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...ostentatious consumption and misogyny become the norm for the hip-hop movement? -Carl Gauss, Venice, Calif.It is the norm for American culture. Hip-hop expresses things people won't say. You do it, listen to it and accept it. It's just when rappers express it, people are shocked...
...know many hip-hop artists are talented, but why can't they make songs that don't put black people down in front of the world? -Sherman Gay, Los AngelesThey don't think they are putting themselves down. Hip-hop is so honest. We have to adhere to the truth, even if it makes us uncomfortable. The artists have to express what's in their heart. They don't always feel like being happy and dancing...
Immediately after the Imus flap, you spoke out against hip-hop censorship. Now, you want rappers and media outlets to stop using these terms over the airways. Doesn't this make you a hypocrite? -Keyon Jeff, Houma, La.No. I think it is some self-analysis. The outrage [over the Imus situation] made me think about it. I am allowed to have a different opinion...
Even if you eliminate these three words from hip-hop culture, what about other rap themes that are dangerous to society, like "no snitching" anthems? -Brendan Ripp, New York CityS---, when I was a kid I didn't snitch either. I don't know if you watch them gangster movies where the Italian guys come out of the church and they don't talk-- the sad truth is that we can talk about "no snitching" as if it were a rap code, but it is a street code. We need to create a dialogue between the police and community. That...
Wouldn't it be much more advisable to refocus your ideas on how best we can empower black people educationally, economically and otherwise? -Agboola Kehinde, LondonMy office has a whole floor called Rush Community Affairs. We have the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and other organizations. Plus, name me a rapper, and I will tell you the name of his charity. Even the worst rappers that you think you hate. You tell me 50 Cent, and I will tell you about G-Unity [his foundation for kids...