More hip hop role models!

[RightF00T]

This is another guy presenting his beliefs, and because he's in the spotlight, he naively thinks his status makes him a spokesperson for a whole group of people.
    I think it's pretty uncouth  to read one article and then post that this guy represents all of hip hop.  Which he doesnt

[lazs2]

MT... the title does not say "all hip hop" or even "most hip hop"  it says "another"   are you saying that he is the only hip hop poor role model?  

admit it... you are so sensitive about race that you have lost all sense of fairness and objectivity where race issues are concerned.

lazs

[boxboy28]

and i used to think KRS-ONE was an intelligent guy..........  USED to think that is!:mad:

[lazs2]

ok... "more".  Are you saying that this moron is the only poor hip hop role model?    More means another to me.

lazs

[Steve]

MT, another example of a black person throwing in the race card at the first opportunity. No wonder many white  people avoid them if they can.  Working with them is risky, they could scream racism and even if their claims were completely baseless, you'd have problems.

 Lots of small business owners shy away from hiring them for the same reason... a derned shame for those black people who want a job based on their merits and don't have the race card in their pockets.

[Muckmaw1]

Seems like KRS thinks he represents some group.

He never says "I".

Read the post. It's wall We and Us.

Perhaps the black community needs to denouce this little message of hate.

"So when the planes hit the building, we were like, 'Mmmm - justice.' "


"doesn't affect us the hip-hop community," he said. "9-11 happened to them, not us,"

[boxboy28]

lets hire us some Jihady type arab to crash a plane into the Apollo in Harlem  and see what he says!   Now that'ld be funny!:aok

[lazs2]

yep... I pretty much avoid working with or being around black people for those reasons.  I am being honest but am sure that a lot of less honest people will try to lambast me.

lazs

[Neubob]

Originally posted by GScholz
For those that can read it actually says "more".

More, in this case, implies one of two things, depending on what Ripsnort meant to say. It means either:

1.) 'More Hip-Hop role models'... Implies That KRS-1 is just another of a crowd of people who are generally not to be considered role models at all, but rather negative-minded people whose opinions need to be taken with a grain of salt, or, in this case, an entire shaker's worth.

or

2.) 'More hip hop models!' ... Implying that more guys like this(KRS-1 specifically) would only serve to further screw up or enflame the current situation.

I'm leaning towards #2. It's delivered with more humor and is more narrow in its focus. If the case is that it's #1, the sentiment would come across more clearly if it were rewritten as Another Hip-Hop role model.

Either way, however, I don't think that too many hip-hop or rap  artists make good role models, and this is in no way limited to the Black ones. Eminem and Everlast, both guys I consider to be very talented, are nevertheless vulger, crude men whose words are very often weilded against others simply for the purposes of escallating tensions for the sake of record sales. The bulk of the others that come to mind spend more time talking about their net worth, their predelection for smoking the best weed, drinking the most expensive liquor and banging the finest beaver. Fun to listen to, perhaps, but hardly material by which to raise your kids.

Lighten up, people. This guy's all words. If he were action, he'd have moved himself and his record label to a country he considered worthy of his presence.

[Wotan]

KRS is just not another 'idiot'. His is a legend in most east coast / NYC rap circles. In fact he's collaborated with several NYC Hardcore bands and has the ear of a lot of folks outside of Hip Hop.

Passing him off as 'just another idiot' as some sort of defense mechanism to an attack on Hip Hop doesn't hold water.

His words carry a lot of weight and even when they appear stupid to most ordinary people folks still listen. The same type of person who would try to distance themselves form his current 9/11 statements would defend his other nonsense as 'an expression of his generation'. Who's to say he is the only one thinking that way in his community.

[lazs2]

If we ever hjave a riot around here I certainly hope that guy is right up front.

lazs

[Wotan]

If he ever came back as a Zombie it would make the head shot that much more enjoyable...

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

Where's all the white women at?
-SW