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Jay-Z and Kayne: EPIC FAIL
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08-16-2011, 04:53 PM
sharky
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I'm willing to bet they do get money for their charity. Perhaps it might have been a better idea to just not buy the 300K car and donate the money to charity directly, but there are a number of black rappers and assorted entrepreneurs who will gladly dish out the cash to make the auction a success. In my experience with black kids and teenagers, I honestly doubt that the target demographic of these folks or their wasteful publicity stunts are aimed at taking America's white kids because they have their parent's disposable income. How about America's youth is black, white, asian, native, et al? Kids are stupid and easily lead, sure. So are most adults. But, all our money is green; even if we took it from our dad's wallet to buy an eminem CD, a samurai sword, a bag of reefer or a 200 year old stamp. You can't play up the appeal-to-white-kids angle while also mentioning that black kids have to wonder if they'll make it home from school without being shot. Poverty and violence aren't black or white: they're poverty. A rich kid who has a few grains of sense might be able to pick up on the message of black artists without becoming zombie ghetto murderers. I doubt that in-your-face lifestyles are a new phenom with the rise of famous black rappers who don't kowtow to the white sensability to gain noteriety. Maybe you're just offended that white kids want to be rich black rappers. How is that any different than a poor black kid on the mowtown label wishing he was a 12 year old white girl? (I haven't been able to play Michael Jackson in the last 6 years without someone looking at me like I just crammed a baby down the garbage dispose-all. Even I noticed the change and sudden embreace of the black community after he died. Hypocrisy in the face of judgement, frankly.)
This topic almost screams politics, just so you know.
This post almost screams of Joseph, just so YOU know.
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