There are a lot of things you'd find offensive about this post if you are the kind of person that likes to be offended by things that you can easily choose not to identify with or see. Just skip this post and go to my more traditional blog format down below.
A lot of people don't like hip hop or rap music because they don't like the lyrics of the songs or the imagery of the videos. This post is not for them.
A lot of people think that after writing something articulate and informational and persuasive like my most recent post, that I should not post such material to this blog. This blog is not for you.
A lot of people think that Black people either have to be educated, highbrow and never embrace too many "urban" aspects of Black culture (i.e. Obama has basketball so he couldn't possibly have hip-hop and an afro too) or they have to be the stereotypical Black guy people point to when they see a McDonald's commercial eating a Big Mac and smiling while bobbin' his head to another guy rapping and watching other friends breakdancing and giving dap and looking at all the honies and pulling up to the drive-in with 26" rims on the Escalade and drinkin' some 40 ounces in between shootin' hoops with the homies. I'm not that guy or that guy.
A lot of people identify with Oprah and other notable Black "leaders" who don't identify with popular culture that young people relate to. They don't credit rap music for bridging the racial gaps over the last two decades, although they really should. I identify with that young "urban" culture. In fact, I embrace it, own it, wear it, listen to it, share it, spread it...basically I'm saying this isn't for you if you see something like this and immediately need to put some kind of societal spin on it that is way overstated and misses the point of a rap music video.
With that said, I present this video. I like it because it's straight rap music (meaning there is no real value to this lyrical content if you don't identify with it, that's what makes rap and hip-hop different) and it's Southern (Weezy is from New Orleans and Rick Ross is out of Miami) and it's just a really major video that shows that while these starts aren't on MTV anymore like the late 90s, they're doing bigger and better on Vimeo and YouTube. Also, I like how unafraid Rick Ross is to use vulgar and pointed lyrics and sit in a wheelchair without being paralyzed. Maybe he's planning to gain more weight. You may need Urban Dictionary for this one.
I do want to add that I don't personally use the words B- and N- or talk about killing, but others sometimes do and they are free to if they so choose. There's an amendment for that too.
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