I would like to take the time to post a link to a site that is doing something good on the free speech/social equality frontier.
please read and sign this petition to support the idea that bigots can\'t just destroy a persons \"hustle\" because they have the false assumption that rap and hip-hop music is \"Evil\".
It is far too easy for some jackass on television to attack a rap artist because they feel he is \"disgraceful\".
Anyone who has an adequate understanding of what hip-hop is knows that artists build up from there surroundings and its just so happens that most African americans live in the worst parts of what some call the land of the free. this is caused by certain prejudices that the majority hold, that still ring through today.
Hip-hop is an abstract representation of life and love. And just because an artist says something that turns switchs doesn\'t make it immoral. What is immoral is how pepsi gave ludacris the boot said that he was \"Controversial\". then going off and hiring a just as controversial artist (ozzy). but thats all ok cause he\'s white and does rock. This doesn\'t evem bother me. What sickens me is that this moron doesn\'t realize that hip-hop is poetry and to understand poerty you have to first understand the artist and not just take what you hear at face value and then label it :\"Devils music\".
Anyone, with a semi adequat I.Q. whos purchased an
eminem Cd. Realizes that his music isn\'t what the media makes it out to be. Its gritty-grimy and hard cutting and this may drive some away, thats ok and understandable But dont let yourself be lent to narrow-mindedness or cause you to lie and defame an artists work simple because you dont like what he says.
It sounds grim; duh, these artists come from grim places. but listen carefully and you\'ll realize that these artists music is really a triumphant blow of the human spirit. Not only do they allow you to feel all the bad, but the good aswell.
Please go to:
http://www.petitiononline.com/ludakris/petition.htmland support free speech and morality