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...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...
...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...