Whitlock’s rant was about as reckless as the one Bill Cosby made as he blamed black people (and black people alone) for their high incarceration rates. It’s too difficult to lift up the rug and see all the grit and dirt underneath this country’s problem. Too hard to explain. So instead of getting to the root of the problem, they both took the easy way out. They both blamed Hip Hop.

But people forget that Hip Hop was birthed out of the impoverished and crime riddled communities that couldn’t afford to give students real musical instruments. Hip Hop was a way out for many and was a musical genre black folks, and those suffering from the conditions of America, could call their own. Hip Hop has people like Common, Talib Kweli, dead prez and Mos Def who have done some pretty positive things. But do they blame Hip Hop for that? Hell no.

Will Smith and Queen Latifah were birthed from Hip Hop, but they aren’t really “niggers” (read: Hip Hop) anymore due to their success. Or are they? Of course they are. Pay close attention the next time you see either in the news. Notice that their history in Hip Hop has vanished?

While Whitlock does make his points when it comes to the ignorance of Soulja Boy, Soulja Boy is not responsible for pulling a trigger. How unreasonable does it sound to say that if a person raped a woman - and just so happened to be black - that the term “superman that hoe” influenced his decision to rape.

How about he was just a sick person to begin with? But too bad, because if he happened to like Soulja Boy, people like Whitlock would be quick to throw him under the bus.

Oprah likes 50 Cent’s music. Does that make her more likely to commit a crime? It’s really absurd.

Really…

The best way to not be a nigger? Go against it publicly. Pay attention how conservative right wing media embraces any black person who has something to say about Hip Hop. Al Sharpton hasn’t ever been on the news as much as he has since this whole Don Imus thing became Hip Hop’s fault. Tell me I’m lying.

Mr. Whitlock, you too have separated yourself from being Hip Hop and being a nigger. Don’t worry, Stanley Crouch has done the same. But when the revolution comes headed your way, guess who’s going to have your back? That very Hip Hop culture you have erroneously blamed for society’s ills.

So when they say “Hip Hop did it” and if you consider yourself “Hip Hop” then consider yourself a nigger in their eyes. If you are melanin deficient, consider yourself a nigger lover. The mass media sees no positivity in this culture and has basically lumped every black person on this planet that does wrong to Hip Hop.

Never mind those that use Hip Hop as a tool to spread positivity. Never mind that the only extensive education on Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Marcus Garvey, Nat Turner, Assatta Shakur and others has come from Hip Hop music. Never mind the cleverness of a Lupe Fiasco, the brilliance of a DJ Premier, the revolutionary methods of Immortal Technique, the poetry of Nas, the women empowering lyricism of Jean Grae, the consciousness of KRS-One and the many others that use Hip Hop to challenge the mind. I mean, who else could make a song about the world’s water crisis like Mos Def?

Michael Eric Dyson is Hip Hop, Aaron McGruder is Hip Hop, Cornel West is Hip Hop, Spike Lee is Hip Hop and none are scared to embrace it and be critical in a constructive manner of the culture they both love.

I bet you that the media doesn’t blame Hip Hop for their success.

Now if Sean Taylor was found to like Alanis Morrisette and possess a mean square dance routine, then what would “they” say? If the criminals that took Taylor’s life just so happened to be listening to Britney Spears' "Gimme More" on the way to Taylor’s house, who would they blame it on then? But nobody is going to go that deep into any of their lives. Let’s just go the easy route and blame Hip Hop.

They’re just a bunch of niggers anyway right? But I’m just a critic – who just so happens to be the Editor-In-Chief of your favorite nigger-loving website, HipHopDX - Who The Hell Am I?

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