50 Cent puts his 2 cents in

Rappers aren’t known for feuding about politics, but 50 Cent has made it clear that he doesn’t agree with Kanye West’s statement that President Bush doesn’t care about black people.
“I think people responded to it the best way they can,” 50 said of Hurricane Katrina. “What Kanye West was saying, I don’t know where that came from.
“The New Orleans disaster was meant to happen. It was an act of God.”
Posted by Melissa Cooley

8 Comments

  1. TRACY
    Posted November 3, 2005 at 6:15 am | Permalink

    Who the heck is Kayne West and why should we care what Mr.50 has to say? Is he some gifted political analyst? No.I don’t think black folks need his representation any more than white folks need mine.

  2. Joe Williams
    Posted November 3, 2005 at 7:13 am | Permalink

    Same comment as Tracy’s. I don’t even know who these people are. Maybe black entertainers need to read Bill Cosby’s book.

  3. NoJoCo
    Posted November 3, 2005 at 9:58 am | Permalink

    Well, rappers or hip-hoppers are very influencial to the people who listen to their music. They’re music is often very political and comments on society. Just because you don’t understand it or like it, doesn’t mean that it isn’t relevent to people.

  4. TRACY
    Posted November 3, 2005 at 10:20 am | Permalink

    NoJo you are right.Some people are just born Lemmings.

  5. Ian Santiago
    Posted November 3, 2005 at 8:54 pm | Permalink

    I am shocked that “fiddy” can walk upright and grunt at the same time.

  6. JUSTA GUY
    Posted November 4, 2005 at 6:20 am | Permalink

    Well West was only part right, Bush doesn’t care about anyone,but his cronies.

  7. NoJoCo
    Posted November 4, 2005 at 10:34 am | Permalink

    So, 50 Cent must be an Uncle Tom because of what he said?

  8. Galahad
    Posted November 4, 2005 at 10:48 am | Permalink

    I wouldn’t call HIM an Uncle Tom. He’s just misguided. And out of touch. 98 percent of African Americans disapprove of Bush. So he doesn’t represent anyone but himself.

    Clarence Thomas definitely is though. Here’s someone who benefitted from quotas and affirmative-action but is not willing to extend the help he received to others. So instead of fighting to make a more just world, he benefits by telling the power structure what it wants to hear.

    Yup, the epitome of Uncle Tom-ism.