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...there a hip-hop musician you feel the world should listen to more? -Cara Lahr in Rockville, MD So many are relevant in different ways. I love when the Black Eyed Peas ask, "Where is the love?? but I also love when NWA said "F? the Police" The discussion between police and community started at that point. If you life in extreme poverty sometimes you see the police as the occupying force. That they are there in some way to keep you in poverty and keep the system in place. And whether it is right or wrong...
...angry, would you give him your book, some money or the Bible? -Ju Huang in Stamford, CT I would give him my book, because there is nothing in that book that isn't already in the Bible, but maybe I say it in a different way. At the Hip-Hop Summit in Detroit, I saw Eminem one time speaking to the audience. He told them that with "hard work, dedication, self study and faith and you can realize any dream." I saw kids in the audience crying, he said it so eloquently. A preacher couldn't tell them. A prophet...
...Real hip-hop is the underground artists that respect the culture and strive to produce meaningful lyrics that will move not only your body, but also your mind and soul. How do we get more of these positive artists on the radio and TV? -Nick Wallace in Salt Lake All hip-hop artists that are successful are poets. I would like them all of them to be uplifting. I would like the world to be that way. But they all have a right to exist as they are. I don't see why Snoop Dogg can't be the next...
...There are movies made everyday glorifying death, murder, and sex. Why does hip-hop have to be the first one to take the fall? -D. Lee in North Carolina It doesn't have to, but it does. People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists. In the movies, the violence is so gratuitous. The sad truth is that people can't take it when it's reality. The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier...
After the Imus scandal, the rap mogul made a surprising plea to remove three offensive words from hip-hop's airwaves. He has also penned a new book about self-empowerment. Russell Simmons will now take your questions...