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KRS-One, hip-hop controversy machine

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Submitted by adam on Fri, 01/11/2008 - 3:14pm
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"I was asked about why hiphop has not engaged the current situation more (meaning 9/11), my response was "because it does not affect us, or at least we don’t perceive that it affects us, 9/11 happened to them". I went on to say that "I am speaking for the culture now; I am not speaking my personal opinion." I continued to say; "9/11 affected them down the block; the rich, the powerful those that are oppressing us as a culture. Sony, RCA or BMG, Universal, the radio stations, Clear Channel, Viacom with BET and MTV, those are our oppressors, those are the people that we're trying to overcome in hiphop everyday, this is a daily thing. We cheered when 9/11 happened in New York and say that proudly here. Because when we were down at the trade center we were getting hit over the head by cops, told that we can’t come in this building, hustled down to the train station because of the way we dressed and talked, and so on, we were racially profiled. So, when the planes hit the building we were like, "mmmm, justice." And just as I began to say "now of course a lot of our friends and family were lost there as well" but I was interrupted..."
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1 Comment by theIII | 01.11.08 | 04:01 pm
I LIKE HOW HE SPEAKS ALL THIS RIGHTOUES SH*T TOO AND HOW HE IS FOR THE PEOPLE BUT WHEN I WAS BACKSTAGE @ 1 OF HIS SHOWS @ THE CUBBY BEAR WE WAS ALL RIGHT THERE AND HIS ROAD MANAGER WHO WAS A F'N *O*K WAS MEAN GRILLIN AND YELLIN @ PEOPLE STAY AWAY FROM CRIS THIS AND THAT AND CRIS WASNT DOIN NOTHING HE JUST LET THAT FOOL ACT REALLY STUPID WIT ALL HIS FANS AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAD V.I.P. AND WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET HIM EVEN THE ZULU NATION WAS DENIED BACK THERE CUS OF THAT ROAD MANAGER I HOPE KRIS SMARTENED UP AND FIRED DUKE CUS HE WAS A D*CK I WANTED TO SMASH DUKE BUT I WAS THERE FOR BUSINESS AND HAD TO ACT "PROFESSIONAL" THAT WAS IN 2002. WHILE BACK LOL