1)Are Black artists obligated to a Black movement or a Human movement?

We as people have a social responsability. This social responsability extends into whatever activity we do whether it be farming, teaching, art, etc. It is European culture which has promoted this individualistic idea in life where your only concern is self. This is not natural to us as Afrikan people because we always saw ourselves as one with our environment and with those around us, and so we always have had a sense of community. So we should feel obligated to the movement to take down the imperialistic western culture and free our people.


2)Should the Elders step out of leadership positions they've been holding since the 60-70's and let younger blood with new ideas take riegns.

It is a part of the cycle of things for the old to fade out and the new to rise to the occasion. We cannot expect the whole war to be fought and won in our lifetime, and so we fight to get a little closer to freedom so that the next generation can take it from where we left off.


3)Was Saul wrong?(Based on the limited info i gave you)

In stating his point, no, but I don't really know if he said it in a disrespectful way.


4)Is it wrong to point out the mistakes of the elders?

No. Only by recognizing the mistakes of our elders and correcting them can we avoid making them all over again. That's just called growth. We learn just as much from our elders' mistakes as we do from their correct actions (if not more).


5)How can Hip-Hop generation continue to make progressive change?

To continue to learn from our elders experiences as well as from our own. It is only with this learning and by acting on what we have learned that we can successfully free ourselves from oppression.




"If our education is not about gaining real power, we are being miseducated and misled and we will die 'educated' and misled."
-Amos Wilson, The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness