As Immortal Technique expressed in an eloquent manner during a recent interview, most corporate-owned artists are incentivized to be 100% gangster, 100% of the time, which robs them of the ability to share a well-rounded human experience. Their participation in this embarrassing minstrel show is being called out by people around the country, including a persistent group of parents in Chicago who have been protesting local Clear Channel stations.
This minstrel show is what led us to kill Lil Wayne’s endorsement deal with Mountain Dew after he chose to disrespect the legacy of Emmett Till. I don’t regret our actions one bit, since I love my kids a lot more than I love a hot beat. The point is that our beloved hip-hop artists cannot be allowed to be used as corporate tools of oppression, and if we care about our children, we will take out all of those who seek to do harm to those we care about. That’s what independent black people do, which means we might also have to take out a few slaves in the process.
The death march of hip-hop will come to a stop when all of us demand it. Until that time, we are going to be inundated with one tragedy after another, and the most repetitive letters we’re going to hear in our community are going to be “D.E.A” and “R.I.P.”
Article Appeared @http://thyblackman.com/2013/12/22/lord-infamous-live-by-the-sizzurp-die-by-the-sizzurp-how-corporate-hip-hop-is-killing-young-black-men/