Posted by Min. Paul Scott (minps) on 6/27/2004, 6:22 pm Min. Paul Scott This being an election year, we must take a more To say the least, Hip Hop and politics make strange Bro. Cimerron of the Durham UNIA chapter once broke As one of the talking heads on TV recently said In order to sleep at night Mr. And Mrs. White must Politics is a sophisticated science, a chess game Since voting was denied to Black folks for so long, we The power structure needs to periodically (at least It is the M.O. (Method of Operation) of most Why doesnt the Hip Hop Nation become a political Unfortunately our most brilliant young minds are So if the political process is not the ultimate Now lyrics like this wont get you invited to Hip Hop Contrary to popular belief, tha streets are not Someone has to be willing to go down like the hero of
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Hip Hop, Poiltics and Political Hype
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Fakin tha Funk in tha Face of Genocide
Hip Hop,Politics and Political Hype 2004
Back in tha day during the P-Funk era, tha Brothas on
tha block with the Don Cornelius afros used to warn
each other about fakin tha funk. If we look at the
term from a socio-political perspective, it means, not
really being down for the cause or the true
aspirations of your people. Although, the words may
have changed over the Hip Hop years to perpetratin
or frontin the meaning remains the same; not being
TRUE to tha Game.
critical look at everything affecting Afrikan people
and since most of the focus (and money) has been put
on getting the Hip Hop generation to vote, Hip Hop is
not exempt.
bedfellows; a case of sleeping with the enemy. Since
most politicians are old conservative white men who
dont know Afrika Bambaataa from Bam Bam from the
Flintstones, the relationship between politicians
and 20-something year old Hip Hop headz should be
examined.
down to me how politics is all about obtaining and
controlling resources. If this is true, then the
contradiction of a limousine ridin,/champagne sippin/
private jet flyin rap superstar being the
spokesperson for the millions of bill collector
avoidin/ struggling to pay rent/ repo man dodgin
Black folks becomes too obvious to ignore.
voting is a Democracys alternative to rioting in the
streets. Or as Malcolm X would put it, a choice
between the ballot or the bullet. Therefore, white
folks always need some assurance that the most angry
and potentially militant members of a society are
still going along with the program. They must have
some indicator that Black folks still believe in the
virtues of Capitalism and if we work hard and get an
education (or go to jail for a couple of years and
become a reformed Capitalist Hip Hop entrepreneurial
evangelist) that we can one day be the president of
the United States. White folks need a universal
spokesperson for all Black people, whether it be a
Jessie Jackson, Jay Z or Junebug on tha corner with a
jehri curl and a 40oz. They need someone to assure
them that the natives aint restless and everything is
cool.
know, without a shadow of a doubt that Tyrone Brown is
going to show up at his job at Burger King at 5:55 AM
to make sure their coffee is brewed just the way they
like it. So politics in the Hip Hop Era is a Trojan
horse or in this case a Trojan ,tricked out, 56 Impala
with spinnin rims and fuzzy dice on the mirror.
between the haves and the break me off a piece of
thats. Either you are the exploiter or the exploited;
a player or gettin played or a pimp or getting
pimped. But the powers that be want you to be
political but not politically conscious.
look at voting as a religious experience instead of a
tool to be used on the way to empowerment. Therefore,
a trip to the polls becomes a divinely ordained
pilgrimage. But the voting booth is not an absolution
box and a pull of a lever does not erase sins done
against Afrikan people. Voting is a practical means to
an end and not vice versa.
every four years) check the pulse of the Black
community. So despite what Bill OReilly and em say,
politicians need Hip Hop more than Hip Hop needs
politicians. (Im sure both presidential candidates
are planning a crunk after party at the White House
election night.)
politicians to play with the emotions of the masses of
people and to manipulate them. Although, they may
spend millions of dollars on fancy campaign slogans,
their real campaign strategy is based on the simple
premise that most people are stupid and their campaign
anthem is jacked from the ole Gap Band slow Jam We
got em Goin Round in Circles. The ethnic groups who
have realized this have put it into practice and have
gone from borrowers to lenders, from employees to
employers and from renters to real estate tycoons .
Although, many ethnic groups enter into the Beulah
Land of Politics with specific goals, demands and
objectives, Black folks are just happy to be there.
party? They could use the old PE logo as the party
symbol and run Chuck D as prez and Prof. Griff as
vice.
The Hip Hop community already has enough money and
resources to solve 90% of the economic and social
problems in the Black community. What they lack is
direction. What if all those get out to vote/ Hip Hop
summit attending/ multi-millionaires pooled their
resources and worked to solve the problems in the
communities that they supposedly represent? What if
the Black Hip Hop artists used their influence to
fight for Reparations or any of the other Black
Nationalist issues that have been ignored or dismissed
by the so-called mainstream ? What if they joined
forces with brothers like Uno and the Hip Hop 4 Black
Unity Campaign. Why have we stopped asking why?
caught in the middle between a Black Nationalist
agenda that will leave them unappreciated, poor
righteous teachers and a white supremacist system that
can make them celebrities over night.
Despite the hype, the people in tha 'hood dont need a
voter registration form. The people in tha 'hood need
food, the people in tha 'hood need jobs, the people in
tha 'hood need a way out of their misery. And if a
voter registration card is going to lead to that in a
very practical and concrete way, fine. But if it is
not, election day would be better spent sittin at tha
crib watching 106 and Park, instead of standing in
line at the polls.
answer, what is? The greatest threat to white
supremacy has and will always be Afrikan physical,
mental and spiritual self determination and everything
done by Afrikan people in the name of empowerment must
reflect this reality. Voting has its place, but is
just a microcosm of the bigger picture and must
produce almost immediate and tangible results.
Conferences or Tavis Smiley symposiums but someone
has to follow the teachings of Yeshua the Black
revolutionary Messiah and speak the TRUTH that will
make Afrikan people FREE.
waiting for the next Biggie Smalls or Tupac Shakur.
Tha streets are waiting for a voice of TRUTH to lead
them out of oppression. That is why any Hip Hop artist
who comes around now does not quench the thirst of the
masses of Black youth.
Countee Cullen's great poem,
singing the hymns of Black Power and flippin tha
last finger in the face of White Supremacy.
Minister Paul Scott represents the Messianic Afrikan
Nation in Durham, NC.
He can be reached at (919) 949-4352 email
messianicafrikannation@yahoo.com
Web site: members.blackplanet.com/THE-MYD
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