Current state of hip hop_PT_9

Tha Following comment is courtesy of Keith Boykin Producer and creator of the 10 part series

This powerful segment in our 10 part series on Hip Hop vs. The World, discusses the images that we see in Hip Hop videos. On the panel is Melyssa Ford, a former video vixen, turned actress/mogul, who speaks from a point of experience on how the game has changed since the days when she was in music videos.

As we continue this discussion, we will bring you bonus footage from past interviews with panelist and other members of the hip hop community world wide.

BET NEWS Presents HIP HOP vs. AMERICA, a Powerful Special Addressing the Current State of Hip-Hop
Honest, Candid Town Hall Meetin BET NEWS Presents HIP HOP vs. AMERICA, a Powerful Special Addressing the Current State of Hip-Hop
Honest, Candid Town Hall Meeting Features Voices Across the Full Spectrum of Opinion Including Nelly, T.I., Chuck D, MC Lyte, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Reverend Al Sharpton, Stanley Crouch, Cornel West, Mike Jones, Master P, Kim Osorio, Dr. Ben Chavis, Judg
Parts I and II to Premiere on Tuesday, September 25 and Wednesday, September 26 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, With Part III to Air Exclusively on BET ON BLAST

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Hip-hop culture and controversy have always made for familiar bedfellows. Yet, in the wake of the Imus controversy and in a year when the genre's sales have tumbled, hip-hop finds itself under an exceptional amount of scrutiny and pressure -- and the stakes have never been higher. BET NEWS takes a powerful and compelling look at the state of hip-hop today in a three-part series titled HIP HOP vs. AMERICA. Hosted by BET's own Toure and Jeff Johnson, this special showcases a candid, heated forum that will allow audiences to hear the opinions of prominent leaders in the hip-hop industry, the political realm, academia and the Black church

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[EAsports93]

man what really fucked up hip hop was money

[jabbaro12]

Melyssa ford sexy.

[TheDesignerdogz]

the doctor at the end had a colorful vocabulary

maybe he should rapping about rappers

[CraiggChris]

Melyssa Ford stays talking about sacrifices, just be a strong minded person, thats all.

[YOPEF]

where TIP go

[JPtv3000]

This is one of the most embarcing programs and points of black history. Looking at this I see why don Imus said what he said. This is not just a panel of hip hop

this is a panel of socalled black america know or not "so called" they picked the biggest misfits they could find that where dumb enuff. I am black and i think blacks need to go back strugglen for a while. The strongest black america was pre civil rights era. thats my peace let me know how you feel

[maverick2215]

@Iluv2bblk theyre attacking commerical wackness nelly speaks for that. unfortunatly not alot of folks no about the real

[ShadowSpy]

@bullldogs004 yeah nelly is fucking defending for himself not hip hop, he's like a dog barking at anyone, like a barbaric idiot

[Iluv2bblk]

Sinces when do Nelly speak for hip hop?

[BigTek9]

All the work in the femanist movement and equal rights and women still talk about what men are doing "to" them, wake up sisters, you're doing it to yourselves. Women have all the power in the world to change perception as proved through the femanist movement but the fact is they're are many women out there who like to be objectified because in the end they hold the power. When a women does no more than show some skin and gets evrything a man has in his pockets who's the real victim?

[bwidger]

AMEN DR WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS!!! WHOOT