This will be short and sweet. The issue is being raised that many in the black community use words, degrade women that is misogynistic in nature and utterly vile. So Imus should get a pass. Black men and women and some Latinos spew out of their mouths the words "Nigga" as frequently as "The" and "Nah mean". So Imus should get a pass. He apologized to Al Sharpton on the air and asked for forgiveness. And Imus should get a pass. He met with the Rutgers players and coaches to discuss it and apologized they accepted. So yea Imus should get a pass.
Now if you pay attention network television. Right wing activists masked as journalist are on a crusade, the Michelle Malkin's and Laura Ingraham's of the world, both Fox News contributors are on the bounty looking to attack hip hop and blame it for the ills of the world. All because Imus didn't get a pass. The problem is they are mad at Hip Hop and black people and their language because of the efforts and the role in his firing from CBS and MSNBC. Ultimately, its more because of the continued class warfare that this country is engaged in but thats a topic for another day. Here is the brief back story, a group effort with many organizations and supporters including Sharpton spoke about their disgust with Imus's vile comments and both companies decided to part ways with him.
The way I see it is CBS and MSNBC drew the line in the sand. They decided that the content and value of Imus was not worth any backlash. They had every opportunity to dig in the dirt and entrench themselves and stand by there "guy". The effort for Imus's firing just presented the company with possible backlash of him staying. Like any special interest does with any company they have issue with. I'm sure there are countless Green-esque organizations that protest and lobby countless companies about their issues and demand change or they will take their money elsewhere. Do they fold or do they ignore? I'm sure many parent organization lobby and threaten CBS about content violence,etc. I'm sure General Electric the parent company faces threats every day and yet with Imus they chose to let him go. I think the issue was Imus. They felt any backlash was not worth him and his history of more than just controversial redirect.
Lets ask why. The backlash and the Imus supporters spew that he apologized and he said things that black rappers and artists say all the time. But as I think its ingenious how they marginalized this issue and now that argument is used to justify his(Imus) actions. Hip Hop supporters or even Sharpton who is the face of the effort for some reason has realized that they are defending the wrong argument. Imus felt it appropriate to use air time to denigrate, disgrace, insult, and verbally rape the innocence of college student athletes following an amazing run that they had that was historic for their university. Their story was joyous even though they came up short in their final game. Many of them will never play college ball again. Maybe never play organized ball again as they graduate start careers, families etc. And there moment was tainted because this man felt it appropriate that his free speech should be used to take from them an admirable moment in their lives. It is forever overshadowed by this hurtful mans choice to acknowledge them and categorize there accomplishments referring to them as "Nappy Headed Hoes".
Do I think he should be fired for using the phrase Nappy Headed Hoes. I have to honestly say No. I don't get offended by him saying that phrase. And you have a right to free speech. I practice those rights and I think they should be protected. HOWEVER, (in an emphatic Stephen A. Jackson tone) I think that CBS and NBC and all of their affiliates made a sound decision to choose any threat of lost of advertising dollars, listenership, and public backlash by distancing themselves from a man that saw it appropriate to attack our young college women athletes. A segment of our population that should be celebrated and honored. Every soccer mom, mother and father of their student athletes across the country should have been equally outraged with any one in the black community that spoke up. This saga has been marginalized to race when the issue is far more prevalent to many reaches outside of a black woman. Should our college athletes and students be subject to that sort of abuse. Following the Virginia Tech Massacre when we saw the resolve of college students in a time of peril is it fair that these young women be subjected to that abuse. And those in his defense hide behind his free speech rights. The masque their obvious disregard to our young college students attack by preceding their support for Imus by saying "I think what he said was vile. BUT he said he was sorry". I'm equally disgusted with them I can't see how anyone would care if this man had a job or not. At some point politics and racial divides should take a back burner to attacks that are grotesque in nature. Maybe if they were Hollywood socialites, or pro athletes would my outrage possibly take a different view. But the murder of their innocence and joy of an amazing road they took attempting to be champions was tainted by his selfish hurtful remarks leaves me relieved that he's gone. I'm sure Fox will pick him up later. They give people a chance fair and balanced. Look Mark Furman is respected as guru on his show and we all heard the tapes of how uses the word "Nigger". And trust me folks he wasn't rapping. Maybe Cuban at HDNet will give him a shot and there is always satellite radio. So he'll be back to sounding like an idiot in no-time flat. But at least the Rutgers women and student athletes around the world will know that there were consequences to his actions other than him saying sorry getting a couple weeks off as if there innocence meant nothing.
Furthermore, Imus is suing because verb age in his contract infers that he was hired to be controversial and as vile as he was. I have not read the contract and in my opinion it would come down to good litigation. However, I feel that CBS shouldn't even fight it. They should settle or just pay him because the $40 million he's owed should be an even pay off just to be rid of him. And the world will respect them for that. I know my view is Utopian in nature and only in a perfect world did morals alone play a role in their decisions to fire him but its nice if were. I'm sure they looked at the bottom line of what they could lose money-wise was the issue but we can dream.
I laugh at you Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes, Malkin, Coulter, Geraldo, and anyone else who slightly wastes brain power to defend that man. Whether u fear your words may come back to hunt you. Just food for thought don't attack those who are indefensible and pure for a laugh and/or ratings and I'm sure many will rally behind you if you respectfully make a statement that could be controversial. And just so you know Imus I forgive you. But I am also glad you got fired. Good luck with the $40 mill you are in my prayers.
Monday, May 7, 2007
Black Wallstreet
Black Wall Street
Ron Wallace: co-author of Black Wall street: A Lost Dream Chronicles a little-known chapter of African-American History in Oklahoma as told to Ronald E. Childs. If anyone truly believes that the last April attack on the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was the most tragic bombing ever to take place on United States soil, as the media has been widely reporting, they're wrong-plain and simple. That's because an even deadlier bomb occurred in that same state nearly 75 years ago.
Many people in high places would like to forget that it ever happened. Searching under the heading of "riots", "Oklahoma", and "Tulsa", in current editions of the World Book Encyclopedia, there is conspicuously no mention whatsoever of the Tulsa race riot of 1921, and this omission is by no means a surprise, or a rare case. The fact is, one would also be hard-pressed to find documentation of the incident, let alone an accurate accounting of it, in any other "scholarly" reference or American history book.
That's precisely the point that noted author, publisher and orator Ron Wallace, a Tulsa native, sought to make nearly five years ago when he began researching this riot, one of the worst incidents of violence ever visited upon people of African descent. Ultimately joined on the project by colleague Jay Jay Wilson of Los Angeles, the duo found and compiled indisputable evidence of what they now describe as "A Black Holocaust in America".
The date was June 1, 1921, when "Black Wall street", the name fittingly given to one of the most affluent all-black communities in America, was bombed from the air and burned to the ground by mobs of envious whites. In a period spanning fewer than 12 hours, a once thriving 36-black business district in northern Tulsa lay smoldering-A model community destroyed, and a major African-American economic movement resoundingly defused.
The night's carnage left some 3,000 African Americans dead, and over 600 successful businesses lost. Among these were 21 churches, 21 restaurants, 30 grocery stores and two movie theaters, plus a hospital, a bank, a post office, libraries, schools, law offices, a half-dozen private airplanes and even a bus system. As could be expected, the impetus behind it all was the infamous Ku Klux Klan, working in consort with ranking city officials, and many other sympathizers. In their self-published book, Black Wall street: A lost Dream, and its companion video documentary, Black Wall street: A Black Holocaust in America!, the authors have chronicled for the very first time in the words of area historians and elderly survivors what really happened there on that fateful summer day in 1921 and why it happened. Wallace similarly explained to Black Elegance why this bloody event from the turn of the century seems to have had a recurring effect that is being felt in predominately Black neighborhoods even to this day. The best description of Black Wall street, or Little Africa as it was also known, would be to liken it to a mini-Beverly Hills. It was the golden door of the Black community during the early 1900s, and it proved that African Americans had successful infrastructure. That's what Black Wall street was about.
The dollar circulated 36 to 1000 times, sometimes taking a year for currency to leave the community. Now in 1995, a dollar leaves the Black community in 15 minutes. As far as resources, there were Ph.D's residing in Little Africa, Black attorneys and doctors. One doctor was Dr. Berry who also owned the bus system. His average income was $500 a day, a hefty pocket of change in 1910. During that era, physicians owned medical schools. There were also pawn shops everywhere, brothels, jewelry stores, 21 churches, 21 restaurants and two movie theaters. It was a time when the entire state of Oklahoma had only two airports, yet six blacks owned their own planes. It was a very fascinating community. The area encompassed over 600 businesses and 36 square blocks with a population of 15,000 African Americans. And when the lower-economic Europeans looked over and saw what the Black community created, many of them were jealous. When the average student went to school on Black Wall street, he wore a suit and tie because of the morals and respect they were taught at a young age.
The mainstay of the community was to educate every child. Nepotism was the one word they believed in. And that's what we need to get back to in 1995. The main thoroughfare was Greenwood Avenue, and it was intersected by Archer and Pine Streets. From the first letters in each of those names, you get G.A.P., and that's where the renowned R&B music group The GAP Band got its name. They're from Tulsa. Black Wall street was a prime example of the typical Black community in America that did business, but it was in an unusual location. You see, at the time, Oklahoma was set aside to be a Black and Indian state. There were over 28 Black townships there. One third of the people who traveled in the terrifying "Trail of Tears" along side the Indians between 1830 to 1842 were Black people. The citizens of this proposed Indian and Black state chose a Black governor, a treasurer from Kansas named McDade. But the Ku Klux Klan said that if he assumed office that they would kill him within 48 hours. A lot of Blacks owned farmland, and many of them had gone into the oil business. The community was so tight and wealthy because they traded dollars hand-to-hand, and because they were dependent upon one another as a result of the Jim Crow laws.
It was not unusual that if a resident's home accidentally burned down, it could be rebuilt within a few weeks by neighbors. This was the type of scenario that was going on day-to-day on Black Wallstreet. When Blacks intermarried into the Indian culture, some of them received their promised '40 acres and a Mule,' and with that came whatever oil was later found on the properties.
Just to show you how wealthy a lot of Black people were, there was a banker in a neighboring town who had a wife named California Taylor. Her father owned the largest cotton gin west of the Mississippi [River]. When California shopped, she would take a cruise to Paris every three months to have her clothes made. There was also a man named Mason in nearby Wagner County who had the largest potato farm west of the Mississippi. When he harvested, he would fill 100 boxcars a day. Another brother not far away had the same thing with a spinach farm. The typical family then was five children or more, though the typical farm family would have 10 kids or more who made up the nucleus of the labor.
On Black Wallstreet, a lot of global business was conducted. The community flourished from the early 1900s until June 1, 1921. That's when the largest massacre of non-military Americans in the history of this country took place, and it was lead by the Ku Klux Klan. Imagine walking out of your front door and seeing 1,500 homes being burned. It must have been amazing.
Survivors we interviewed think that the whole thing was planned because during the time that all of this was going on, white families with their children stood around on the borders of the community and watched the massacre, the looting and everything---much in the same manner they would watch a lynching.
In my lectures I ask people if they understand where the word "picnic" comes from. It was typical to have a picnic on a Friday evening in Oklahoma. The word was short for "pick a nigger" to lynch. They would lynch a Black male and cut off body parts as souvenirs. This went on every weekend in this country. That's where the term really came from. The riots weren't caused by anything Black or white. It was caused by jealousy. A lot of white folks had come back from World War I and they were poor. When they looked over into the Black communities and realized that Black men who fought in the war had come home heroes that helped trigger the destruction. It cost the Black community everything, and not a single dime of restitution---no insurance claims-has been awarded to the victims to this day.
Nonetheless, they rebuilt. We estimate that 1,500 to 3,000 people were killed, and we know that a lot of them were buried in mass graves all around the city. Some were thrown in the river. As a matter of fact, at 21st Street and Yale Avenue, where there now stands a Sears parking lot, that corner used to be a coal mine. They threw a lot of the bodies into the shafts. Black Americans don't know about this story because we don't apply the word holocaust to our struggle. Jewish people use the word holocaust all the time. White people use the word holocaust. It's politically correct to use it. But when we Black folks use the word, people think we're being cry babies or that we're trying to bring up old issues. No one comes to our support. In 1910, our forefathers and mothers owned 13 million acres of land at the height of racism in this country, so the Black Wallstreet book and videotape prove to the naysayers and revisionists that we had our act together. Our mandate now is to begin to teach our children about our own, ongoing Black holocaust. They have to know when they look at our communities today that we don't come from this.
http://www.daveyd.com/blackwallpolitic.html.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Attack on Hip Hop and how to protect it
Hip hop is under fire more than normal over the last few weeks following the Imus episode. I am amazed by the attack but for many reasons. 1st the horrible PR by the Hip Hop community is tragic. It becomes evident that hip hop is a true representation of the problems within the black community. There is no unity, self governing, expectations, message, and togetherness in the industry as a whole. I have some what of a problem of watching too much news and commentary and have to admit that I cringe every time a goof ball gets on television to speak on the behalf of the hip hop industry. At the top of the idiot list is Cam'ron. I don't feel him musically since I heard My Horse and Carriage... He has never been in my top list. Maybe its the Pink thing. Nevertheless, this idiot gets on TV and doesn't have the common sense to sound like a human being in a stage that can be viewed by the world. Maybe this dude really feels the way that he does and he is keeping it real whatever that means. However, when u are on a world stage as a representative of your community and family you act like you have common sense. Where is his mom and dad? I know they wanted to slap him in the back of the head screaming how dare you embarrass us like that. You show restraint, you err on the side of intelligence and common sense when ever you are in a public arena. It may be wrong but because of the still prevalent race ignorance in our society you hold a responsibility to act appropriately. If you can't say anything that is smart and admirable then you don't say anything at all or when you got home hell is to be paid. The same outrage needed from some of the ambassadors of hip hop. I must say that hip hop is bigger than the attack being waged on it. And it will weather the storm but at what cost. Hip hop is a culture and identity that has arms that transcends the ages, race, societal norms, political correctness, politics, policies, sports, fashion etc. It is something that was built from grass root levels and survived decades of critics when it was viewed as a possible fad. Now its a multi billion dollar industry that is world renowned. Something that should be celebrated but yet it is in the trenches on defense. Lets ask why. Does it cause more damage than it does good?Is it a representation of the black community as a whole? On both questions I answer with a solid no. Do I feel that the use of Nigga, bitch and Hoe require some sort of censorship and attention? Absolutely.
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...DEFINE ITS LEADERS....
I think that many hip hop fans, urbanites, and other children of our era would agree that something needs to be done about those words and the affects it has own our children and society. However, the powers that may be in the industry don't see the benefits of acknowledging this fact. They rather let the likes of Al Sharpton steal the front page as a representative again for the black "voice". Sharpton, Jackson for some reason are always placed in the limelight on issues of this magnitude. Are these the people that we want speaking on the behalf of the hip hop community? Heeeeeeeeeeeeeell no. This whole issue is bad business on behalf of hip hop. Not the corporations. Whom hip hop has let define it instead of the continue definition of itself. We need Russell Simmons to move back in to the forefront to encourage develop and assimilate the message that this industry wants to send out to the WORLD. I choose Russell because he is a pioneer and one of the few over the years that know how to speak intelligently, concisely, and concrete about the industry. I correct that he is not the only one who can he is the only one that is willing to speak out. Realizing that its bigger than him. Accepting the responsibilities that's come with its success. Simmons can show the artists how to manage on a PR level the business of Hip Hop and the responsibility that comes with it. He has already started the dialogue and band of the big 3 words on the public airwaves. Not allowing the corporations, radio stations, to control that fact. Taking the power from Sharpton and others not closely attached to the art form the ability to come in and stir waters they have no business stirring. The hip hop industry should be something worth preserving and protected by the artists, producers, musicians,videograph-ers, dancers, etc. The industry gave them an outlet and opportunity to make millions. They owe it and its their responsibility to make it better than when they found it. How does it fight back...
....Define itself.....
Message.... Message message message.... I'm not sure of how political you are but look at the two parties that are the constant debate in this country. Democrats and Republicans. I know many don't know how to define the two on social, political, economic issues but that aside there is a big difference. For my political life time and I'm only 29 the biggest distinction is more of operational for me. I notice that GOP (republicans) stay on message. The have an agenda and across the board that message is pounded and pounded with very little dissension among the ranks. The Dems on the other hand are so stretched across the board that a sense of togetherness leaves their message unclear. Because the GOP have such a resounding message they are able to keep the Dems on the defense so much that they don't have time to define themselves. Hip Hop and its ambassadors, those that care about the industry; the art form; the fans; the communities in which it has an affect has to take a look at itself in the year 2007 and define its issues. Understand the state of the business. Open dialogue to ascertain what are its strengths and weaknesses. And with some of the creative minds of our times in the musical genre needs to put together a message that needs to be concise, self-governing, concrete, sensitive, aware, intelligent, and simple. It needs to stand for more than what it portrays to the world.
... DEFINE THE MESSAGE...
Freedom of speech and expression is not a defense. Its a privilege. Hip hop cannot continue to hide behind this powerful entity with out acknowledging its limitations and the responsibility that comes with it. You can't falsely yell fire in a crowded area and not be prepared to face consequences when hundreds are injured trying to escape. This same awareness needs to be addressed in this art form. Personally, the use of language on albums is protected and isn't the issue. Its possible that the rating system and parental guidance methods may need to be revisited. And if there is a weakness there then it should be addressed. The message in a whole should address accountability of the artists to want to better their communities. To protect their children. To want more for their listeners. The message should furthermore address the lack of leadership in the industry. Much like the lack of strong role models in the communities most affected by hip hop its lacked in the industry as a whole. What is the cost and rewards of the s support of inappropriate messages being accessible to children via radio, video, and other media outlets. There has to be away to show some concern and find a common ground that offers some compassion and action toward this issue. I am first to say that the big part of the issue is parental accountability and awareness. Many parents need to start monitoring and caring about what their children listens to and watches to make sure that its appropriate. So many parents think its cute when there 4 yr old stands in the living room singing I'm in love with a stripper word for word. This can be addressed. Use the creative talents to address this on wax and in policy. Stand for something. Remember that you are either apart of the problem or apart of the solution. I'm sure that our artists don't even let there own children freely listen to their own work. To sum it up... The industry in conjunction with its ambassadors needs to effectively understand what it stands for what it will tolerate and what it supports. Every genre that is under attack addresses and polices itself accept hip hop. Pornography, the movie industry, Video games etc all have had to answer questions address societal blames for their respective industries. And yet they do a better job on a PR standpoint to counter the attacks intelligently. They do their own research, they sponsor their own studies. Hip Hop needs to look at communities like the NBA, NFL who understand their product and does what they can to market it appropriately overcoming attacks to become more profitable.
.... Be Proactive...
Its time for Hip Hop to take a proactive approach to answering these questions. To show the world that it accepts its responsibility to the society and its listeners. I'm not saying admitting fault unless the industry deems fault is appropriate. But addressing the problems by opening dialogue within its community, implementing policies to correct it, and fighting to preserve its image and defining it as an art form. Then and only then can it embrace the freedoms afforded to it.
There is so much to say about this issue. And many people spend their brain power looking to defend by the same old means that don't address accountability and respect for this culture. I see it as a business something that I am a fan of wishing I was a part of it and had the finances to protect it because those that reap the financial rewards don't have the savvy or desire to see the big picture. KRS One get off the air if you don't have a message. Cam shut it up. Dame Dash.. step up. Jay Z where are you. Jermaine Dupree talk up. Mos Def speak. Common come on. Baby put your mouth where the money is. Dr Dre use the power don't abuse it. You have the ability to protect what we all have come to love.
This is a memo
.
...DEFINE ITS LEADERS....
I think that many hip hop fans, urbanites, and other children of our era would agree that something needs to be done about those words and the affects it has own our children and society. However, the powers that may be in the industry don't see the benefits of acknowledging this fact. They rather let the likes of Al Sharpton steal the front page as a representative again for the black "voice". Sharpton, Jackson for some reason are always placed in the limelight on issues of this magnitude. Are these the people that we want speaking on the behalf of the hip hop community? Heeeeeeeeeeeeeell no. This whole issue is bad business on behalf of hip hop. Not the corporations. Whom hip hop has let define it instead of the continue definition of itself. We need Russell Simmons to move back in to the forefront to encourage develop and assimilate the message that this industry wants to send out to the WORLD. I choose Russell because he is a pioneer and one of the few over the years that know how to speak intelligently, concisely, and concrete about the industry. I correct that he is not the only one who can he is the only one that is willing to speak out. Realizing that its bigger than him. Accepting the responsibilities that's come with its success. Simmons can show the artists how to manage on a PR level the business of Hip Hop and the responsibility that comes with it. He has already started the dialogue and band of the big 3 words on the public airwaves. Not allowing the corporations, radio stations, to control that fact. Taking the power from Sharpton and others not closely attached to the art form the ability to come in and stir waters they have no business stirring. The hip hop industry should be something worth preserving and protected by the artists, producers, musicians,videograph-ers, dancers, etc. The industry gave them an outlet and opportunity to make millions. They owe it and its their responsibility to make it better than when they found it. How does it fight back...
....Define itself.....
Message.... Message message message.... I'm not sure of how political you are but look at the two parties that are the constant debate in this country. Democrats and Republicans. I know many don't know how to define the two on social, political, economic issues but that aside there is a big difference. For my political life time and I'm only 29 the biggest distinction is more of operational for me. I notice that GOP (republicans) stay on message. The have an agenda and across the board that message is pounded and pounded with very little dissension among the ranks. The Dems on the other hand are so stretched across the board that a sense of togetherness leaves their message unclear. Because the GOP have such a resounding message they are able to keep the Dems on the defense so much that they don't have time to define themselves. Hip Hop and its ambassadors, those that care about the industry; the art form; the fans; the communities in which it has an affect has to take a look at itself in the year 2007 and define its issues. Understand the state of the business. Open dialogue to ascertain what are its strengths and weaknesses. And with some of the creative minds of our times in the musical genre needs to put together a message that needs to be concise, self-governing, concrete, sensitive, aware, intelligent, and simple. It needs to stand for more than what it portrays to the world.
... DEFINE THE MESSAGE...
Freedom of speech and expression is not a defense. Its a privilege. Hip hop cannot continue to hide behind this powerful entity with out acknowledging its limitations and the responsibility that comes with it. You can't falsely yell fire in a crowded area and not be prepared to face consequences when hundreds are injured trying to escape. This same awareness needs to be addressed in this art form. Personally, the use of language on albums is protected and isn't the issue. Its possible that the rating system and parental guidance methods may need to be revisited. And if there is a weakness there then it should be addressed. The message in a whole should address accountability of the artists to want to better their communities. To protect their children. To want more for their listeners. The message should furthermore address the lack of leadership in the industry. Much like the lack of strong role models in the communities most affected by hip hop its lacked in the industry as a whole. What is the cost and rewards of the s support of inappropriate messages being accessible to children via radio, video, and other media outlets. There has to be away to show some concern and find a common ground that offers some compassion and action toward this issue. I am first to say that the big part of the issue is parental accountability and awareness. Many parents need to start monitoring and caring about what their children listens to and watches to make sure that its appropriate. So many parents think its cute when there 4 yr old stands in the living room singing I'm in love with a stripper word for word. This can be addressed. Use the creative talents to address this on wax and in policy. Stand for something. Remember that you are either apart of the problem or apart of the solution. I'm sure that our artists don't even let there own children freely listen to their own work. To sum it up... The industry in conjunction with its ambassadors needs to effectively understand what it stands for what it will tolerate and what it supports. Every genre that is under attack addresses and polices itself accept hip hop. Pornography, the movie industry, Video games etc all have had to answer questions address societal blames for their respective industries. And yet they do a better job on a PR standpoint to counter the attacks intelligently. They do their own research, they sponsor their own studies. Hip Hop needs to look at communities like the NBA, NFL who understand their product and does what they can to market it appropriately overcoming attacks to become more profitable.
.... Be Proactive...
Its time for Hip Hop to take a proactive approach to answering these questions. To show the world that it accepts its responsibility to the society and its listeners. I'm not saying admitting fault unless the industry deems fault is appropriate. But addressing the problems by opening dialogue within its community, implementing policies to correct it, and fighting to preserve its image and defining it as an art form. Then and only then can it embrace the freedoms afforded to it.
There is so much to say about this issue. And many people spend their brain power looking to defend by the same old means that don't address accountability and respect for this culture. I see it as a business something that I am a fan of wishing I was a part of it and had the finances to protect it because those that reap the financial rewards don't have the savvy or desire to see the big picture. KRS One get off the air if you don't have a message. Cam shut it up. Dame Dash.. step up. Jay Z where are you. Jermaine Dupree talk up. Mos Def speak. Common come on. Baby put your mouth where the money is. Dr Dre use the power don't abuse it. You have the ability to protect what we all have come to love.
This is a memo
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