Professor Griff: Did KRS-One Sell Out?

[D33veeoss]

Selling out is when you put lyrics in your music that will sell well, but be a detriment to black society, especially the impressionable youth of today.

Not selling out is when you rap because you love to rap, and won't change your lyric and where you're coming from, no matter how much some clown in a suit offers you to do so.

There is lots of rap condemning bling, crack, and colors, and lots of rap putting BOOKS and SELF-RESPECT on pedestals so we can have UNITY and FUTURE.

...but...

[D33veeoss]

We ain't hearing none of it in the public mainstream.

There are several reasons why this is.

Firstly, people say "it's because it doesn't sell as well as mainstream."

But hang on a sec, people buy what others choose to market.

If I have a fake rolex in my palm for everyone to see and buy, and a real one in my pocket...if I can get the same price, I'm going to sell the fake and keep the real for myself.

You don't know, and can't buy what you can't see and isn't marketed.

...secondly...

[D33veeoss]

Secondly, when you look at the end game of the messages in these different types of rap, we begin to see that one has little chance of graduating Harvard and one has little chance of ending up dead or in jail.

INFORMATION is not "white". And besides, "white" is actually just "black but from a different part and time of the world."

The white POWER system has themselves positioned as though "education" is theirs. Euro-centric education is. Education is not. KRS educates, for instance.

..3rd..

[D33veeoss]

3rd. And here is the fucking kicker.

If I make 40 million a year by selling music where the end game is not optimal....then, my great great great great great great great great great grandchildren are SET. Before even being born or working ofr a DAMN thing...their future as leaders of the country are SECURE.

Meanwhile, what happens to some of the kids listening to the garbage lyric I choose to sell? They're to be ruled by my bloodline for 100s of yrs to come.

Conclusion.

[D33veeoss]

Conclusion.

So why the FUCK would I set anyone up with the answers on "how to be my peer".

I like people making me rich and making sure my bloodline has no competition.

If I play the rap that helps you dig yourself out of whatever godforsaken hole you were born into ... then one day, you'll be my equal.

This is the reason we hear bullshit no the radio instead of KRS.

This is why KRS is nowhere to be found.

It's not that he don't sell....

[D33veeoss]

It's that his message is not conducive to making the powerful more powerful.

It's that his messages make the poor more powerful and the powerful equal.

[jimbrowski100]

i bet he drinks softdrink though

[nasteeboy101]

****I CAME TO GRIFF LIKE A MAN ON FACEBNOK AND STRAIGHT UP ACTE3 LIJJE A CELEBRITY WHITE AITCH.GRIFF FAKE.HE JUS PRETEND HE DOWN WITH BROTHERS.GRIFF A BITCH NIGGA ON PMS.THATS WHY P.E.KICKED HIM OUT THEIR GROUP.DUH.

[nasteeboy101]

****OH PLEASE.I TRIDD TO NETWORK WITH THIS NIGGA ON EACEBOOK,HOOK UP LIKE HIP HOP SOLDIERS AND THIS LIL BITCH NIGGA ACTED LIKE A PUNK BITCH.GRIFFIS THE NIGGA WHO SOLD OUT. REAL TALK.*

[captiv1183]

Was this recorded with a potato or a rutabaga?!

[PoeticLikeNas]

They named him Minister of Information. He just didn't stop after he was ousted from P.E.

[HARRIS2820]

@Mikelovision I AGREE with you as far as hardwork. It does pay off and it does get you "there"......but what is going to keep you "there"? Think of all the actors and musicians who came up over the years.....so many.....but only a select few are always around and are always constantly being promoted to us. They are LARGER THAN LIFE . Hardwork alone will not KEEP YOU up there for years. You need to be connected or linked into a certain network of people that will allow you to exist for decades.

[CheckmateRidRot]

“Any performer that ever sells a product on television is now and forever and for all eternity removed from the artistic world, I don’t care if you shit Mona Lisas out of your ass on cue. You’ve made your fucking choice.” — Bill Hicks

[secretbubba3]

Coke assassinates union organizers in Columbia.

[sieg856]

And as far as flav fuck him! Somebody needs to put flav in his place he lost his damn mind with that show lookin like a horny cockaroach

[sieg856]

Griff is makin money thats where yall got it twisted dont think he is droppin knowledge for free...but his point is its not about makin money its about how they are doin it...readin between the lines is not the same as hatin...krs one was droppin knowledge just like griff now image griff doin a deal with seagrams instead i bet everyone would be sayin he sold out...I SEE COMMON SENSE AINT TOO COMMON

[PoeticLikeNas]

I couldn't hear a thing they said. I won't believe this unless there's proof. I love the truth that comes from KRS's mouth. Griff is always angry. I wonder how many rappers didn't read their contracts. That's embarrassing.

[Mikelovision]

Griff worships being poor and not being about your business. Just because you are rich or have money, doesn't mean you took a "blood oath." There is no real proof or truth to that. It's called HARD WORK and knowledge people. Self knowledge is great, application of that knowledge is even better. People like griff are keeping you poor and hateful. He speaks the truth sometimes but is very misguided.

[DiagramOfTruth]

man. why didnt u have that high quality audio file at 720?

[tableturns77]

krs last few albums are wack for real

[tarus360]

IM SORRY KRS-1 DID NOT SELL OUT !!!!

Cause' The Dude Aint Makin' Any Paper Right Now & Hasn't Been Since The Early 90's

If Brother KRS Did Sell Out You Would Be Seenin' Him All Over The Media, Award Show

Performances, TV Comercials & All That Good Sh%t. But You Don't

Which Means He DID NOT TAKE THE BLOOD OATH.

Point Blank Period.

[JGH8sDaDebunkerz]

He hates corruption and the assholes at the top that kill & poison our fellow humans for fiat man made paper... but yeah your right he probably just worships poverty hahah

[BonusCivis]

Griff frikkin hates money. Griff brings good info sometimes but the boy is misguided about all matters economic. He seems to worship poverty or whatever and to top it off he is not even a rapper.

[player3172]

cannot here nathan. but to accusate THAT , Speak more clear

[bigmalc89]

now he might have "sold out" at the time, but u listen to what he says now and u have to think different. listen to his tracks. i think he serves the benevolent.

[JG1635]

DIVIDE & CONQUER ..oldest trick in the book.. and works every time.

[MINASTAKIDDONE]

yo profesor Griff may not be a whack as rapper or dope Emcee, However he is a major player and contributor to the development and preservation of our culture we call Hip Hop. If you @NemolnLandOfWonder had the slightest clue of what this culture is all about you would see what and who Professor Griff, truly is. YO! Professor Griff, has more authority then you... Y'all gotta study

[SistaNoTomsAllowed]

FUCK ANY ASSWIPE WHO IS SO WEAK THAT THEY CANNOT THINK FOR THEMSELVES! *I AM NOT A FUCKING SHEEP SO I CAN THINK FOR MYSELF! I'M NOT GOING TO BELIEVE SOME HOT BULLSHIT JUST B/C GRIFF OR ANYONE ELSE SAYS IT'S TRUE!

THIS SHIT IS SLANDEROUS! WHERE IS THE SO CALLED PROOF?!

ANYONE CAN MAKE UP ANY FUCKING THING LIKE A RUMOR & SPREAD THAT SHIT LIKE WILDFIRES.

I CAN SAY GRIFF IS A FUCKING SMURF AS IF THERE'S ANY PROOF OF THAT SHIT!

I DON'T BUY IT! IT'S SLANDEROUS!

2PAC DOESN'T HAVE SHIT TO DO W/ IT!

[Prophecy213]

Krs-one sold out big time i figured he did even though i do enjoy his music. hes a genius but he affiliated with the illuminati. he throws up a "ok" hand symbol on camera. look up the video krs-one illuminati interview.

[MrBednell]

LOOOL you think you know everthing lool. the reason why krs one did that beacouse its a battle style. and krs one equal nas and other rapers that apperid becouse they are legende. krs one is nearly 50 y old man who da fuck you going to say he is a sell out? he could be your step father man fuck off

[DpaKMusic]

everyone's a damn sellout

[GangstaRafael21]

@DpaKMusic yap even 2pac when he seemed to release himself

[HipHopMaintainer]

@DpaKMusic no, krs is not a sellout! fuck that! edo G, masta ace, professor griff, paris, premo, mos def

[GHET2ROCKUU]

grif dot be mad cuz u aint got no money ! shoulda read your contracts beofre signing

[NeechOne]

This is so funny!  He's mad pissed off about it, lmaoooo!

[NemoInLandOfWonder]

THIS IS TREASON, no doubt about it Of all acts to ever dare, krs would have been the last.

Today I feel like I lost a brother, well- for an other...

[duckdown1993]

@NemoInLandOfWonder

KRS is hungry to be in the lime light and be rich and famous like all the rest of them. He was in the lime light when his little political/black power schtick was hot...now that it ain't he's mad and calling everyone else who's hot now a "sell out." You see how quick the boy Kris Parker is to jump on a Sprite commercial though. Grif really aint got no place to talk though because that dude isn't even a rapper yo - what the heck is Grif anyways? No clu

[funkateer17]

@duckdown1993 He was P.E.'s Tour Manager. Apparently he once broke one of Flavor's ribs, after getting fed up with him turning up late for shows. Flav went to the studio a few days later, holding a gun, planning to shoot Griff, but he changed his mind at the last minute.

[killyourhead]

first time I listened to it I thought he said something about liqour so it seemed like rappers kind of straight edge.

[killyourhead]

@killyourhead Which would be NOI. Anywaaays...

[Invinciblearmor1986]

krs constantly contradicts hisself with the actions and statements he make.

[KTHREE31]

@Invinciblearmor1986 Yeah, like "smoking mad izm" & talking about keeping HIP-HOP real then collaborating with p shitty. Ha Ha! He's the biggest HYPOCRITE in HIP-HOP his-story. :D

[pozzog]

KRSONE did NOT sell out you retarts. if your too stupid to figure that out than you should be listening to the radio and stay away from the real shit

[Maestro13193]

vid seems scandalous, who made this? anyway, wasted enough time on it....

[77deerose]

am sorry to hear that. i looked up to him back in da days.

[LUKEWHITTYboii]

idk if he sold out but if he did i cant blame him... he needs thst money for a nose job

[LebronJames2O12MVP]

when it's all said and done they all sold out . u don't get on w/o given up dat soul...unless ur independant u will have money but not fame

[franz909]

KRS -1 raps on youtube video " No reason to fear the New World Order " ..... " Big Brother watching you is a lie " .... self explanatory is u have basic logical thinking .

But if you're an Idol worshiper , you wont wanna hear what he says . Oh, Big Brother IS watching you , tracking computer traffic , Cell phones etc etc etc . they don't even need a WARRANT to tap your cell, just call you suspected " Terrorist "

[Bxallerton]

he saying krs1 common signed to a liqiour comany

[JFKEQUALS911]

stop the division i love both these men

[prideventues]

Wow....so all of the people on this page who talk about people who sell out.....where do they work? do they work for a company owned by whites? do they selll drugs that destroy their community? do they only eat produce they grow themselves? selling out is attacking your fellow people.......they are going to attack people like Oprah, Obama, and the like until all that is left is a bunch of mediocre rappers talking about destroying their community while living in million dollar homes...sick!!

[7Beyonder]

@prideventues

Exactly my point. Great post. These million dollar rappers act as if they live on another planet.

Obviously they don't have to get up and work every day, so they can sit back and accuse others of selling out.

One day, I would like to ask Griff to look at the labels of all the fancy gear he's wearing,.....see where shit is really made and what he consumes.

[7Beyonder]

@prideventues

THAT'S BEEN MY POINT ALL ALONG.

Griff sells this stuff so he can eat. But we don't have celebrity status, aren't well known, didn't come from a rap group, don't have million dollar homes.

Im betting that Griff pays the same electric company and internet service that I do. So who is really the sell out?

[lakertony216]

Mos Def, Common, KRS, all real rappers and even all of them had to trade off with the devil to get where they are at. The Devil is merely the physical, therefore they would of had to sell out in some form for the material gains. There is not one rich man in this world that did not have to shit to get what they have.

[IslamIstheWayforMe]

@lakertony216

Shut your mouth fool. You have not a clue what you are saying.

[lakertony216]

@IslamIstheWayforMe lol. what I said isn't truth?

[MrSuperHuD]

crackes people dp ya ting griff

[labcabin7]

krs one=rudabagga nose=confused=hypocrite= 90% of the time krs one's edutainment sucks all the time.

[labcabin7]

professor grif= angry black man=colin fergusan=mass shooter=book deal=talk show host=false profit=devil's boy toy

[ceazer219]

wow, wtf's going on out here , out here , well, heres a long storty short , he say's a sell out huh...... well i see a big ass western union sign on his pic , for some one that's against sellin out , he's promonting them [ western union] so fuck off you within 15 mins nucca... he's just tryin 2 make a name 4 him self , or tryin 2 bring his self back from the dead . that jew commint he said back in the days , let it go , move on dot org my nigga.... i know he still cant be mad ... wow

[youngdrodeau]

@ceazer219 What?The western union sign is edited in.

[hintlo1]

@ceazer219 ... Ceazer this is an edited picture.... lol.......

[cappavellie]

a sodomite to a west indain is a dead man walking. in jamaica they hunt sodomites and sanction them on the spot, so I don't blam Kris for disowning his sodomite son. if they was in the islands, like trinidad or jamaica the boy would be killed so he is lucky. neither the chi chi mon or the bulla mon will be safe on the return of the Messiah. nor will any sellouts to the beast. Selah.

[ScaryHairyJerry]

KRS-ONE = no sell-out!

Him reunited again with JUST-ICE!!!

Album : POLITRICKS.

He s still numer 1,2,3,4 and 5!

RESPECT to H.I.M. Haillie Selassie, the First and KRS-ONE(B.D.P.)!!!!!

From Amsterdam Holland with LOVE!

[BornScreaming]

I just saw the old KRS Sprite commercial. You can't do a commercial for Sprite(owned Coca-Cola) and not be a sellout. Anyone who knows about Coca Cola should know how they steal all the fresh clean drinking water from the third world countries where their companies plants are, leaving NO clean drinking water for the poor starving people who live there. Not to mention that their soda products are pure poison mainly promoted at young people.

[jruiz94]

@BornScreaming Also forgot about the cocaine inside the ingredients...

[7Beyonder]

@BornScreaming

I think its very ironic, that Griff attacks KRS-1 (and damn near erybody else in this industry) for "selling out"...but he still accepts awards from the Soul Train Awards, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...whose sponsors (Time-Life, VIACOM, toxic food, alcohol and soda industries, insurance companies, etc) are the very same companies he accuses others of selling out to.

If you think this industry is poison, then why accept their awards? Check out "GRIFF MAKES 2012 ANNOUNCEMENT"

[Easiderz]

@7Beyonder I FEEL THAT. Thinkin fuck that award, but maybe griff just doesnt want to tarnish the image of p.e....but y give a fuk griff..when the industry is EVIL

[7Beyonder]

@Easiderz

To me, the most vital hip hop artist is Immortal Technique. He travels to Peru and Afghanistan, talks with those who suffer, sponsors food drives in NYC.

His rhetoric matches his actions.

Griff just seems contradictory, and still accepts awards from the industry he accuses of "being toxic, devilish"

[MrUniqueosmosis]

@7Beyonder Your correct good sir you actions tell the story.

[ENJ4321]

@7Beyonder Actually he does because Flava Flav, Chuck D, and Terminator X does. If he wasn't in Public Enemy(and I don't know why he was he doesn't rap, and Flav was already the hype man) no one would give a damn about his opinion.

[threex1]

@BornScreaming you sir are truly an idiot

[Mikelovision]

@BornScreaming Bro, how can a THIRD world country have FRESH CLEAN drinking water? LOL No water is fully clean. It goes through factories to be filtered. ALL of it. And the materials in your home come from other countries too. Made by people doing slave labor. You're just as guilty as them. Anyone who subscribes to EVERYTHING Griff says is a religious conspiracy theorist mental midget sheep. It's sad you even have 31 likes.

[monteindamiddle7]

I think KRS did sell out. He's trying to ride the fence (play both sides). The man is in trouble.

[monteindamiddle7]

KRS1 was one of the few artists I used to listen to, but he faded in the dark just like the rest of them. The only ones who never did lose my respect ended up dead, or their careers were ruined. Something smells fishy (illuminati), and Griff is on point about it. Sign 'O' the times!

[blacksupaman1]

i hope KRS1 didnt sell out cause if so he gotta go

[Loadfaster]

@blacksupaman1 he didnt man..... I love both griff ad the blast master

[johnjnukemsheridan]

@Loadfaster amen ;D

[MADE4FETTI]

ITS SAD BUT ITS TRUE!! THEY OLD SUCKAS NOW!! ITS UP TO THE YOUTH OF GOD TO FIGHT FOR THIS FREEDOM!! OBAMANATION IS HERE aka NWO!! THE ALEX JONES CHANNEL MIGHT LACE YOU UP!!

[Jamillah37]

Grif is that You?

[CaddyOne420]

Cant even hear what dude is saying. The title is slanderous.

[keilyngodson26]

@CaddyOne420 You're white.

[CaddyOne420]

@keilyngodson26 Really? i guess this brown skin is a birth defect.. Check my videos homie.. Temple of Hip Hop... And read the D.O.P whos a hypocrite.

[keilyngodson26]

@CaddyOne420 Was KRS1's son's death a sacrifice? Who knows. I probably loved that nigga more than you, but I can smell a sellout a mile away...and KRS has an odor.

[CaddyOne420]

@keilyngodson26 WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY YO! HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT MY BROTHER. YOU BRAINWASHED FAGGOTS BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SEE ON YOUTUBE! WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU? LOVE? YOU DONT LOVE HIM, HOW DARE YOU EVEN PRETEND! KRS ONE AINT RICH AND FAMOUS YOU ASSHOLE! GET THE FUCK OFF THE ILLUMINATI'S NUTS AND GO FUCK YOURSELF.. FOR REAL.. DISRESPECT.. RANDY WAS MY BROTHER! YOU DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING! YOU DUMB FUCK. DONT YOU EVER SAY SOME SHIT LIKE THAT AGAIN. OR WELL SACRIFICE YOUR FAGGOT ASS!

[keilyngodson26]

@CaddyOne420 You aint sacrificing anything but your manhood, homo. Tell KRS to get off them cracker's dicks and he can get his respect back. Simple ass nigga.

[AndersonSacco]

KRS is a millionaire look it up.He is not poor. He is also supporting the sale of liquor to black youth.

[AndersonSacco]

Krs disowned his son because he was gay,for some one as smart as he is I can not believe he did not figure out that God was testing him.He failed the test though and now is a sellout like most artists.Krs is right Nelly did sellout the music but Krs sold out the people in the end.

[TheHealthHopNetwork]

@AndersonSacco Where did u get that information from?

[keilyngodson26]

@AndersonSacco Pause. I would disown my so if he was gay too.

[krazielos]

keep spreading the truth