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Cowards in High Places


July 06, 2007 | Tags: Hip Hop, BET, Bun B, Debra Lee, Stephen Hill

So Bun B's blog got me thinking. Fam is absolutely right, but the people demanding better need to go a step further  than just harassing your favorite rapper. Demanding that an emcee do better is only going to invoke the cry of the super played "I'm just writing about what I see" or the extra bitchy "I'm doin what I gotta do to get a deal" (word to the masses: an artist does what he/she feels, not what they think will generate a quick buck, too many business men, not enough artists in the game to day).



The next time you feel the need to verbally smack your favorite rapper... repeatedly for making shitty music[1], take it a step further and do the following:



BET is a virtual pinata for us all (yours truly included). How many of you all have written to BET's head, Debra Lee(who should, without a doubt be ashamed of herself for allowing the station to portray Black women as they do)? Or Stephen Hill, who's in charge of music programming? While the 50's and *insert other whack rapper here* also deserve some criticism, we also need to be putting a foot in the ass (not literally, who wants to go to jail?) of the gate keepers, who are oftentimes GROWN people with young children of their own (I wonder if they let their kids consume the toxic programming they give to ours... hmmm).



You don't like what's on your local radio station, CALL the program or music director. If they don't listen, GO to the radio station and if they still don't listen, assemble a group of your friends and protest outside the station (be sure to do this on public property, or you may find yourself in cuffs). If you send out a press release before hand, the media will come.



Write or call the advertisers that support BET or that advertise on the radio station that plays all the bullshit and tell them you won't be supporting their products (put together a petition and have as many people you know sign it... even if they don't listen to said station).



It's time to hold the gatekeepers responsible for what Hip Hop has become.



[1] shitty rappers still make for good blogs and editorials, but they don't share ALL of the blame


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