BARACK OBAMA SLAMS POP CULTURE FOR FOISTING BAD VALUES ON YOUNG MEN
It is about time Obama opened up, it is a long time coming. This is what ALL young men of all races need in this day and age of bad examples, piss poor role models, is guidance from someone from their own background to give them good advice. Setting them on the right course of life by the good examples demonstrated to them.
President Obama sounded like a conservative Tuesday at the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance Summitt in Oakland, Calif., when he addressed hundreds of young men of color alongside basketball superstar Steph Curry.
Obama talked to the young men about the virtues of monogamy. He shared his personal experiences growing up without a dad. He also offered a helpful, traditional, definition of manhood: “being responsible, working hard, being kind, respectful, compassionate.”
“A lot of hip-hop and rap music is built around me showing how I got more money than you, I can disrespect you and you can’t do nothing about it, I’m going to talk about you and punk you,” Obama said. In addition, he criticized the objectification of women and sexual immorality promoted by hip-hop.
I grew up influenced by hip-hop in many of the negative ways that the former president described. But I learned to make excuses for myself because I embraced a certain moral relativism, telling myself that it was OK for me to hurt myself and others because of how unfair the world was to me.
Where were those messages when he was in office. Unless I missed them, I do not recall too many times, if any the x-pres expressed many words of wisdom to the younger generations.
All of that conversation goes hand in hand with what I have been preaching for years. The key to a successful life is through EDUCATION.
EDUCATION encompasses many different facets of life. It should start the second the kid pops their head out of where they been hiding for nine months.
A good degree of EDUCATION can be passed on to our offspring without a word uttered; by our example.
It is a great message Obama passed on:
A lot of hip-hop and rap music is built around me showing how I got more money than you, I can disrespect you and you can’t do nothing about it, I’m going to talk about you and punk you,” Obama said. In addition, he criticized the objectification of women and sexual immorality promoted by hip-hop.
These bums are despicable. Many of the lyrics in their music are not fit for a hardened criminals ears, let alone young kids. The manner in which they convey their messages and the way they conduct their lives it is abhorred. Yet the kids flock to them like with Moses leading his people through the dessert.
Some of them are a very good example of; if you live by the rap, you will die by the rap:
List of murdered hip hop musicians
The following is a list of notable hip hop musicians killed since the genre began in the early 1970s.
| Name | Date | Age | Place of death | Cause of death | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott La Rock | August 27, 1987 | 25 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed | [1] |
| Paul C | July 17, 1989 | 24 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed | [2] |
| D-Boy Rodriguez | October 6, 1990 | 22 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed | [3][4] |
| Charizma | December 16, 1993 | 20 | Milpitas, California, U.S. | Shot and killed | [5][6] |
| Stretch | November 30, 1995 | 27 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed | [7] |
| Seagram | July 31, 1996 | 26 | Oakland, California, U.S. | Shot and killed | [8][9] |
| Tupac Shakur | September 13, 1996 | 25 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Shot and killed | [10][11][12] |
| Yaki Kadafi | November 10, 1996 | 19 | Orange, New Jersey, U.S. | Shot and killed | [13] |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | March 9, 1997 | 24 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Shot and killed | [14][15][16] |
| Fat Pat | February 3, 1998 | 27 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed | [17][18] |
| Big L | February 15, 1999 | 24 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed | [19][20][21] |
| Freaky Tah | March 28, 1999 | 27 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed | [22] |
| Bugz | May 21, 1999 | 22 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | Shot and run over | [23] |
| DJ Uncle Al | September 10, 2001 | 32 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Shot and killed | [24][25] |
| Jam Master Jay | October 30, 2002 | 37 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed | [26] |
| Sabotage | January 24, 2003 | 29 | São Paulo, Brazil | Shot and killed | [27][28] |
| Camoflauge | May 19, 2003 | 21 | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | Shot and killed | [29] |
| Half a Mill | October 24, 2003 | 30 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed | [30] |
| Soulja Slim | November 26, 2003 | 26 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Shot and killed | [31][32] |
| Mac Dre | November 1, 2004 | 34 | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | Shot and killed | [33] |
| Blade Icewood | April 19, 2005 | 28 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Shot and killed | [34] |
| Proof | April 11, 2006 | 32 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Shot and killed | [35][36][37] |
| Big Hawk | May 1, 2006 | 36 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed | [38] |
| Stack Bundles | June 11, 2007 | 24 | Far Rockaway, Queens,New York U.S | Shot and killed | |
| VL Mike | April 20, 2008 | 32 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Shot and killed | [39] |
| Dolla | May 18, 2009 | 21 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Shot and killed | [40][41][42] |
| Magnolia Shorty | December 20, 2010 | 28 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Shot and killed | [43] |
| Bad News Brown | February 11, 2011 | 33 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Murdered | [44] |
| Lil Phat | June 7, 2012 | 19 | Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S. | Shot and killed | [45] |
| MC Daleste | July 7, 2013 | 19 | Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil | Shot and killed | [46] |
| Pavlos Fyssas | September 18, 2013 | 34 | Keratsini, Athens, Greece | Stabbed to death | [47] |
| Joshua Ribera | September 21, 2013 | 18 | Birmingham, England, U.K. | Stabbed to death | [48] |
| Doe B | December 28, 2013 | 22 | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. | Shot and killed | [49] |
| The Jacka | February 2, 2015 | 37 | Oakland, California, U.S. | Shot and killed | [50] |
| Flabba | March 9, 2015 | 37 | Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa | Stabbed to death | [51] |
| Chinx | May 17, 2015 | 31 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed | [52] |
| Bankroll Fresh | March 4, 2016 | 28 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Shot and killed | [53] |
| 3-2 | November 10, 2016 | 44 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed | [54] |
| XXXTentacion | June 18, 2018 | 20 | Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. | Shot and killed | [55] |
| Jimmy Wopo | June 18, 2018 | 21 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Shot and killed | [56] |
| Young Greatness | October 29, 2018 | 34 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Shot and killed | [57] |
| Feis Ecktuh | January 1, 2019 | 32 | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Shot and killed | [58] |
| Kevin Fret | January 10, 2019 | 24 | Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico | Shot and killed |
I can’t say for sure if all of these rappers met their maker on account of the outrageous lifestyles. What I will say, whatever caused their demise, rapping did not help.
Odd statistic: Being that the majority of the rappers are black, one would think that the black community are their biggest supporters. Wrong. The white kids are the ones that keep these fools in diamonds and Rolls Royces.
The majority of hip hop listeners are white | Genius
https://genius.com/discussions/281920-The-majority-of-hip-hop-listeners-are-white
I would like to see Mr. O gather some other notables to continue passing the message. Education is the ONLY way out of the wilderness for kids from all races.
Today, in a very unusual move, I give Mr. O two thumbs up for his efforts. I would love to see him keep that ball rolling. What should it be all about, if not the future generations.
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