Weekend Rap Up with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…
• Rapper T.I. pleaded not guilty to illegal weapons charges, and he will remain in jail for at least a week while the judge considers a bond deal. Maybe the rapper will spend the time working on his next album, “T.I. vs ATF.”
• Rapper Nas is battling with Rev. Jesse Jackson over his next album, which will named after the N-word. “The title using the N-word is morally offensive and socially distasteful. Nas has the right to degrade and denigrate in the name of free speech, but there is no honor in it,” said Jackson. “Radio and television stations have no obligation to play it and self-respecting people have no obligation to buy it. I wish he would use his talents to lift up and inspire, not degrade.” Nas shot back, “We’re taking power from the word. … No disrespect to none of them who were part of the civil rights movement, but some … in the streets don’t know who [civil rights activist] Medgar Evers was … they know who Nas is. … And to my older people who don’t know who Nas is and who don’t know what a street disciple is, stay outta this [expletive] conversation. We’ll talk to you when we’re ready. Right now, we’re on a whole new movement. We’re taking power from that word.” Word.
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