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...that promote it. They talk about regime change, but they also talk about oil and s___. They say it is regime change, but it is so complicated. Most of the time we aren't talking about supporting anybody unless there is something under the ground. And that is the sad truth about American ambition and many kinds of foreign policy. I don't have the answer. But don't we wish all the politicians were not connected in so many ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Questions with Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...give only one thing to help a young man who is poor, sad, and 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Questions with Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...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 to look at poor people ? it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Questions with Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...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's the issue. We talk about gangsta rappers, but why do we never talk about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...that promote it. They talk about regime change, but they also talk about oil and s---. They say it is regime change, but it is so complicated. Most of the time we aren't talking about supporting anybody unless there is something under the ground. And that is the sad truth about American ambition and many kinds of foreign policy. I don't have the answer. But don't we wish all the politicians were not connected in so many ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

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