Imus an Snoop in Bed on Welfare?

It’s always annoying when People who do not listen to Rap or Create Rap write about it. Good or bad. It’s always off the Mark in a sensitive way. Basic understanding, political understanding, lack of a Creative purpose for Rap, And for whom. Or just a Flat-out Put down. Like Earl Ofari Hutchinson. When Imus Put down The Woman’s Basketball Team. That was Flat out Racism, no two way’s about it. He’s done, gone, out of sight. But the fact that the ‘’Hater’s are trying to relate ’’Snoop’’ Dogg to him is just a Lame attempt for Right wingers.. The Liberals? To have a toe hold on rap,To Rap Bash. Using the after stink of Imus’s remark to start a buzz to Motivate, what was done to rap before It went Global .Imus and Snoop would make strange bed fellows indeed. If it weren’t for there abundance of differences.
Fist off Imus Remarks killed Revenue for the station. Snoop dogg Generates revenue. clothing, footwear, the food and beverage industry, his blunt rappers, can be seen in every corner store and Bodega‘s(what’s left of them) on the Road gas stations with the Subways attached. You can get a sandwich, have a Banana flavored blunt, roll up, all with one stop. One shopping. Other than the monetary plus and minuses between Imus and snoop.
If you don’t Like Imus you can turn Him off. People don’t have to pay as he speaks. Where as ‘’Snoop’’ People actually go and seek out his music and pay for it, or pay to listen to a download.’’Ringtones’’included.
His remarks about woman are also Not directed at a’’ particular woman‘’. Like this basketball team or that person per say. Therefore a woman would have to take a derogatory remark or statement ’’ personally.’’ ‘’Hoes’’ do exist. ‘’Bitches’’ do exist. And the times I’ve meet them, I knew it! especially in Prison. Every other person was one or the other. Censorship is a serious matter. The right wingers in the Bush administration have take so much away form People. From affirmative action, to monitoring your phones, the internet, The fact that warrants don’t have to be enforced in many instances to arrest a Person. Just to name a few. All in the name’’To defend Homeland Security‘’. Free Speech is about all we have left.. Where will it end ?When Bush is in Your Bed saying ‘’What’s for Dinner hon?’’
When Snoop was in Court on trial for Murder. His Momma was sitting next to him. He needed her support. she was there positive, dignified and supportive of her son. Also Snoop is married to a Black woman and has 3or 4 son’s that look just like him ,and is a good father who has made donations to groups and is supportive of his sons well being and their football team. school etc. A positive image for a Blackman. For one Moment Let’s assume ‘’Snoop’ stopped cussing. What would happen? He wouldn’t be able to eat or support his family…’’Snoop’’ on Welfare …Not Likely.
So what does that show ?it shows that in Real life, ‘’Reality’’ not the world of commercially controlled Record sales. He is respectful of Black woman. He’s surrounded by. The Black woman that are in his family and circle, I don’t think They would Tolerate that kind of ‘’Putdown’’. He’d be sleeping on the Couch, and might get a fat lip to boot. The Genre of ‘’Gangsta Rap’’ wouldn’t be ‘’Gangsta ’’Rap if it didn’t have explicative Language included. That’s part of It’s draw ,It’s freedom of young teen’s around 15 to 18 or so. His target Market is somewhere between Fantasy and H.S. Graduation. At that age Most people are still under a repressive Family Rule’ i.e. your still living with mom and dad. Your still a Minor for the most part so hearing cuss words, and being able to say them when listening to music with your peers is extremely Liberating. I know it was for me.
I asked a friend of mine who is a Rap basher what is about Rap he didn’t like. Which were all the Thing’s that make ‘’Gangsta Rap’’ Gangsta Rap. The Loudness when you pull next to a stop light and someone is ‘’Bumpin’’ their Favorite track the Cuss words. The ’’saggin’’ pants The whole style of ‘’Hip-Hop’’ he said. I don’t Like it for the ‘’Young People’’ he said. I informed him that he is not the keeper or speaker for all ’’ young people.’’ He said they speak about ‘’Bad’’ thing’s .Then I gave him an option would you rather you kid’s hear about bad Thing’s or Do ‘’Bad ‘’Thing’s ? If I had heard about the street, The games, the Hustles Instead of Being on the street ,Living it. I would have been fore warned. It might have saved me a six year sentence in Prison. So to coin a Phrase that dropped with the Beginning of Rap ’’ Don’t Believe the Hype’’
Carolyn C Baxter is a widely Anthologized Poet/Spoken rap artist she received a Literary Scholarship from BARD College and a Natl. Endowment of the Arts Grant for her poetry in Songs from a free Space Her second Book Platinum Dreams Lead Reality is non Fiction short stories of Rappers, Hustlas, pimps and playas that have lost their lives in the street or in Jail. She speaks at H.S. and Colleges on Urban Crime and Violence.