Posted on 04/15/2008 4:54:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
*In an interview with Blender magazine, Alicia Keys says she believes that "gangster rap" and the bicoastal feud that resulted in the deaths of Tupac and Biggie were created by The Man.
"'Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. 'Gangsta rap' didn't exist," said Keys, 27, in the magazine's May issue, on newsstands tomorrow.
The singer also says that the rivalry between slain artists Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. was fueled "by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing."
The Grammy-winner, who wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck "to symbolize strength, power and killing 'em dead," says she wants to get more political with her material in future projects.
She said if black leaders such as the late Black Panther Huey Newton "had the outlets our musicians have today, it'd be global. I have to figure out a way to do it myself."
Let me be the first to say, “It’s Whitey’s Fault!”
Gee, I wonder if she’s going to vote for Obama?
Don’t these people EVER accept responsibility?
Typical.
Talent does not equal brain power.
A wasted mind is a terrible thing.
The mastermind himself.
Gee, another high-profile black outed as a racist. Another in a long line.
“Don’t these people EVER accept responsibility?”
Absolutely not.
I always thought it was a gangsta conspiracy to drive me nuts every time someone with a loud set of speakers drives by. (Boombaboombaboomba)
We need a picture.
We need one for Cheney, Rice, Rove and Rush, too! LOL
the next time he play San Fran.
NEW YORK - Alicia Keys says she's not a conspiracy theorist. In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying "comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented."
According to an interview in the magazine's May issue, the 27-year-old singer says: "`Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. `Gangsta rap' didn't exist." She also is quoted as saying that she wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck "to symbolize strength, power and killing 'em dead."
"We stand by our story," Blender spokeswoman Kate Cafaro told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
"My comments about `gangsta rap' were in no way trying to suggest that the government is responsible for creating this genre of rap music," Keys said in a statement issued by J Records. "The point that I was trying to make was that the term was oversloganized by some of the media causing reactions that were not always positive. Many of the `gangsta rap' lyrics articulate the problems of the artists' experiences and I think all of us, including our leaders, could be doing more to address these problems including drugs, gang violence, crime, and other related social issues."
As for the AK-47 remark, Keys said Tuesday that AK-47 is a nickname given to her by friends "as an acronym for Alicia Keys and a metaphor for wowing people with my music and performances, `killing 'em dead' on stage. The reference was in no way meant to have a literal, political or negative connotation."
When AP attempted to reach Keys last week about the Blender interview, her publicist, Theola Borden, said the singer was on vacation and unavailable for comment.
The multiplatinum star behind the hits "Fallin'" and "No One" most recently had success with her latest CD, "As I Am," which has sold 3.4 million copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
I looked & couldn’t find one.
I need to get Photoshop so I can build my own instead of ripping off OP’s!
I hope the UPS man hears about this.
“Gee, I wonder if she’s going to vote for Obama?”
Millions and millions of them. Isn’t it just wonderful!!
You can’t say the “people” because they will get very offended. As in, “you people don’t understand”, you will will be labled a racist. And you can’t say “them” or “they” either. So how do we refer to .... ?
maybe her and wright shoiuld get together for a dna test
This is too funny. I love what the people have to say on here.
whatever you do dont mention the OBVIOUS
DOES THAT QUESTION REALLY REQUIRE AN ANSWER/
She CAN’T be that frickin’ stupid.
The singer also says that the rivalry between slain artists Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. was fueled “by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing.”
GREAT BLACK LEADER?!?!
They were/are nothing but potty mouthed rappers trying to make lotsa money for themselves!
No, that’s the job of white people. I’ve never posted something this bitter before, but whites have to accept responsibility for every little thing that blacks do wrong.
It’s always the fault of a white person when a black commits a crime, it’s the fault of whites when blacks riot over a verdict, and it’ll be the fault of white America if Obama isn’t the candidate chosen and there will be riots if Obama isn’t elected president because it was an evil white conspiracy that prevented his victory and we’ll be expected to hand him a victory, ‘or else.’
It seems to be getting worse as Obama continues his campaign. If he gets the nomination, blacks everywhere will be spouting racist conspiracies so that way they can try to guilt America into electing Obama as president.
Blacks everywhere seem to be getting more nasty these days. I know it might be a generalization, but after the Jeremiah Wright expose, it seems as if blacks in the media and elsewhere almost relish in throwing this sort of thing in the faces of the media and white people. It’s unnerving. The Democrats might be forced to bite the bullet and make Hillary the official nominee. Obama is a dangerous polarizing figure that seems to surround himself with people who thrive on saying the worst about white Americans
It seems to be getting worse as Obama continues his campaign. If he gets the nomination, blacks everywhere will be spouting racist conspiracies so that way they can try to guilt America into electing Obama as president.
Blacks everywhere seem to be getting more nasty these days. I know it might be a generalization, but after the Jeremiah Wright expose, it seems as if blacks in the media and elsewhere almost relish in throwing this sort of thing in the faces of the media and white people. It’s unnerving. The Democrats might be forced to bite the bullet and make Hillary the official nominee. Obama is a dangerous polarizing figure that seems to surround himself with people who thrive on saying the worst about white Americans
“Our government is busy with creating the aids virus,blowing up levies in New Orleans and now pushing Gangsta rap”
Not to mention arranging drive-bys and robberies.
If only the government can come up with a conspiracy to have that community work a steady job and stay with their baby’s mother.
It was the gov’t — of Zimbabwe.
(and I don't think that's what Johnny meant when he told his lovely daughter Roseanne that you "can always come back to the Country")
...and a bunch of assorted miscreants and hangers-on who have most surely reaped what they have sewn.
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