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#21
Apr 14, 2008
 
housemouse wrote:
Did any of you hear her say this just because it is in print does not mean she said it. The way the print press like to print what is going to get the must out of the readers.
Your kidding..right? If not put down the crack pipe and get some freash air.
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#22
Apr 14, 2008
 
Im reading this and you guys are accusing her of racism when yall are responding with just as much hate and even more. Even though I agree her statements are wrong she never said " I hate white people because of this and that"..but yall are accusing her of being uneducated and racist because of something she directed toward the government and the media. She is just defending MUSIC which is under constant scrutiny but you guys rather take that and use it as fuel to express your own biases and personal feelings which you already had deep down inside. If a rock and roll band accused the government and media for saying it was "devil music", I wouldnt be taking it as a racial insult just freedom of speech. Its 2008 and yall ready to boycott Alicia Keys, its not that serious.
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#23
Apr 14, 2008
 
Hey Yak-3,

Way to go! You just lowered yourself to Alicia's level. Both of you sound a bit crazed.
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#24
Apr 14, 2008
 
What a load of crap...Alicia needs to stick to trying to sing and keep government issues alone.
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#25
Apr 14, 2008
 
This is a complete nut job. And by the way I'm sure she thinks the goverment is following her as well. Just shut up and play some music and stop spouting off crazy accusations.
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Apr 14, 2008
 
David C wrote:
"Keys also said that the feud between Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. was fueled "by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing."
Oh yes, I can see it now: Booker T. Washingon, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Malcom X, and Notorious B.I.G., all mentioned in the same sentence together as great black leaders. Give me a break!
ROFLMAO!!! HOO, that was good! LOL!
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Apr 14, 2008
 
at work wrote:
Im reading this and you guys are accusing her of racism when yall are responding with just as much hate and even more. Even though I agree her statements are wrong she never said " I hate white people because of this and that"..but yall are accusing her of being uneducated and racist because of something she directed toward the government and the media. She is just defending MUSIC which is under constant scrutiny but you guys rather take that and use it as fuel to express your own biases and personal feelings which you already had deep down inside. If a rock and roll band accused the government and media for saying it was "devil music", I wouldnt be taking it as a racial insult just freedom of speech. Its 2008 and yall ready to boycott Alicia Keys, its not that serious.
I think it was the part about the government conspiring to get blacks to kill each other that sounded kinda racist. Oh, and the bit about Tupak and what's-his-name...something about the government keeping a "great black leader from existing".....something like that. Sounds racist to me.

And your comment about "devil music" doesn't even match this issue. Now if the rock & roll band said the government *encouraged* devil music to keep white people out of Heaven, well then THAT would sound racist.
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#28
Apr 14, 2008
 
Another brain dead actress spaeks up!
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#29
Apr 14, 2008
 
SENSE wrote:
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uhhh, just for the record, Public Enemy is not the gangsta rap she was referring to.
I also think you may not have understood her comments and are taking them out of context. Alicia Keys is an extraordinary artist who is very successful.
I still love her after her statements.
PE nor NWA were Gangsta but folks labeld them that way..I have no problems with Alicia..
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#30
Apr 14, 2008
 
What? She has got to be kidding. Another "it wasn't our fault" cry.
Seems to me the stories of threats, stealing, shootings, etc. coming out of the "gangsta rap" world were not due to government fabrication or instigation.
Of course, her attitude of what she believes is power proves that the government had nothing to do with this.
Bunch of crap.
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#31
Apr 14, 2008
 
So I guess since the racist keys says it's o.k. to openly display her gold-plated AK-47 which she attests symbolizes "strength, power and killing 'em dead" that it is o.k. with her and her spiritual advisor and mentor jeremiah wright that people of other races can now wear sterling silver or white gold noosependants symbolizing "hang 'em high"? Keys is a walking hate crime by her own admission and should be arrested. Piece of trash.
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#32
Apr 14, 2008
 
Well, it is just another excuse for why things are they way they are. We certainly would not want people to take responsibilty for their own actions, oh no we cannot have that. Blame your woes on others rather than acting like an adult, your behaviors are everyone else's fault but your own
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Apr 14, 2008
 
I HOPE THEY ARE MIS QUOTING HER. IF NOT AND SHE REALLY FEELS THIS WAY THEN, SHE STUPI$. NOBODY TOLD DR. DRE,ICE CUBE, SNOOP DOG, EAZY E, AND THE REST WHO STARTED WITH NWA TO JUMP UP AND START GANG BANGIN ON THE RADIO. JUST BECAUSE AN OPPORTUNITY IS THERE DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT. THEY SAW $$$ AND SOLD US OUT TO GANGSTER RAP. JUST BECAUSE SOME RICH WM FRONTED THEM THE $$$. WE ARE ALLOWED TO HEAR SNOOP AND 50 AND DRE BUT, PUBLIC ENEMY, SISTA SOULJAH ARE OFF LIMITS. GANGSTA RAP WAS CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED BY BLACKS FOR BLACKS. SHE HAS A CHARM AROUND HER NECK LIKE AN AK-4# I REALLY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR HER. DO SHE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST LOVED ONES BEHIND THAT VERY G*N. THAT IS THE PROBLEM BLCK PEOPLE PROMOTING VIOLENCE LIKE SHE DOING. THERE IS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE THAT LIKE HER. NOW THEY MIGHT WANT AN AK-4* NOW THAT SHE IS PROMOTING THEM. SHE MADE SMOKIN ACES AND THINK SHE A REAL GANGSTA NOW!! STUPID BI$%^
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#35
Apr 14, 2008
 
Hype. Publicity stunt. Marketing 101. All of this attention will sell the music more.
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#36
Apr 14, 2008
 
Let's see...govt. conspiracy, so in order to combat it I'll wear a chain with an AK-47...sounds like she's in on the conspiracy, too. If she wants to show strength, power, and killing 'em dead, wear a pendant of 'Raid' instead

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#37
Apr 14, 2008
 
She is absolutely correct, and BET is also responsible for teaching young Blacks to run around with their pants falling off all day with ridiculous kiddie sideways caps and promoting sexual prowess without character.

Pedestalizing fools like sixtycent and snoop puppy as receptacles of knowledge.

No wonder they are the bottom of the totem pole.

Very sad indeed.

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#38
Apr 14, 2008
 
No matter huh, just listen to another rendition of "Back that bu~tt up...", and continue to let the illegal aliens take your jobs and ostracize you from the rest of society.

Tragic.

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#39
Apr 14, 2008
 
alicia is right because i know the media is how we get our information and again this is wrongful doing to our black people. alicia keys is absolutely correct , we need to uplift our people the right way because the media will try to give what they call ''gangsta rap'' the mistaken identity of being and showing the act of violence. So more power to my girl Alicia keys.
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#40
Apr 14, 2008
 
i would expect alot more information supporting her theory than the measly few sentences that were here
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Apr 14, 2008
 
cooli wrote:
Another brain dead actress spaeks up!
no if she didnt speak up then she would be a brain dead actress, you are and for your info she is a singer and you are a damn hater
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