Soulja Boy And Hurricane Chris Are Nobody's Black Leaders

Quote of the Week

Talib Kweli on Mos Def's anger at rappers for not attending the Jena Six protest:

"I agree with Mos Def as far as being critical with these artists," Kweli explained. "I think as artists who can say something, we have to. In my career, I have been critical of artists as well. But I will say that the hip-hop generation has mobilized around the Jena Six thing. I feel like there was a lot of hip-hop activism that got the 10,000 people who were there down there. And I'm more inclined to look at what those people are doing, 'cause those are the real heroes and the real activists. These artists, man, are followers. Mos Def happens to be a leader. So he happens to be above and beyond your average artist. But your average artist is a follower. And we have to create leaders, and leaders are not going to come from young rappers."

Oct 5, 2007 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 5 Responses

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Comments (5)

No. 1 · blackmistressdiva

Rappers had nothing to do with getting the 10k ppl to Jena. My knowledge of the entire thing came from the internet. It started with colorofchange.org and then with the blogs. I think Talib is going a little far with his statement.

Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 4:35 pm

No. 2 · daria

Agree BMD but I don't think most artists are in touch with reality.

Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 4:48 pm

No. 3 · Bronze Trinity

We definitely need more leaders instead of followers.

Posted: Oct 6, 2007 at 9:14 pm

No. 4 · Anonymous

who is he to decide "WHAT WE NEED?" and who it's gonna come from? a leader is just that, a freakin leader! someone who ppl believe in, who ppl want to follow. young or old doesnt matter! north or south either! and truth be told, our "leader" most likely will be young, because these old heads are so disconnected from whats going on right now (as far as the mind set of these young ppl, why they are the way they are) no one wants to follow someone with nothing but negative things to say about thier generation, a great leader knows how to improve conditions without making thier "followers" feel worthless and responsible for the current state. how do ppl sit back and condem a whole generation, like they raised themselves? who's responsible for the state of our youth today? THIER PARENTS!! and their parents parents. things dont turn to shit over night! it took us years to get this low, so who's fault is that?

Posted: Oct 8, 2007 at 3:59 am

No. 5 · miachea

ay alll yall mother fuckin hataz i say dat u get smart from going 2 school so everybody dat say school means nothing yo ass fo sho failing

Posted: Feb 21, 2008 at 4:51 pm

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