Day: May 23, 2008

David Banner Interview with XXL Mag

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The True Jim Jones Story Trailer

The glorification of Jim Jones.

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Rap Music’s Effect on Our Kids

As someone that has listened to rap music their entire life, whose parents didn’t give a damn what I listened to (or what I watched for that matter), I am taken back by parents who blame rap music for the negative effect it has on their kids. They argue their kids sell drugs, they have sex too early, they have babies, they disrespect their elders, swear, get into fights, all because they listen to rap music. They want the government to step in and censor or ban rap completely -even though rap music has been pretty much censored to death nowadays (more on this later). These parents need to understand that it’s their friggin’ fault your kid is screwed up, plain and simple. I remember seeing this single mom crying on TV, during the whole Don Imus situation which turned into a war against Hip Hop, saying “It’s so hard to compete with the influence the media and hip hop culture have on my child, I just can’t do it”. Read more