The radio—is that (t)rap? Or is there some positive there?
I’m not even gonna get into that
Why not?
Man, discussin’ corporate radio—Hot this, Jammin’ that, Q this, Blazin’ that—is like debating the pros and cons of rape.
But I will say this: Once you educate people about their history, about me, about themselves, they won’t even want to listen to what those stations are playing now. And that’s how those stations will die.
What about people who say you’re dead?
Again, education. I’m not talkin’ about school, but real education. Saying I’m dead is a shock thing, it makes people pay attention. Like, look, if you don’t watch out, Imma die.
I’m not dead, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t die. It doesn’t mean that I’m healthy either. I need to be conserved.
And in the end, people only conserve what they love, and they only love what they understand, and they will only understand what they are taught.
So you have to teach them.
That’s why you see the misogyny, the self-hatred—Black people are not being taught to love themselves. So Black people don’t conserve themselves or each other. It’s time to change that.
Word. Word. Well thank you.
[silence]
Hello…? Hello…? Hip hop? You still there?
Yes, still here. I ain’t going nowhere. I think I’ve got to put this phone back on the base and charge it, though.
All right, well thanks so much for your time.
Peace and remember to tell the people: I am their weapon! Peace.
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ABC,
ABC News,
Abu-Jamal, Mumia
AC/DC
activism, merger of art and (artivist)
Adidas
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hip-hop artists and
targeted at children
&nb
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Africa, John
African National Congress (ANC)
Afriya, Afrar
Afrocentricity
agricultural workers
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