Represent! Represent!

There are some people in this country who believe race doesn't matter or exist even. And technically it really doesn't(I've seen the facts in a video). But nonetheless, we do live in a country where it does matter and it does effect things, believe it or not. Especially in your own community. People of color have been misrepresent for longest time in this country and in one particular big area which is in the media. With my lot, we have been made to look threatening, unintelligent, lazy, unmotivated, money hungry, and so on. And when the attacks come from a Conservative outlet or someone just trying to start shit, there are live press conferences or debates. And most of the time you see rappers on the tube trying to defend a whole culture and I have a huge problem with this. represent

There are some known rappers who would be great to represent blacks in discussions about anything that deal with blacks or deal with anything in general, but those rappers are hardly ever called on. Mos Def is probably the only one that is exempt from that. But most of the time its, Jay-Z, or T.I. or Cam'ron or a rapper who continues to blab the same thing over and over again and then you're looking at him like "I could have said something smarter or more in depth than that." Honestly, rappers, are not the best fit to represent black people in the media. I mean, if they were putting Mos, Talib, Lupe, maybe Jay Electronica, or have Immortal Technique for Latin Americans I would be down for that because you can tell they know what they're talking about by listening to their music. We(black ppl) should be having ppl like Cornel West, Tavis Smiley, Micheal Eric Dyson, talking for us, not Ludacris and not even Russell Simmons for that matter. Like honestly. And if the issue is hip hop, get the most intelligent ones not the most popular. People already think hip hop is bad anyway. Why would I want someone to represent me, who has a show about the 30 or so days before they go jail? Why would I want someone to represent me if all their songs talk about spending money and then some of the occasional songs, talk about social issues? NOOOOPE. Jay-Z is a smart guy, he's an incredible lyricist, i think he's the greatest duh, but If I had to choose a rapper to represent my people in the media so the bigots, and racists wont think we're still a bunch of dumb asses who cant keep up, I'm going with someone else who knows they're shit and can talk politics. Why do you think you only see Cornel West and Mos on Bill Maher? Because I'm pretty sure Bill thinks Mos is an intelligent person and he would be a good person to represent a culture. But that's only a guess. That would be my reasoning....

Mr. Beach