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Alicia Keys Catching Flack About Hip-Hop Comments
Alicia Keys is getting a lot of
She was qouted on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT as saying that "The Government created Gangsta rap so that black people would kill thereselves"There was a lot of laughter and sarcastic remarks on the show especially when they said she also said that "The Government plotted to kill Tupac and Biggie"
After those comments i sat back and thought about what i thought her comments were trying to or could be saying. When you go back to the early days of Hip-Hop and look at the influence that artist like Public Enemy,X-Clan,KRSONE,,Brand Nubian,Kid & Play,etc
Hip-Hop was a movement at one time and age people were trying to get heard and Hip-Hop was trying earn respect as a legitimate form of music Hip-Hop created new fashion and speech and let urban people communicate with each other thru music.As this music started to grow it's money making potential was seen and then it was exploited and controled and then any artist that wonted to get a record deal had to sound like he was gansta
Now you as you look back at nearly 2 decades of chilldren growing up listening to gansta music and watching violent movies what do you think the effect is going to be you become more violent subconciouslyand physically. You tell me that was just some thoughts. Maybe there is some truth in her comments
Now you as you look back at nearly 2 decades of chilldren growing up listening to gansta music and watching violent movies what do you think the effect is going to be you become more violent subconciouslyand physically. You tell me that was just some thoughts. Maybe there is some truth in her comments
Submitted by Jaybone203 on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 11:06pm.
a reality check
Let's not also forget how young Alicia Keys is and that she wasn't around back in the early days of hip-hop either. Gangsta rap was there in some shape, form, or fashion from the very beginning.
Just because she went to Juliard and had more of a "Fame" type of experience doesn't mean that the biggest drug dealer in town wasn't a member of the Chilites or the Coasters or whatever. Genres like gangsta rap, funk & soul made it possible to bring that street culture into music, from the 80s, 70s, and 60s respectively. I mean I'm sorry that Alicia doesn't like gangsta rap, but she shouldn't disrespect it either. Gangsta rap made rap music interesting when it was going stale, then New York followed up that formula with DMX and Biggie, offering their own stuff.
Isn't Kool-G-Rap one of the hottest MCs ever. Come on man; there is no truth in her comments, she's drinking that kool aid. Gangsta rap may have been heavily promoted by the government for their own objectives, but they didn't invent anything.
that's crazy i think there
that's crazy i think there is some levels of some kind of truth to her statements