Real Talk: The Entertainment Report (pt. 12)
Real Talk, The Entertainment Report
Israelite Church of God & Jesus Christ Inc.
Writer: Yawasapga
Does America have a plan to destroy our Black & Latino youth through Hip Hop?
Welcome to another edition of Real Talk – The Entertainment Report. As I watch the latest music video on MTV Jams and analyze the jewelry blingin’ and the automobiles shining and the women gyrating I ask myself a question, “Do the children that are watching the same video I’m watching realize that all of this is fake?” Having worked in the music industry for 10 years and seeing for myself the illusion of the music industry, I myself believed the hype until I experienced the hype. What is the “hype?” The music industry. And I heard that the movie industry is even worse.
Let me explain the hype that I was once a part of. When the entertainment company I used to work for shot its first music video for BET and MTV, I had to handle putting things together. This is how things went. First, I rented a few automobiles from Budget Rent-a-Car. Then I hired a stylist who brokered a deal with a few clothing companies that allowed my artists to borrow clothes. And the stylist made sure that the clothes were returned. Next, I brokered a deal with a local jeweler to borrow some jewelry for my artists; I had to sign a contract guaranteeing to bring the jewelry back. Then I had to find some “dime pieces,” “video vixens,” (a.k.a. hot ladies) for the camera. Which meant, I had to pay four professional models to appear in the video. No, these were not the artists’ girlfriends or “groupies.” These women were complete strangers to the group, and if they were not paid, they would not have even shown up. After about 12 hours of filming, and when it was all said and done, the women went home (and not with the artists), the jewelry was returned to the jeweler, the clothes were returned and the automobiles were returned to Budget Rent-a-Car. Oh yeah, and my artists were given a ride home because most of them did not own cars at the time. And you really believe the hype, huh? There are two other things that are fake that you should be made aware of. One, most of the artists that are featured on MTV Cribs doesn’t own those houses. They are either rented or owned by one of the record company executives. And two, the fans‘ votes do not pick the videos played on BET’s 106th & Park.
Now, how does America come into play and how is America using Hip Hop to destroy our Black and Latino youth? If BET and MTV (both American companies owned by American media conglomerate, Viacom) is constantly pushing these music videos (which we learned earlier are false representations of the artist‘s lifestyle) on their channels, with no disclaimers of fakeness, and our Black and Latino youth are lusting all the day long after the fakeness that is in the videos, what do you think is going to happen eventually to our youth? Our Black and Latino youth are going to try to achieve this fake lifestyle, which they think is real, by any means necessary. Legal or illegal. If you constantly put a big juicy t-bone steak in front of a vegetarian and that’s all you offer the vegetarian to eat, eventually, that vegetarian is going to eat some steak. Even though they are a vegetarian. And the sad part about it, there is some “uncle tom” that’s helping to plan the programming on BET and MTV who’s only concerned with “getting his money”, and not interested at all with helping to educate his people. A message to my young readers; In Proverbs 1:10 it says, “If sinners entice thee, consent thou not!“
What else is pushed in Hip Hop or the Hip Hop lifestyle that is destroying our Black and Latino youth? Gangs and gang violence. The Bible says in Exodus 23:2 not to follow a multitude to do evil. What do you think a gang is? A multitude of evil doers up to no good. How many times have you seen an artist in a music video throw up gang signs or boldly promote their colors (red or blue)? The music/video programmer of BET and MTV has full authority to say, “You know what? I’m not going to play this video because it promotes gangs.“ Regardless of whom the artists are. But does that happen? No. Drugs and drug use is also pushed in Hip Hop and in these music videos. When did it become okay for an artist to smoke anything on television or in a music video, especially marijuana? How do we even know what “E” or ecstasy is? You know how we know, because you can hear the mention of it in various Hip Hop songs. Being a former Record Executive, I know that you have full authority to say, “You know what? I’m not going to release this song until you clean up those lyrics.“ But all the “Big Four” (BMG Sony, EMI, Universal & Warner) want are hits, regardless of what the artist is saying. Bling Bling is destroying our Black and Latino youth. How? Because 80% of bling bling is fake! You artists need to tell our youth the truth, so they can stop raping, robbing and murdering each other, trying to purchase jewelry they know that they can’t afford. And that they think you can afford it, because you are a Hip Hop star, and but you yourself know that the bling bling around your neck is fake. Just turn to the back page of the Source magazine and you can purchase bling bling for $29.95. Public Enemy once said “don’t believe the hype” but after some time has passed, we started to believe it. Let’s wake up people and come out of the world. Remember, the machine that’s running the music industry is evil, and this current world is evil. In 1 John 5:19 it states that the whole world lieth in wickedness and in 1 John 2:16 it tells us that this world would be promoting the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, and in Revelation 18:4 it tells us to come out of her (this wicked world and society). As for so-called gangster rappers, F.Y.I., Snoop Dogg really isn’t a crip. Word on the street is that he can’t even come back to Long Beach. If it wasn’t for Big C-Styles (Snoop‘s former body guard), cats would be shaking Calvin down and turning his pockets inside out. And all of you should know by now that Rick Ross couldn’t have been working as a correctional officer and selling all that dope. In order to work for the state penitentiary you have to pass rigorous background and drug tests. So either Rick is lying about being a big dope dealer or he’s lying about being a big dope dealer. The pictures of him with the low top fade in his correction’s officer clothes are too funny. Big up to Officer Roberts (a.k.a Rick Ross), he’s still a hot rapper.
Until next time: love God, love your family, love life and love yourself. Remember Matthew 4:17 and Isaiah 49:6. Email me with your comments at yawasap@mainstream-press.com. And thanks for all the comments you have sent thus far. Big up to all of my National correspondents and to the real King of New York, what’s up big homie!
Real Talk, The Entertainment Report
Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ
Writer: Yawasapga
September 2008 Edition
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