Congressional Hearings on Hip Hop - Panel 2 (4 of 9)

[sonbarably]

Was there ever a hearing on "sex drugs and rock-n-roll"?

The only difference between us and Germany is that Germans were honest.

[StackCityEntOfficial]

whats up with the sound?

[mgilbo1]

At 4:20, this guy has no right to even mention Martin Luther Kings name. He would be appauled at what these guys think and act. To claim they have no responsibility for black childrens actions as the children themselves worship these fools is just plain idiotic and pathetic. Thats like saying I spiked the punch with gin and refuse to take responsibility for some guy killing himself driving home. They don't care about you, they help your neighborhoods just to sell more records.

[Malifx]

Are you even paying attention, he wasn't the one who said he has no responsibility. He actually said the total opposite!

[Sharif312]

he went from a black panther to being on congress UNCLE TOM

[Blackmilitant421]

Dude you're totally completely lost...Rap music is a plan by rich white men to get black men to kill themselves or be in poverty. Who pays the rappers? Wake up and see...David banner and Master P will say anything to protect their profits...they work for the government.

[mgilbo1]

Yes blackmilitant421, and they force you to listen to it as well. When is blame whitey ever going to end? I don't see too many blacks standing up against negative hip hop, do you?  If anything, white people are now struggling to keep negative hip hop from their children as more and more pretend to be thugs and gang bangers. As long as blacks support thug life and continue to act like hiphop videos, their young have no chance.

[Blackmilitant421]

What are you talking about? There are protests on Capital hill for this music every year. But the problem is its all black people. The government doesn't listen to black people and even U know that. Rap won't stop until white people stand up and speak out against it. The only problem is as long as Universal keeps hiring only black rappers, White people will only see rap as a "black" problem. And its not blame whitey its blame the government. The government is not "Whitey" Get it right.

[SyracuseWholesaler]

Read your post above blackmilitant. It says quote" Rap music is a plan by RICH WHITE MEN to get black men to kill themselves." Are you kidding me? I agree w/your second post that it is a gov't problem, but give me a break about the rich white men thing. Black people support these thugs in rap music who talk like idiots in public but send their kids to private schools behind the scenes. And as for you saying white people need to stand up against rap... If they did they are called racists.

[joceeco]

If I were not seeing this, I would not believe that congress is wasting our tax dollars on this bullshyt. If they had taken the money that they used for this hearing and put it into innercity schools, we would not have to discuss such shyt. This is why Americans are so fed up with this government.

[ejylaw123]

why was there a hearing in the first place?

[blackplatano]

mos def and talib should have been on this shit.

[rodzinska]

yeah, for sure

[shanlest]

dang david banner is on it!!! Boy that is sooooo true!

[hiphop2renaissance]

damn, david banner did his thing. i never knew this dude could articulate hit thoughts this well. do wat u do david!

[Urbanart90]

DB got off topic alot.

[2pac66]

dam david banner love that shit

[dukeoutlaw]

a waste of tax money

[heavybarz]

UR A WASTE OF TAX MONEY

[dav1625]

i never knew david banner was so briliant

[uscstudent13]

brilliant? wouldn't use that word

[dav1625]

deez nutz

[ushmel]

David Banner keeps going off on tangents...

[lunatiksAlterEgo]

why arent labels being talked about, they tha ones that pressure rappers to rap about that type of shit, ask saigon.

[DomWhatley]

YOooooo!!!!! SCAREFACE is one of the MOST RENOWNED MOVIES EVER, WHITE GANGSTER???? I bet if Italians start rap'n THESE WOULD NOT BE THE ISSUES...AMERICA!!!! IS SOME BULL...the arnold analogy kilt it for me, GOOD JOB BANNER...

[bludagreatest]

Yall arguing against each other man if you black fuck that argument shit its about unity call me what u want but I was a tru gangsta.

[dontsend36]

Wow... a real idiot convention.

[9dee93]

Some don't know this .. idiot is a quick answer. A while back.. a bunch of lispy crackers were telling stories about idiots! indiotsth! indiathhss! and then they wrote stories about Indians.

[Deerych]

David Banner repulses me to the core. He should not have been there to represent ANYBODY!!!! I'm so disgusted & repulsed. I have a headache.

[ushmel]

Care to elaborate why?

[shoes1922]

head hurt for no real reason huh. you make my balls hurt just cuz u are u

[se7en4life]

he says that its just music...no its not, it the reality of world issues mashed into a compact disc. what he has to understand is that words are weapons,especially when you got over a million spectators listening with lights flashing on you.

[undaunted4life]

P..is a sell out!

[bluelocket]

Master P is not a sell out!!! This shows how ignorant people are!! Just because a black man got an education does not mean he a sell out. He been through a lot when he was young. He is a strong brave man for stepping up and trying to do the right thing. trying to improve the black community. so shut up. Master is NOT a sell out

[undaunted4life]

SELLOUT THESE NUTS

[kemgems]

the word nigga will not die yet cause niggas like david banner is still coonin!

[mowhit1]

David keeps talking about Katrina, but those areas were shitty b4 the storms hit. All those rappers from there instead of buying rims and grills should have built up their communities. They dont own shit down there. No land nothing. Making all that money off of rap and dont own shit. They get mad at Oprah but she does not have to coon or work another day in her life because she owns shit. She did not go out and buy dumbshit like grills.

[mowhit1]

David talked about slavery, but he is pretty much cooning for his record label just like Nelly and TI. It jsut baffles me that these brothas dont get it. Hip hop is so powerful it can change the world. They are blowing it. This war, this administration, rap could have had a say on it by gathering the masses.

[victornewman06]

I'm the last person that wants to censor anybody, but when you are a part of the problem and you have a "voice" to reach the masses, I honestly think that it's a moral obligation to reach your people to let them know even if you choose this walk of life, there are consequences. A lot of music doesn't do that. And that's the kind of music you hear on the radio. That's the music you see on TV at 3 in the afternoon.

[victornewman06]

Excuses!!!!!!!! David Banner is a clown. Stop making excuses and mentioning other ills of society to 'soft shoe' what you do. It's not about white people, I could care less that white people make buffoons out of themselves. There is a difference between social commentary about what's going on in the hood, as opposed to exploiting and glorifying the ills of the ghetto. He's a smart brother, don't get me wrong, but he's making excuses.

[flex05rjm]

Daaaam David Banner a real educated brother too bad he gotta dumb down his music

[kemgems]

you can't be serious! straight shuckin and jivin.

[DanDaMan03]

Wow....Mr. Banner!

[crunkman1]

Wow is true! David Banner is a sharp educated brother! Terminator and Snoop Dogg! Totally fits the society we live in. Makes perfect sense.

[se7en4life]

but thats different in a sense because the terminator is not seen as reality unless a person i that dumb to think it is. what snoop dogg and alot of other rappers preach are actual society issues. and thats why it has a different affect on the world.

[kemgems]

you hit it right on the dome.

[shoes1922]

they both engage in violent entertainment. Let ur son choose who he wants to b like. what a hair-splitter u are

[LAYBiRD]

The Terminator VS. Snoop Dogg analogy was a good point. It absolutely true!! In reality, the white man is privileged to more 'social acceptances' than a black man is.

[kemgems]

it's not an excuse to continue to act a fool.

that't monkey see monkey do.

[LAYBiRD]

This is true. But in this situation, i feel like this is a fight against hip hop and we need to finish the fight with the government and then attack the irresponsible in the black community. its black's people responisbility to deal with "the fools" not the government. so i'm not saying its okay, but i dun feel the white man should be asking the black man about 'his' problems. yuh digg!

[kemgems]

i think the government and society as a whole is the biggest part of our problem.

we've been down for a long time.

every time one of us gain $1 we become a freed slave.

so if a record label (controlled by the government and society) offers a poor young black individual riches under the condition that the artist will record negative music, the black artist will jump at the chance to feed themselves and their family. this is the governments strength.

[dontsend36]

No, your problem is that you blame everyone else. If you couldn't blame your shortfalls on the government or a white person, you would actually have to speak proper english and fit in with society. By doing this, you may actually benefit society.

[SDIGGIE]

I hope if Masta-P is going to come join the fight of educating our kids he checks him-self into the nearest college.

[DanDaMan03]

lol.... he's doing the best he can with what he has and doing a good job