Eminem’s Racism Prevails while Blacks sleep

Now that the truth is out about Eminem, heads are wondering if it will make any bit of difference.

I think not.

I don’t think it will make a bit of difference because Black people are asleep when it comes to offenses against us.

We have been lulled to sleep with empty promises of The Big ‘80’s, a false sense of economic security of the ‘90’s and the sum of all fears from the violent beginning of the new century.

Eminem can call us “Nigger” right now and still move on with his career unscathed.

How can he do it?

Eminem Is Elvis
Anyone who knows their musical history knows that Rock & Roll (along with every other popular form of music in this nation), was founded by Blacks. The two most prominent names that should be in our minds are Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Of course, they frequently get left off of everyone’s list of Rock founders because they were Black. The name that always comes up as a “pioneer” is Elvis Presley. Class, can you repeat after me—“Motherf—k him and John Wayne!”
Watching Eminem’s rise to the head of the Rap music class and witnessing the embrace of him as a “pioneer” of Rap music, especially by Blacks makes me wonder just how many people really know and understand the history of popular music in this country.

With so much drama...
In music, there are words to songs that become larger than the song itself and sometimes, larger than the artist.
We still remember Marvin Gaye asking "What's Going On?" We still remember Public Enemy bellowing out: "19-EIGHTY-NINE'S The Number..."
Without even saying the remainder of the line, those words hold deep meaning for us. Most of us have a few songs like that.
In my daily life, I can hear the original beautiful style of Snoop Doggy Dogg rhyming: "With so much drama in the LBC, it's kinda hard being Snoop D-O-double G..."
Damn, I'm feeling him now.

The Dis Factor
Question posed to Queen Latifah: “What would the world be like without men?”
Answer: “A bunch of fat happy women, and no crime.”

They say it’s in the music I love.
I suppose it’s easy to find if you merely look at the lyrics of some of the art form’s best and brightest artists.
We should be evolving, they say. After all, Queen Latifah said sisters weren’t to be called a bitch or a ‘ho years ago.
But still, the lyrics blare through speakers all across the land, giving too many sisters the impression that rap music still sees them as bitches and hoes.

A change is gon' come...
There's an old adage that goes like this: "You can't stop a bull from charging." That means you have to run from the bull, get out of the bull's way, or ride the bull's back.
The music industry wants to stand in the bull's way.
The bull in this case is technology, and it's effect on music.
The current controversy over music sharing, specifically over the internet via software like that provided at napster.com is all about the music industry attempting to stop a bull from charging.