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...Bill Clinton on the secret payroll of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.? The question arises because of the publicity bonanza Clinton bestowed on one of the company's artists, rap singer Sister Souljah, by publicly attacking her at Jesse Jackson's National Rainbow Coalition convention in Washington. As a surprised and obviously angry Jackson seethed on the stage, Clinton repeated a Washington Post story that quoted Souljah saying after the Los Angeles riots, "If black people kill black people everyday, why not have a week and kill white people? . . . So if you're a gang member and you would normally...
...Billboard's list of best-selling R. & B. albums, into an instant political cause celebre. Puffed up with outrage at Clinton's affront, Jackson demanded that the Arkansas Governor apologize to the performer, who "represents the feelings and hopes of a whole generation of people." Clinton declined. Souljah added to the din on the Today show, where she denounced the "racist" and "hypocritical" Clinton. "I think ((he)) is like a lot of white politicians -- they eat soul food, they party with black women, they play the saxophone, but when it comes to domestic and foreign policy, they make the same...
...this amounted to a blast of national exposure that money couldn't buy for Souljah, Clinton and Jackson. What really fueled the curious coming together of politicians, a "revolutionary" rapper and a multibillion-dollar entertainment conglomerate was their shared concern for the bottom line. Clinton achieved a key political objective: refocusing the media spotlight on his message to moderate voters that he is unafraid to deliver unpopular messages to important Democratic constituencies, including blacks. Jackson, who has been groping for a way to elbow into the campaign, obtained a grievance that he can use to browbeat Clinton for concessions. Lenin...
...Souljah has not hit it that big: her videos are not played on MTV. She charges that both the Post and Clinton had deliberately misinterpreted her remarks. Rather than advocating the revenge killing of whites, she insists, she was trying to explain the mind-set of black youths who have experienced so much violence at the hands of whites that murder means nothing to them. That touched off a round of heated commentary on op-ed pages, as 50-something pundits, black and white, wrestled with the thorny issue of Souljah's artistic intent. The matter could have been settled...
Also this year, the BSA has helped bring rappers Chuck D and Sister Souljah to campus, along with Nation of Islam representative Conrad Muhammad and Dorothy Fardan, a white sociologist who has been affiliated with the Nation of Islam and the Black Panthers...