s Caucasian community over this issue of Eminem being the G.O.A.T. of Hip Hop — and let me say this: I have nothing personal against Eminem,” he said.
“My comments had nothing to do with Mr. Marshall Mathers personally. And I want Mr. Marshall Mathers to understand that Dr. Umar Ifatunde harbors no personal ill will towards you. You are a talented musician, lyricist, producer. You seem like you are an okay guy.”
He continued: “So my comments are not personal; they apply to any non-African. This is about business — the business of protecting the integrity of African culture.
“But from a cultural integrity perspective, haven’t they stolen enough from us? Haven’t they appropriated enough from us? Haven’t they robbed, stole, killed, enslaved, lynched, miseducated, mass incarcerated, politically dominated us enough?”
“The fact that you got Black people arguing for a white man to be considered the greatest of all time in an African artform speaks to how psychologically ill we are as a race of people,” he concluded.
Umar is crazy, so is he saying we can’t be the best black scientists, programmers, violinists, traders etc. because may we didn’t invent it?
Knock it off man, especially on eminem. Em put on 50 (& Gunit), Obie trice, D12 and a lot of other folk. What have you done Dr Umar?? Shan is right! Who you fooling Umar??
Why do you think black people (African) didn’t invent science, coding, or music?
Because they didn’t.
Umar need some ass in his life😂
Shut yo dumb ass up!
I totally understand where Dr.Umar is coming from,I mean you gotta respect his perspective for the simple fact that he’s only trying to protect black culture which they have been stealing from us for years but at the same time you gotta give credit where it’s due.I mean for years Em been tearing shit up he hella dope and as for best ever that’s comes from how different people view different artists. So to put it that way it’s all about opinions and everyone is entitled to theirs.
We never created a culture. We allowed others (whites) to dictate our culture. That’s why Hip Hop is labeled as The Culture. Right now, the powers are creating our culture for us; culture of violence, sex, and money. Look at Obama’s “playlist”. Look who had song of the year. They think that’s what black people only care about; that’s their culture. Hip Hop is trash now and labels will divest in it soon. So if Em wants to be GOAT he can have it because hip hop is garbage
well if you live in the US and only listen to rap radio then you might see it that way. Rap has never really been about what they push on TV and radio. So looking at the “culture” from that viewpoint means it’s always suspect. When rap first got big time in the mid-80s no one thought it would become the main type of pop music out.
it’s a sideways argument. Dr. Umar never contradicted anything Shan said and never said Em came from some background looking to steal rap. He said that Em wasn’t the greatest of all time the way a lot of observers want to say. He said the idea that Em would be the greatest offended his sensibilities as a black man. It would be great if race wasn’t an issue but we don’t live on that timeline so it’s hard for me to say much against the doc even though I respect Shan
The doc is just that, a witch. There are 3 races: Angels, Djinn, Mankind. Salaam/Peace/Shalom.
eminem meh since the eminem show 50 cent d12 obie trice all good but after album the eminem show just not good enough all the parodies on overkill he ain’t a fucken comedian
Umar is a clown. He ain’t no leader. Race race and more race. That’s what 80% of his conversations are about. I firmly believe we will all be judged one day. Our race won’t be on the list. Our actions good and bad will be on the plate.
Two things can be true at one time. Em is the goat based on every metric by which we measure hip-hop, and Dr. Umar is watching our six, as he should.
Word up Shan. Hiphop was ALWAYS inclusive. When I was little in the early 80s, we didn’t even call it ‘Hip-Hop’, we didn’t call it anything because we just LIVED it. It was white dudes, Latinos, Asians, all out there with us from day one, the whole POINT was that you could be any race, from anywhere, and if you had something to bring to the table and was nice at it, you were IN. I don’t ever remember gate keepers deciding if you were black enough to be ‘hip-hop’. This Umar guy cannot speak for hiphop anyway. If anyone is gonna be the official Hip-Hop spokesman , it’s gonna be KRS, and I guarantee you KRS would say Em is one of the nicest MCs ever. Peace.
Can’t these grown adults get along🤦♀️
Can’t these grown adults get along🤦♀️
Everyone always wanna talk shit on each other. Adult up