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Well again I say I dig JAY Z’s ability, but as a 30 plus man sometimes I’m baffled by him. The fact of having the half white MID SOUTH COLISEUM in MEMPHIS crowd yell ‘my nigga’ nationally on SHOWTIME a few miles from where DR MARTIN LUTHER KING was killed in 1968, while comparing himself to him can be confusing, but again read what I just wrote and judge for yourself. The cat is much smarter than that.

Chuck D

"I worry when people are able to imitate hip-hop so well on Saturday Night Live skits -- it means we have set this culture up to be just one thing. I think the big problem comes from us trying to please the crowd. We limit hip-hop to just one look, one uniform, one statement of being real: getting money and guns and women, or selling dope all the time.
"But you try to please the crowd, and the crowd might change. They may say, 'We're tired of that gangsta stuff.' Or a new cat will come in, doing the same thing as you. But because his face is new, he'll get accepted(50 Cent). As Ice Cube said, 'They'll have a new nigga next year.'

Common