Frenetic Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I wonder if the gangstarapper in the audience and the nominated fellas like Fifty, Eminem, G-unit and so on will be offended like Eminem was when Will said the thing about coming up without using foul language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevTastic Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Great article, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 thanks a lot!!!! :2thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshPrincess Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 thanks for posting, i enjoyed reading that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesUK Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I hope 50 cent, eminem etc are in the audience to see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfuqua23 Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 (edited) Quite a bit jumped out at me with that article. Will said 'black Americans' are one of the highest things to the people he visited. And that all those gangster rappers don't realize what power they have. What I wonder, is that if they realize they have it, will they use it for something better and good and for their own damn self and continue to be greedy, ignorant, conceited, or whatever each one of them breaks down to be? And that "squeaky clean" remark is getting on my nerves. I guess if your an African-American and you rap, U just gotta be the one to say cuss words in your music. When rap was born, there was no standard that said you had to cuss. It's not a standard in anything else in life, so why does it apply to rap? I just don't understand that. I think this will be the greatest BET awards we'll see in a long time because of the positives and negatives going into this event. Edited June 28, 2005 by mfuqua23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Hero1 Posted June 28, 2005 Admin Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 yeah its funny hes gonna say this on BET because they are partly responsible for the current situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefCEM Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Aww man, that article is on fire! Will tells the truth. hes really wise. i wonder what the reaction from all those gangsta rappers will be. haha, i just try to imagine Em and Will on stage... that will surely be one of the best award shows ever (i havent even watched any BET award show yet...) Wouldnt it be dope when Will calls out Jeff onto the stage to perform? just imagine. before he calls him out, he should talk a lil bit about him and how it was back in da day. Not like on the other performances where Jazzy is already on the tables in the background. JJFP Rock The House Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I agree with fuq, it gets kinda annoying to hear the media say that Will's a "squeaky clean rapper" 'cause he ain't the only rapper out there not cursing in his rhymes, people don't call Rakim a "squeaky clean rapper" but the albums he did with Eric B. including the one of the greatest albums ever "Paid In Full" had no PA stickers on them either, but they don't say that about Rakim probably 'cause he ain't as popular as Will, I think it's just jealousy by the media, I hope Will performs "I Wish I Made That" tonight, that'd be quite a statement right there! :chuks: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Very cool!! I love this article. I can't wait 2 see what he has 2 say. Hopefully this will drive people 2 pick up the new album...which could change the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsJim89 Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Can't wait to watch this tonite! Will keeps on speaking the truth! No matter how many people may deny him and be ignorant, he keeps on talking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcpbball30 Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Yeah, great statements by Will, he really knows what he is talking about. Hopefully, people understand his message and realize that fame should be used for positives. Can't wait for the BET Awards tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mimi* Posted June 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 hey! no problem guys! I was surpirsed cuz this was on the front page of Yahoo news. Pretty big right there. Plus, other rap boards are given him props on this one too. This article showed to me he really cares about the image black Americans are sending to children and other blacks aroud the world. If other rappers are smart enough, they'll take Will's statement into consideration. But then again, nowadays money runs music, and whne that happens any creativity and decency goes out the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 It's nice to see Will give props to Common and Mos Def for putting it down even though they don't make it on 106 & Park, it shows that he recognizes talented artists even when they ain't that popular, I wish he'd give more props to underground rappers too that're working hard to keep the essence of hip-hop alive of being role models for the people that listen to them 'cause when Will speaks, people listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfuqua23 Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 U know what, I just noticed something. "Will urges rappers to become role models" It'd probably be better stated as positive role models, because no matter what, we are all role models to somebody out there. It may be for 5 seconds, it may be 5 years, it may be 5 lifetimes (ok a bit much). I remember my teacher made an example out of Charles Barkley. Barkley said he's not a role model for kids, so he can do whatever he wants (or something like that), but really (whether he likes it or not, he is). Same deal with Tupac comes to mind. He had the same attitude for a point. "I do whatever I like, I'm not a role model" - from 'Pac's Theme' (Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...) That was taken from some interview excert I would imagine. So these rappers are role models to at least somebody. It's just a matter of them knowing it and doing something about it, may that be positive or negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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