Rockford IL -- NO HIP HOP ALLOWED!!!

[BarrowsPureMing]

why should we pay tax money for cops to watch a bunch of dumb asses at a rock/metal concert to beat the shit out of one another on a moshpit.

your fuckin retarded, think before you talk ppl.

you cant blame one type of music

[RonnyVain89]

No Hip Hop allowed, because it SUCKS! Rock n' Roll all the way, baby!

[sssstephschroeder]

I attend at least 10 hip hop concerts a year in either Chicago or Milwaukee. I have never witnessed any problems or violence because of music. Rockford is just lame and racist. I have seen it first hand seeing as how I am a white male from cherry valley who attended rockford schools. I have grown to dislike most white people from Rockford mainly because it seems as though they think black people are the root of all problems. Let's face facts here, Rockford is full of racist rednecks.

[Pokemon978IsBackOn]

@sssstephschroeder Only on the west side. Btw, is it hot at your place too?

[Fejization]

CHECK OUT FEJIZATION HE A WHITE RAPPER FROM ROCKFORD

[kinghuetron]

Everytime this club has a hip hop show there is always problems and the police are always called out costing taxpayers money. In this town if you have the cops at your bar too many times they will close you. For us that go downtown when there is a concert there, you have to avoid that block due to punks harrassing people going by on the sidewalk.

[Hendricksoninc]

its ROCKford. The ROCK band Cheap Trick started here. I don't blame the places for shutting down! Hip hop sucks! I agree however that it isn't fair.

[3073020]

Rockford is a perfect City to hold these concerts in ! There is nothing to do in that City any way, and most of the people that live there like a good party !

[elexacoleman1996]

@3073020 Hahah ikr. This city is soo boring.!

[FTLDtv]

exactly. . this video is ponting out what al of you comments are saying. you hate onasomething you dont even know. none of you know backgrounds of hiphop and rap and instead of finding out you guys hate on it just cuz it started wihth black people and rockford has a bunch of hick racists tht hate niggers and mexicans. geez. check yourself before you wreck yourself ppl

[cote246813579]

Weather you like it or not hip hop is a genra of music and should be able to preform

[arbutuswatcher]

The people of Rockford are fed up with the BS of bar concerts turning into a shot-out at the O.K. Corral. Gangs have caused us enough trouble in our town. The whole Westside has a negative stigma thanks to the gang bangers, protecting their turf, selling their drugs, and pimping their women. We've had enough of your BS. If you can't act civil, and insist on behaving like animals, then you're going to be handled accordingly. Deal with it.

[hardORjumpstylePICK2]

hey, i dnt like hip hop, i thnk its mainstream, BUT i do like music. i agree w/ these ppl i thnk that is unfair, nything cn b unsafe or dangerous but its not th music tht makes it unsafe, thats predjudice. hip hop may b done by ppl in gangs but tht doesnt mean we hv 2 hate on it, man u all b trolls on here, its sick. gangs r a lifestyle and alot of times its NOT a choice, quit bein haters. i think th city is just bein a dick. i hope u guys get some better support...

from.. small city white kid

[r1chie311music]

Hip Hop? more like hopping and landing on a peice of poooo

[dugz442]

hip hop is boring!



[ALRULZ1965]

Maybe if fans of this garbage didnt act like animals this would'nt be an issue

[giantcandy]

or maybe..fix the code violations...maybe? idk call me crazy...

[anguillalaw]

You dumbass niggers

stay out of belvidere....

[infamuzblayze]

@anguillalaw bitch get that racist shyt outta here

[kuei1248]

***FORBES UPDATE***

This years rankings are in! How did Rockford do this year? Rockford continues it's steep climb in "The Nation's Most Miserable Cities" list for 2010. Rockford's crime, police abuse, taxes, property values and jobs and job pay bring it way up to #14!!! That's right Rockfordians. Another double digit increase. Surely, this means Rockford takes the lead when it comes to rate of acceleration towards #1. Thank the mayor, thank the police, and thank all the crackheads that played.

[kuei1248]

Rockford is nothing but a ghetto now. Cops have turned it into a shit hole. Crooked cops, crooked judges, crack heads. No jobs. The biggest industry in Rockford now is building jails. They just built 1 huge new jail and are building an even bigger one. Locking people up for minor offenses with huge bail amounts is the way they pay their bills. Companies are leaving in huge numbers. A crack house is on just about every corner. Rockford is a disgusting and dirty place with No future.

[TierreUlrich]

Aint that the truth. I used to live there and have been fortunate enough to get away. Do the same.

[kuei1248]

I got the hell out of that shit hole too.

[infamuzblayze]

@kuei1248 me too

[infamuzblayze]

@kuei1248 yea its fucked up foreal i used to live here i had to move to madison man FUCK THAT! they wont even let anyone get a chance its because all them chicago people are comin down here with all that gang shyt u know?

[infamuzblayze]

@kuei1248 but its them ignorant youngsters

[kuei1248]

@infamuzblayze Gangsters aren't the problem. The problem is crooked cops, judges and the mayor. The court invites the problem. The only income Rockford has now is building and filling the jails. They WANT the drugs and gangs so they can keep the money rolling in. If it were not for drugs and gangs in rockford lawyers, cops, judges, corrections officers, probation officers and rehab workers would be out of work. Then what? The only gainful employment in rockford relies on the drug trade.

[soleternity]

its foolish and hilarious to think ANY of these bars or event coordinators would EVER be allowed to request police patrol for free. They have to pay significant rates for an off duty police officer to take an extra shift. I've done it before, so unlike every single other commentor, I know how this system works. The only crutch the commentors are leaning on is DONT SPEND OUR TAXES ON SECURING UR EVENTS. guess what, it dont work like that. that is insulting to the police force 4 u to assume that.

[kuei1248]

@sole The police force insults itself. Rockford has the worst police in Illinois. The rockford police have turned that city into a complete garbage dump, along with help from the courts and the mayor. Rockford police are a viral infection. Rockford was once a thriving industrial city. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED! Rockford police are a complete disgrace to the entire state of Illinois. When I go to rockford I go there to shit! And, I bring my own toilet paper because rockford is too poor to supply it.

[Brianvidsnow]

Gangs are idiots... dumb asses....

[rmhanzel]

Gee, maybe if you didn't throw gang signs everywhere, people wouldn't think you were a problem. I swear shit is getting worse and worse when it comes to logic in America.

[Seattle206723]

The power of influence is huge, just look around you at the people you have to deal with family also.

For some moving was working in chicago and living out by guilford high school.

For me 2K miles was better. Ill never forget picking up my Last UPS and Dungarvin check and Hitting I 90 West..

Just me $1700 dollar, a $400 89 Grand am and ambition to make a better life..

Now I have a family 3 cars, a home, a small business, and im still young in my early 30's.

The hell with Rockford.

[rmhanzel]

To hell with Illinois is more like it.

[Seattle206723]

Some agree and some dont with my comments some show there very ignorace and only reinforce my beliefs that moving was the right decision for me.

I have family that stretch from behind Farm and Fleet to the West Side of Rockford. Make no mistakes about it, I got people in my family who have commited some serious crimes and convicted of even murder more then one of them.

I had the common sense to look around me and undrestand how influence in one's life works..... Cont on next post

[Seattle206723]

After reading these comment's and seeing this video only confirms what I thought about how people viewed me in that city lol.

Glad I moved away years ago and haven't even been back to visit sry mom and pop's.

There are some constructive views and points on both sides. But the overall message is loud and clear.

I would like to make a suggestion, move away and out of Rockford. Don't look back im alot richer for it, trust me you can do better then Rockford.

[clinique8701]

I am sorry to say that Rockford is my hometown and I will never move back. I always hated that town. I agree with you.

[Seattle206723]

Amen too that... There's 3 others out here from Rockford also I have met over the years. What you say is true they all say the same thing they hated Rockford.

[01svtlighting]

haha Rockford is badd but they have Tumbleweed's and Beef A Roo haha

[Seattle206723]

Yeah, well every city has its ups and down's... Here you got the Homosexual Mafia out in strong force. Big Gay Parades with every freak of nature marching down the street..

Imagine going to chicago in rush hour traffic but the people aren't going to work there going to the GAY PRIDE PARADE thats how many are flocking to down town right now as I type.

[kingkongrichie]

omg gay & proud lol you're white trash, racist piece of crap. LOL don't worry you will be able to come out in a few years

[Seattle206723]

Gay & Proud? Dont quite know what to make of that... you must have hit reply to the wrong person..

[rmhanzel]

I am very glad I am nowhere near Seattle right now, I can't stand any kind of pride parade. They have every kind of parade execpt for white and male, apparently it's shuned upon nowadays.

[Seattle206723]

Ohh make no mistakes about it, were working on the homosexual mafia right now.. I for one can't wait to get my hand on the refferendum 71 balot to get these gay's out my pocket.

I have never lost my midwest values and I for one speak with a lot of like minded from back east that feel the same way..

As for prades for white and male I dont think they have any in Wheeling Illionis either there.. I never seen one in Rockford either for any race at all. Cont...

[Seattle206723]

If you checked any of my comments you would see me raging aginst the dam gay parades up here. This is the first city I have seen that has alot of parades for all races.. Yes All the russian community has one and they aint people of color so check your facts..

There are no real racial issues up here, this is the land of milk and honey make no mistakes about it.

You prbly came here and had some real serious views and can't keep them to yourself or your group thats your problem.. rmhanzel

[Seattle206723]

Almost for got one thing, the Parade for White Male's... They do for a fact make up the Majority of the Pride Parade that happens here every year in Seattle..

Just so you know, hmmm maybe that might substitue or something. /shrug

[ncgtr]

Why should we have to use our tax dollars to ramp up security at your rowdy events? If your events show a history of negative outcome where violence is both imminent and palpable, then the citizens of Rockford are not going to tolerate the facilitation of such acts. All you have to do is look at your fellow cohorts' comments down below to get a scope of the lack of civility we have to deal with in Rockford on a daily basis. You should be speaking out to your kind about how to act in public.

[normank27]

I agree 100%

[soleternity]

"Your fellow cohorts" is a generalization. Obviously we don't shut down all of the schools and refuse to educate our children simply because some of those children use and sell illegal drugs in schools. Instead, we try to help. Why is it that Rockford fails to see that allowing music and artistic expression are some of the best ways to help our community and bring money? Rockford does realize this, despite those like ncgtr who live in ignorance in their community instead of in harmony with it.

[keshad1]

@soleternity their ignorance has just killed another music studio with fire damage.

SUPPORT ROCKFORD MUSIC/HIP-HOP

[keshad1]

@soleternity their ignorance has just killed another music studio with fire damage.

SUPPORT ROCKFORD MUSIC/HIP-HOP!

[bdogbriguy]

hip hop sucks anyway!

[escoadrian23]

stupid fuck. country ass bitch

[bdogbriguy]

haha ok little boy Adrian. I bet you are a hardass at st petes middle school. However, with a name like Adrian, I bet your the bitch!

[buckie0201]

funny, in Ontario, a hip-hop concert is the last place fights break out, and we have rap concerts ALL the time, Big Daddy Kane in Toronto!!!

[rmhanzel]

Uh, your comparing Canada to America, buddy. I wonder where the first place a fight would break out would be... Besides the hockey rink. lol.

[Brianvidsnow]

My home town. Yeah.

[KritxKorner]

Rap when it started, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five etc., was great and was worthy of listening to. Now corporatized Sucks! Everything from the stupidity of the dress to the immature ballcaps. Its ok for tweens but seriously. There are no talented singers. Just talkers and pretenders. Just some wannabes so go live in Ca or New York.

[escoadrian23]

stupid bitch

[Livefast7487]

"I think they should just brush it off"....is this guy retarded? Brush it off so another shooting, another fight can happen?? And no they aren't going to waste time and resources on "securing" it. That's what the actual bar should hire credible security companies for. Police need to be out in the city, not waiting to extinguish violence at a rap concert. This guy is missing the point, the police shouldn't have to secure anything, because if they do that means there's a problem with it.

[normank27]

I agree, look at Jt's bourban ST, it's an all black bar with the exception of a few white girls that date them. They all kinds of fights and shooting and then play the race card about discrimination

[Shizzlacher]

Right, because bar fights have never taken place amongst caucasians.

GTFOOHWTBS

[normank27]

You're absolutely right and that was foolish on my part to say fights however I noticed you said nothing about the shootings, becuase they almost never occur in bars or bar parking lots with whites

[Shizzlacher]

Bullshit. I've met rednecks who've been shot when a bar brawl spilled out to the parking lot.

[normank27]

well i'll believe that, glad i haven't met these people

[Shizzlacher]

What concerts? What the hell are you talking about? I can count the amount of rap concerts held @ Coronado & the MetroCentre the past two decades on one hand.

[Ewing5150]

i agree with them. hip hop is horrible. and yes it is vulgar. but you dont normally hear everyday people talking about pimps,drugs, bitches, and whores.

so clean it up. seriously.

[Ghettodemyn]

actually where rap is usually played that's damn near the only things we talk about there are pimps whores drugs and bitches everywhere where we live.you just happen to live in that not so protective bubble known as the suburbs, and btw not all rap is vulgar listen to some common talib kweli mos def

[iluvthemedicdroid]

rap sucks ass.

[Blahbevava]

I live in Rockford and I agree in preventing it until hip hop/rap clean up their act. Pressing play on a drum machein and yelling profanity is not tallent, its Crap! Hip hop started out as a posative thing and much of the early stuff was great stuff. What the heck happend? I would support hip hop concerts if 99% of it today wasn't always an expression of stupidity, profanity and hate. Its not Origional anymore! this stuff just divides us- We are One Race the Human Race!!

[Shizzlacher]

Yeah, well I'm pretty sure whatever you consider to be "art" sucks balls.

Oops, did I just say something SUCKS BALLS?!!?

Why yes, I did. I'm vulgar. Our music is vulgar. Our culture is vulgar. Our planet is vulgar. I'm not apologizing to you or anyone else that has a problem with it.

[Blahbevava]

I'm not asking you to apologize, I'm all for free expression. Only why is the expression always seem to be negative. I have nothing against your culture. I just don't understand why all music today including that from my own culture is so negative and deppresing. I appreciate all kinds of art from classical to hip hop, I'm not knocking the style, only what I think it has become along with other styles of music being destroyed as well.

[Shizzlacher]

That's complete tunnel vision. There's more than a sufficient amount of Hip Hop out RIGHT NOW that isn't negative or depressing. Turn off the radio. Turn off BET. Leave the mainstream alone. Hip Hop, like all other genres of music, is still pushing the envelope. If you left the radio and video stations alone and took upon yourself to seek out the best material available, you'd find more than enough of it.

[reymysterio61900]

FUCK RAP

[CantBanMySkills56]

Fuck u rap is cool bitch

[darealdjjumpoff]

fuk da city..i had all my parties i was throwin here cancelled by cops on da same day of the party..dey tryna have us on lockdown jo

[gabrielstangel]

i live in rockford to

[SoCrazyInLove1323]

i live in rockford

[rockfordlaw]

I'm cleaning up the trash in Rockford and Belvidere starting with you.

[Deaoxide]

i live in rockford!!!!

[shawn61102]

i did not post last coment

[givethankstoveterans]

If Rockford is the only city that you can play in that band must really suck,maybe they should hip hop away to another city

[demonicpower1]

it's because they live her retard!!!!

[shawn61102]

your a lil bitch you dont know shit about the ridge an who the fuck said thats the only city they play at faget

[usdnbrep]

What? I never heard about a riot occuring outside of Bar 3 with a couple hundred people. That place can hardly hold a 100 if that.

If a riot occurred anywhere downtown that included "hundreds of people" you would hear about it.

[usdnbrep]

The shooting aren't occuring because of hip hop. They are a scapegoat for a city government that refuses to address the root causes of poverty and violence in our city.

Hip Hop is not the issue, its the lack of jobs, the drugs and guns, the decaying school system etc...

[usdnbrep]

Yes, and crime is very underreported in Rockford. It has the 2nd highest crime rate of any midsized city in the US (Dayton being the only one higher).

More money, more social programs, more money into education is whats need. Also we need less divisive media as seen here.

I've been to plenty of local hip hop shows where no gang fights or violence has been present. Even the infamous shooting outside of Kryptonite was not related to the show but a seperate incident.

[shawn61102]

wrong

[usdnbrep]

Also there is no way their would be hundreds outside of Bar 3. That place is tiny. I was there a few days before this and it seemed fine.

Its really shady that they decided to inspect just a few hours before this.

But we agree on most things. Rockford IL has some serious problems. I don't know if we can fix them and thats side considering I was born and raised here.

[shawn61102]

retard outside dont meen in

[shawn61102]

sorry i did not post last coment

[JUSKENZ]

UH...Why don't you try to come up to CODE?

[normank27]

rockford is the only venue you play??