I will never understand how more self destructive we became since hip hop started. It’s insane to think about. Hip hop was suppose to uplift us as a ppl. All it did was enrich the most corrupt.
@@lornejackson9660 nah bruh it’s called SELF-destruction. We need to stop acting like there’s some boogeyman controlling us. There are black CEOs and Label execs making these decisions. These decisions are based on what WE want. There is nothing they can do unless we supprt and buy it. WE need to take accountability and stop indulging on our OWN SELF DESTRUCTION. We need to reconnect with our spirituality (and I don’t mean just religion). I mean literally putting feet on the grass and reminding ourselves we are NOT meant to self harm in this way. But that’s a yall problem tbh. Because i gave up supporting ANYTHING that will harm me including listening to rap music along with other things like violence in movies, social media nonsense, we need to come grips with the fact that we’re addicted to trauma drama and struggle on screen and in our ears. It somehow validates why YOU should be ok with hating yourself or immune to trauma. People who are intune spiritually wants no parts of this stuff. It’s time many of our black ppl realize this. And it’s no excuse as to why it’s ok to absorb others trauma even if it’s fake. What’s the point? It’s only damage for the psyche.
@@user-ed7ne3dy5b gangsta rap in the early nineties was reporting on the realities of American life that journalists either didn't know about or couldn't publish due to oppressive policies and interests. Did Tupac or Ice Cube invent AK-47s or crack cocaine? Did they institute segregation and racism? Some rap today confuses this and brags about violence, but the original gangsta rap was just conveying an image of America as seen by its most oppressed citizens. I always think of the Naughty By Nature line, "...say something positive? Well positive ain't where I live"
anything that puts US down is celebrated and pushed to our kids, here in is where the capitalist, zionist connection comes to play. As much as historical intersection has occurred, selling us bad because someone is going to sell it because it makes sooo much money (not sense) is considered anti-semitic and it is not, it is not right, it is bad it is sad, it will never be alright regardless of whomever is behind the scenes financing platinum because it makes more than band of gold--gold records.
He perfectly articulated how destructive rap music is. Music has the ability to control the masses, it’ll tell you how to think, feel and behave. If the music is telling the youth to catch bodies, smoke on their opp, sexualize and disrespect women, take hard drugs what do you think is going to happen? It’s not “just music” we can see the effects when we look at the state of the black community in America. There’s a reason the US government took down black revolutionaries and push these rap artists as leaders.
Many of the "revolutionaries" were rapists and con men. Hello, Eldridge Cleaver. And this is why we ain't sh*t. Always looking for someone to save us instead of growing up and being responsible individuals. Straight embarrassing.
Thank you and I agree with what you've said; and I am an elder now(in my 60s)and I know that what you've said is the truth-though many in their ignorance(whether willfully or deliberate)will not agree with what you've stated! 11-21-23.
@@charlesbrazell2136 I’m 25 years old, I grew up listening to rap/hip hop music, and was a huge fan of the art form. At one point it was conscious with the right messaging but things took a turn for the worst. Anyone who denies its negative impact on the black community internally and externally is a liar. What we call hip hop today encourages all the dangerous behaviors to the self and others which lead to broken families and communities. Rap artists get murdered more than any other genre for a reason.
Thank You, "naimaismail 4356" for your response, and I agree with what you've said and it makes my heart glad to know that there are those of your age and generation who "see the light", to avoid the pitfalls and snares that have been put out here(in particular through music), to cause them to go the way of self-destruction. I thank God for you and all who are not following the path of ignorance and unenlightenment-but that which will hopefully, redeem our people! You are on the RIGHT PATH-keep doing what you're doing-and remember this-"nothing worthwhile in life comes without a struggle"! And I believe you have chosen the best part of that struggle! 11-21-23.@@naimaismail4356
@@charlesbrazell2136 Thank you for the kind encouraging words! I truly appreciate it, and thank you for engaging in this conversation and I do hope and pray more people from my generation see the light and chose to walk the straight path away from degeneracy and destruction so we can build a better future! Have a wonderful day, you’re a kind soul! 🙏🏾
As a Mexican American, I say the same about narcocorridos. It’s the Mexican gangsta rap, even though it’s not rap. But the message is the same. And these youngsters listen to that, and want to act like narcos.
He has gotten better over time with his voice. The maturity of what he is saying, is so true. Some of us are really listening to you. " Keep speaking the truth."
@@Truth-timeit’s beneficial to the INDIVIDUAL but not the community. For 1, majority of the most “successful” artists glorify guns sex and violence in their music regardless of if they really partake in that stuff or not. And 2, those same individuals aren’t using their platform and influence to make a genuine difference in the community. Like the Dr said, we don’t need more turkeys and shoes; we need something of substance that’ll invoke CHANGE. Positive message and guidance. But instead they show the fancy cars and jewelry and “women”, so now the youth idolize the material things and think they have to live that lifestyle and rhyme about the same content to be successful.
When these "Rappers" sign these contracts, they AGREE to promote "DEGENERACY" to our young people. They are not innocent. They are very much "COMPLICIT"! We need to hold them accountable!
Exactly. ....we need a moratorium. When will the bm stand up and lead the way he was designed to do? Bm could stop this whole thing if he wanted. Allowing the pc man to pimp your culture ain't it. We will forget all of these rappers by tomorrow. The pc man knows the bm loves money over his Creator that's how they flipped the bm. They need the bm to destroy himself and it looks like it's workin. Pc men are more cunnin and more clever than the bm and it shows 🤔😮💨😒.
However, rock predates it by 12 years When it went, from Rock N Roll to rock, the boomers went nutz Later, gangsta/stripper Rsp came about We've been in if gor 3t years now Sis Rosetta Tharpe, is turning over in her grave She is the great grandmother
Finally! Someone using the social media platform to have a hard conversation! I’m so happy to hear this because I’m tired of being the only black person in a room saying this out loud! Why are we so afraid to address reality? Let’s stop pointing fingers, clean up our mess, restore our communities, stick together and the rest will take care of itself ❤❤
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YOUNG LADY, I know there is hope when after I read your pc, it is only sad that the negroes in the USA will have to struggle much longer to achieve any respect of one another because of HIP %@#!# HOP of this generation. But I feel hopeful because their production may change the narrative, and because we are gradually, getting more educated, I can feel a good change coming. I have hope for my grand kids, the youngest one 8ys!!! was rapping about how good it feels to be on the honor roll, and he is still living in the ghetto. YES, WE HAVE TO LET THE YOUNG ONES KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEEN EDUCATED, been SMART, and as we were already born "cunning', if yo get my drift, we WILL RISE. I know that A BLACK EDUCATED NEGRO IS THE MOST "SOCIALLY" FEARED HUMAN BEING ON PLANET EARTH. Not THESE "NURSERT RHYMING" hoodlums with lots of CASH (in there pockets), for now. Have you seen any white established organization eliminate one of them. There is never even an attempt. WHY???? One love. THIS ONE HERE, I hope he realize this, and is taking pre-cautions. I really hope he is. One aim, One destiny.
That’s what I’m talking about. PREACH. These Black rap artists male and female sold their souls to the devil for a piece of change and don’t even know it. My soul says thank you for speaking the truth to the youth.
I wouldn’t even say a piece of change. It’s actually a loan or an advance. They gotta pay that money back somehow and someway. They flex like they got it, but that’s the label’s money to appeal to the younger people.
The word he was searching for at 5:30 AMPLIFIED!!! I AGREE 1000% with every word he said in this clip! 🗣 WE DONT NEED ANYMORE RAPPERS!!! We need doctors, lawyers, judges, firemen, builders, teachers, plumbers, architects, public speakers, LEADERS!!!
when i tell people that it’s the music getting to everybody’s ears they call me crazy for even thinking that music has an impact on people like that but it’s true! look at what’s happening around the world today!! all these females having s** with anybody they can, they don’t want to have babies, they don’t want to be married. literally all the things that makes a woman a woman are not even wanted by these females. look at men now, it’s the same thing but to add to it they are killing each other out, they are using hardcore drugs etc. this world is becoming too demonic and literally everything i listed out here are being pushed by the black community. nobody’s proud to say they are black anymore because look at what our representations are, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Beyoncé, Kodak Black, NBA Youngboy, Cardi B. these people are one of the most famous people in the music industry and listen to their music, it’s all about killing people, having unprotected s**, death, suicide, disrespecting women. ITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US! WAKE UP PEOPLE! WE ARE BEING USED!
@@atb_ty8785 ok nobody's forcing u to listen to it, there's literally hundreds of genres to listen to idiot. That destruction comes from ones choices and decisions not music grow up
@@mgk357 I've been a rapper before youtube came out. I have dedicated my life to hip hop music i breathe this shit. I am a bilingual/trilingual rapper not many can say that, there's far more doctors and lawyers than good rappers it takes no talent for a 9-5 job. To become really successful with music is 100× harder than making money with a job career that's the easier way, most people go that route.
Jimmy Iovine and Interscope records have a lot to answer for. In the 90's they used Dre, Snoop and Death Row to market and promote LA gang culture to the world. To the point were Crips and Bloods were popping up in the Netherlands and the UK because of the music. And now fast forward 20 years and now they've done the same with Chicago gang culture. They signed Chief Keef and promoted drill music to the world which has clearly caused an increase in gang violence. Anyone who says music doesn't influence young people and perpetuate more of the same behaviour is ignorant as hell or in denial. Gangster rap/drill music is poisoning and corrupting the minds of the youth without a doubt.
Facts, I realized this and quit rapping and have no desire to because I feel like I have a bigger responsibility to everyone child to lead them right and not down the wrong path. No matter if someone led me wrong it's my responsibility to be accountable because a Village raised me.
He’s right on point. It’s sad because I see some of the older hip hop artists trying to maintain relevance by still talking about being in the streets and dope selling.
I agree with everything he's said 100% !!!!!!!!!... Rap music has been influencing the destruction of the black community, youth and true culture for the past 20 + years... We have to stop supporting these so called artists by buying their music and anything that they're selling/ promoting.
Rappers giving back to their community is never gonna happen Nipsey hussle was a perfect example....once these entertainers sign these contracts and bind them selves to corporations all that black empowerment consciousness is out the window for money bottom line.
Na Nipsey’s downfall came from binding himself to the rolling 60s neighborhood crips. Signing a record deal didn’t kill him. Being a gang member did. And I love Nip
Preach, Im 41 yrs old. My Late Father always said why are you listening to this music that pushes death. I agree after the P.E. Latifah and "Black Panther" Tupac era it was basically Down hill.
This is music to my ears! Glory to God, I've been saying this for over 18 years. When I told my homeboys that I boycotted rap, they were like what?! And then when I begin to explain why I was saying that rappers are worse than the KKK, we had some very interesting conversations. Salute to Mr Johnson 🧠💪🏾👏🏾🤝🏾🫡
I've been feeling this way since the 90s. But only with MAINSTREAM Rap music. Instead of boycotting Rap music. I just started to listen to Underground rappers that spoke about things I wanted to hear.
I’ve been having the same conversation. I can’t keep listening to music that’s not pouring into me. In this day and age, my consumption of music have to be fulfilling & felt soulfully/ informative & whatnot. I try to inform my ppl that still prefer it to have the mentality to discern that it’s just ENTERTAINMENT. Don’t be out here trying Lean when the mf’s rapping about don’t sip it. Listen In moderation & have a balance.
FR33 SOL is a new artist I just came across that still give me that dope beat w/ some empowering lyrics. Sometimes all we need is an alternative, & finding one is a start.
Been saying this since the 90s, every word he said is correct it was never about improving us it's all about money they can make of our creativeness and chaos. They got rid of the conscious aspect of hiphop now you can't even recognize it. And it's gonna get worse cuz we allow it
TRUE! Since the 90s MAINSTREAM Rap has been promoting destruction. But there have been and still are a lot of positive male and female rappers in the Underground. And now that algorithms align with what a person listens to, no one has an excuse to continue to listen to content they don't want to hear.
I’m finally happy to see a brother like image stand up our culture and everything he saying is a 100,000 percent real man we need more speaker like this brother 👨🏾
Thank you my Brother for telling the truth! Gangster rap is like the Pied Piper, leading the children to foolishness and death. We gotta stop focusing on Sports and Entertainment. That's not what sustains a community. This allows others to control our culture.
"Rap became our version of Malcom and Martin" - Nas "Once The Man got to her, he altered her native Told her if she got an image and a gimmick That she could make money, and she did it like a dummy" - Common
The God's honest truth is that rap and inner city ghettos are literally the result of the 7 deadly sins from the bible. The only thing rap music couldn't quite make acceptable was homosexuality 🤫
Facts ‼️ However, we talk about the truth all day long, but when are we going to stand up and be that change agent for our BLACK COMMUNITY/Culture.??? Ijs
I disagree these ppl do way more than him he's mad bc these guys won't give him money so he can accomplish his goals but these guys help the community in other ways
Beautifully said and well articulated Dr.Umar! Imagine if the country music industry tried to do remakes of gangsta rap songs such as Crime Mob's Knuck if you Buck...I imagine it would not be well received if it was perfomed at the country music awards. Im just saying.😅
In older civilizations, music, sports and art would endure for thousands of years, and in under 50 years they were already saying hip hop is dead. It must also be stated that the civilization that bred hip hop wasn't destined to endure for very long either.
This brother is so on point there’s literally no one who would even try to dispute these facts. This needs to be repeated again and again until Gangsta rap is considered nothing but corny!
Growing up in the 90's i watched my cousin who was a square dude, literally turn himself into Snoop dogg. Now he just got out his second stint in prison 41 years old. Living in his parent's garage.
This is why I still listen to Umar. I prefer these discussions over athletes who have "snow bunnies" or black women hair. I believe these discussions have more relevance.
@@C.I.T.H.He also ducked Anton Daniels and he ducked the Fresh and fit guys Dude only wants to talk and never be critiqued He is welcome on mainstream radio shows for a reason
I couldn’t agree more. The african diaspora in Europa and Canada has also adopt this gangsta music and “gangsta” life style. Many african juveniles diasporas don’t really have role models or lookalike in television so we quickly find us self fascinated by Afro American culture. Also brecouse we have similar backgrounds; white society, racism, ghettos etc
I'm with you when you're right. I don't agree with everything he says but this right here, is the talk we need to have. I gave up rap years ago because i recognize what it was doing and the negative effects that it was having on me. We need to stop supporting this music.
Im from Australia i grew up lower middle class and hip hop literally led me down the path towards street life and prison. I had no reference point for any of it until i discovered gangster rap and rappers flaunting wealth and its still affecting this generation now. Im 38
@@wnnfrhrw4452 call it whatever you like im just saying if it can affect kids on the other side of the world imagine the profound affect it has on kids in the states
@@westlymiller I agree, the problem is that there's too many weak minded, uneducated individuals out there that play follow the leader. Look at all those maga red hat people. Look up Jim Jones and how he had over 900 people drink the koolaid. Certain people are easily influenced, I'll never understand why.
"Music is a spiritual thing, you don't play with music. If you play with music you will die young. You see, because when the higher forces give you the gift of music...musicians hip, it must be well used for the gift of humanity." Fela Kuti
@@rondoughhowell6442and it’s sad honestly. the only time we will actually wake up is around 50 years from now when they realize that other races are ahead of us and we are at the bottom & even then we won’t be able to see the truth because some of us would rather be blind to it all than stand on the truth
Thank you Art of Dialogue and Dr. Umar Johnson, for the academic, factual, and your perspective on history, the movers and shakers and the corruption and destruction in our world today, salute.
Being a upcoming artist myself for 2 yrs… you don’t know how many times ppl tell me they love my sound but i should make street music to get in the door. It’s also a lot of artist I know who get told the same. It’s what our own ppl push. I rather make vibe, chill, laid back music. What you put out their it’ll come back on you. I’m a strong believer in that. Just because I came from a gang family don’t mean I want that attached to my future legacy dawg! We trying get out this shyt not bring it with us!! I just hope kids understand it’s cool to make music about a regular day, going to the store, buying a fit, spending time with homies, with yo girl or whatever give you happiness. You don’t gotta mean mug every nicca because he might be on that frfr & you bluffing homie. Life is precious yall I just hope ppl understand that more.
@@adavis3215it’s clear as day that you haven’t actually LISTENED to what he said because everything he said is relevant to what’s happening now to the children. children are being used as pawns in a game that we don’t even know that we’re playing. WAKE UP! LOOK AT OUR WORLD! black people are their own downfall and we don’t even realize it because we’re hypnotized by the music, the technology everything! wake up!
Cynthia Delores Tucker tried to say this in the 90s (gangsta rap not helping the Black Community), but she was villainized. I wish people listened to her more back then. Things could have been different.
FUNNY you SAY this, ‘cause I reMEMBER HEARING about this back when (‘91 baby for a little point of reference), and feeling “meh” about her sentiments, somewhat AGREEING w/ it and simultaneously NOT, but NOW, it seriously does SEEM like she really WAS SPEAK-ING from this LONG-game seeing seer-like point of view!….
@@Paris__Michael I'm 90 and I totally agree. She was looking beyond the current (at that time) environment of fun and looking at the bigger picture. In hindsight she made more sense than we realized.
@@Anonymous_JK_Lover She really DID, BLESS her ever far beyond (SOME of) our immediate more LIMITED understanding(s) and such!…… BLESS yourSELF as WELL, the WISDOM(S) you just seriously HAVE at that AGE, I bet the WORLD 🌎 HAS to be something you see a STRONG BIT more radically different than someone like mySELF, having SEEN and EXPERIENCED things that have long since passed!…..
She didn't do it right what we need to do is start communicating with artists,celebrities and entertainers that's how we're going to see a change.And I would like to be that person to start a conversation regardless heck I'll even bring religious people like Farrakhan preachers like G Craig Lewis Gino Jennings and even President Obama who has also criticized Hip Hop as well to see what we can do to make feel like it's something to celebrate and not feel stuck disconnected from reality.
I've always said that..It came to me after Murder Was The Case They Gave Me..Snoop and those guys could've started changing the messages to positivity..Because I realized that they had followers and a voice..But unfortunately it went downhill for me I'm a old head.And there's been so many MC that have been killed and so much negativity surrounding rap music since.If they would have changed the narrative back in the day.I believe things would be better for the up and coming rappers.. But between the international highway things are in shambles..
Snoop, Dre, and those guys do whatever brings the money. They did gangsta rap because they loved the money and the power. But when they tasted the negatives of gangbanging directly, all of a sudden became conscious. Dre is particularly good at pushing the BS about how he left Death Row because of the violence. He just forgets to add that he only had a problem with it when he was about to get a victim of it too. Until that point he was happy with his "Gotti boys".
@@moneyman24258 The problem here is the same like with Pac. They were really comfortable with this as long as they were at the top of the food chain. If anything Pac is even worse, because he was more of a conscious rapper initially which he dropped really fast when he got a chance to be a part of something which is keeping the black americans down. Yet at the same time he was talking about uplifting black people.
@@moneyman24258 but I agree. The consumers bought those records, when the conscious and positive records were there too. I saw Jeru a few years back. His first two records were produced by Primo, the songs are great, the music is great, etc. So I always thought that maybe he just didn't have the stage presence as other rappers. God, how wrong was I. He is just simply not "keeping it real" (I use this in a negative meaning here) enough to be popular in the hood. Jeru was really careful with the BLM movement and he got a lot of blackash for it. Yet he appeared to have a balanced opinion (especially in retrospect). KRS-One is a similar story or the Pharcyde in LA. And it wasn't the government or white people who purchased all the gangsta rap records.
@@Truth-time It's not me focusing on that, but the audience who buy these records, idolise the artists (who are usually just posing) and then blame everyone but themselves for their problems. Plus the topic was the gangsta rap where many performers were just "studio gangsters" and they were as authentic as the virginity of Britney Spears. Once there was no money in it, they did something else and didn't give a shit about the damage they caused.
There are until this day conscious/ positive hip hop artist who's music doesn't promote violence. But there are several wings of hip hop (trap, drill, etc) that do promote violence. The issue is that the mainstream industry has made the negative hip hop more prominent. So it's not all of hip hop...but this is the only genre of music I know that has a faction that constantly promotes violence. Especially amongst it's own culture.
@@stryfetc1471speak for yourself. Rap has not been a detriment to me or for me, it's been quite the opposite. As many people have pointed out, there are plenty conscious rappers out there, why aren't more people listening to them? What should Talib, Common, Mos Def, etc do to get more people to listen to them? I'm sure you've heard the saying, you can lead a horse to water but can't force it to drink. If the water is good (conscious rap, Christian rap, feel good rap) and you lead the horse there, it can't be forced to drink. Say you could force the horse, there's no guarantee it would like it and return. If the water is bad (drill and trap) and the horse decides to head there on its own, you can tell the horse the water is bad but you can't stop it from drinking it. Say you then decide to block the roads to the bad water, if the horse has a taste for bad water, it's going to find it. Who's fault is it? The lead, path, water, or the horse? The court of law and anyone that understands accountability knows the horse is accountable for what it ingests and the actions that may follow.
Guess who’s behind gangster rap becoming the dominant form of hip hop? At first all rappers weren’t making that type of content but in the 90s Record Execs of a certain denomination that you’re not allowed to criticize, decided they’ll only sign and promote artistes who make music that degrade and denigrate Black people. Young upcoming artistes realized that this is the type of music they need to make to make money and the rest is history.
TI is DEFINETLY an exception...He just opened up over 143 apartment complexes and 25 for the homeless youth...a project that took years for him to do, here in Atlanta.
Unfortunately, these rappers sign contracts that forbid them from doing anything positive and pushes them to continue to spread negativity and demonic things to the youth. The positive music doesn’t get pushed as heavy as the negative music because sadly that does not sell but I agree that it is time for a change in not only Hip Hop but music as a whole. Art of Dialogue, please make Dr. Umar a regular because he spoke a lot of truth discussing the topics given
There are no excuses for hip-hop artists glorifying the negative aspects of blkculture. They don't have to sign contracts, at this point they should have their "own" record labels anyway.
@@blackcherry6877they should but they don’t. So they sign to a major label because they are going to get the backing they need to become a star. If you don’t have a machine behind you, then good luck kid!
The consciousness of our people has to change BEFORE Hip Hip or anything else we seek to do changes. Hip Hop is simply reflecting the current consciousness and mindset of Black people.
GANGSTA RAP DIED. It naturally ran its course of shock value and everyone stopped caring for it around late 2000s (thanks Kanye). 6ix9ine came in as an AGENT and they pushed Gangsta Rap back to the forefront inorganically. Its slowly dying again, but this time we need to make sure it NEVER gets pushed like that outta nowhere again.
I was just talking to my bro about this like I remember as a kid loving rappers but its been 20-30 years of just nothing to show for hip-hop besides destruction smh sad to say and I loved it I mean literally lived eat shit hip-hop smh but we have nothing to show for "HipHop" besides destruction
As an African this man is a hero to me. I’ve always said this and it is an opinion shared by the overwhelming majority of blacks outside of the US. Hiphop hates black people and is anti black people in essence. You can’t convince me otherwise. Take a look at reggae, both genres rose around the same time and were born out of similar circumstances. While one (reggae) is rooted in loving black people the other does the opposite. How this is normalized to black people is the biggest trick ever pulled. The reason hiphop turned out the way it did is because black people in America do not have ownership of the culture they created. Whenever black people have full control of their own culture (see: reggae etc) they won’t use it to destroy their own people. This isn’t a revolutionary or insightful idea. It’s just common sense.
I agree. It's a huge conspiracy that is becoming nearly impossible to overlook. This country has always done whatever it could to harm black people. It doesn't surprise me that less than a few decades after African Americans secure civil rights in America, some new toxic psychological scourge such as gangsta rap is hoisted upon them to keep them spiritually and mentally shackled. Black people have to break out of this.
Gangster rap is the problem. Its a category or sub genre within Hip Hop music, but it has literally become 95% of the music in Hip Hop that has been released. It has taken over.
Late 80's artists like Public Enemy, Boogie Down Production, Quenn Latifa, X-Clan, even the early 2Pac, and movements like Fight The Power and Same Gang moved the handlers to change over to gansta rap.
Actually hip hop started in the 70s in the late 80s and 90s hip hop used to talk about black consciousness and uplifting the black community somewhere in the late 80s and early 90s the record industry started playing what we call gangster rap and and stopped promoting black conscious rap and this where we end up today promoting killing one another and disrespecting our women while they you know who they are make money off our ignorance 😢
Yo, this is God right here! Dee-1, the Christian rapper from New Orleans, actually started this conversation when he called out certain rappers for their poisonous lyrical content ON AIR LIVE in a recent Sway in the morning radio show. All the rappers he called out (Jim Jones, Meek Mill, Rick Ross), they all responded too. Look it up! It's time for this conversation to be had!
Dr. Umar is on point I agree with everything he said about this hip hop issue. To be honest there is absolutely nothing to celebrate in hip hop today and that's facts
@@marcsondlucce it's still on the labels. They pushing the destructive stuff, the kids see it cause it makes the most money. Look on how Jimmy, Ross reacted to Dee-1. They know deep down Dee is right, but unfortunately no money in the positive stuff, so they'll continue their fairytales to make their money and pretend giving back is the answer.
Labels didn’t start gangster rap or trap music. They endorsed it after seeing it sells. The problem is us. Stop deflecting or we won’t ever change this issue.
True hip hop didn’t start by labels it started from people in the street and it still lives with love for the craft not just money Problem is this guy umar isn’t cultured in that topic
I don't know who this brother is and how this has ended up on my timeline, but I am so glad I have watched this. He has articulated what I have felt about hip hop for many years.
@@rondoughhowell6442He had to play the game... Tupac was very smart man, he knew the government was watching him 24/7, at the end of the day 2pac came from the black panther movement... He represented threat to the system Sometime in life you need to play the game the way it is No wonder he said in one of his interviews that: I am man of many acts... When you saw him as a gangster he was just acting as an actor does When you saw him being a revolutionary and support the black community then that came from his heart No wonder he got murdered when he wanted to leave Death Row... For sure he was also intending to quit gangster lifestyle that curves could change the curve of hip hop ( all the labels would lose billions as most Rappers are actually hidden Tupac fans) BIGGIE always was open to admit that
Yep every since Gangsta rap took off our generation have been getting more Demonic and Dumber
Todays rap isn’t gangsta rap it’s not even hip hop anymore
Yes Indeed
All Black Churches in The BLACK Community Should Be Included
Million's Upon MILLION'S Have Been DRAINED Our Community And Only Bank's Benefit
@@Cfresh84it's bull hop and pop rap.
Ah yes, that evil white man, Eric Wright was probably to blame.
Man, rappers are afraid to lose their money and material gain so they have become easy to control.
Everyday Americans too they not gone sacrifice nothing most already pay check to pay check
Agreed
Do what u want and be broke or do what they want and get paid...who doesn't live this way
They don’t realize they’re really in control
I agree 💯 it's all about the money now.. this is how white supremacists remain in control
I will never understand how more self destructive we became since hip hop started. It’s insane to think about. Hip hop was suppose to uplift us as a ppl. All it did was enrich the most corrupt.
"And everybody wants to kill the bringer, of bad news, so they choose, to point tha finga" - 2Pac
It's called genocide ot a covet war against our people... We need the knowledge of self.
@@lornejackson9660 nah bruh it’s called SELF-destruction. We need to stop acting like there’s some boogeyman controlling us. There are black CEOs and Label execs making these decisions. These decisions are based on what WE want. There is nothing they can do unless we supprt and buy it. WE need to take accountability and stop indulging on our OWN SELF DESTRUCTION.
We need to reconnect with our spirituality (and I don’t mean just religion). I mean literally putting feet on the grass and reminding ourselves we are NOT meant to self harm in this way.
But that’s a yall problem tbh. Because i gave up supporting ANYTHING that will harm me including listening to rap music along with other things like violence in movies, social media nonsense, we need to come grips with the fact that we’re addicted to trauma drama and struggle on screen and in our ears. It somehow validates why YOU should be ok with hating yourself or immune to trauma.
People who are intune spiritually wants no parts of this stuff. It’s time many of our black ppl realize this. And it’s no excuse as to why it’s ok to absorb others trauma even if it’s fake. What’s the point? It’s only damage for the psyche.
Hip Hop was not destructive until Ganster Rap was introduced. Go back and listen to the lyrics from back then and you will begin to understand.
@@user-ed7ne3dy5b gangsta rap in the early nineties was reporting on the realities of American life that journalists either didn't know about or couldn't publish due to oppressive policies and interests. Did Tupac or Ice Cube invent AK-47s or crack cocaine? Did they institute segregation and racism? Some rap today confuses this and brags about violence, but the original gangsta rap was just conveying an image of America as seen by its most oppressed citizens. I always think of the Naughty By Nature line, "...say something positive? Well positive ain't where I live"
"The same people who own the record labels own the prisons." - Ice Cube
Told me everything I needed to know about hip hop.
Exactly
100 per cent
The rappers don't care. They just want to earn money then tell the buyers how broke they are.
Sad but true
Right! Lol! That’s exactly right!
😂
I DONT BLAME EM..GET DA BAGG BUT JUST DONT DESTROY LIVES IN DA PROCESS, & U GOTTA SCREAM BROKE ONCE U BECOME RICH WOULDN'T YOU?
nope @@MikeLARRY-rp4ml
I’m 26 & I’ve been feeling the same way my whole life. It makes zero sense to me how rap music is celebrated & pushed to the kids.
Fax
Blame the jew
anything that puts US down is celebrated and pushed to our kids, here in is where the capitalist, zionist connection comes to play. As much as historical intersection has occurred, selling us bad because someone is going to sell it because it makes sooo much money (not sense) is considered anti-semitic and it is not, it is not right, it is bad it is sad, it will never be alright regardless of whomever is behind the scenes financing platinum because it makes more than band of gold--gold records.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
💯 i rap. This shit sad but true man. Im 26 too bro im glad u see it. Mfs only wanna listen to u if u kill💀💯
He perfectly articulated how destructive rap music is. Music has the ability to control the masses, it’ll tell you how to think, feel and behave. If the music is telling the youth to catch bodies, smoke on their opp, sexualize and disrespect women, take hard drugs what do you think is going to happen? It’s not “just music” we can see the effects when we look at the state of the black community in America. There’s a reason the US government took down black revolutionaries and push these rap artists as leaders.
Many of the "revolutionaries" were rapists and con men. Hello, Eldridge Cleaver. And this is why we ain't sh*t. Always looking for someone to save us instead of growing up and being responsible individuals. Straight embarrassing.
Thank you and I agree with what you've said; and I am an elder now(in my 60s)and I know that what you've said is the truth-though many in their ignorance(whether willfully or deliberate)will not agree with what you've stated! 11-21-23.
@@charlesbrazell2136 I’m 25 years old, I grew up listening to rap/hip hop music, and was a huge fan of the art form. At one point it was conscious with the right messaging but things took a turn for the worst. Anyone who denies its negative impact on the black community internally and externally is a liar. What we call hip hop today encourages all the dangerous behaviors to the self and others which lead to broken families and communities. Rap artists get murdered more than any other genre for a reason.
Thank You, "naimaismail 4356" for your response, and I agree with what you've said and it makes my heart glad to know that there are those of your age and generation who "see the light", to avoid the pitfalls and snares that have been put out here(in particular through music), to cause them to go the way of self-destruction.
I thank God for you and all who are not following the path of ignorance and unenlightenment-but that which will hopefully, redeem our people! You are on the RIGHT PATH-keep doing what you're doing-and remember this-"nothing worthwhile in life comes without a struggle"! And I believe you have chosen the best part of that struggle! 11-21-23.@@naimaismail4356
@@charlesbrazell2136 Thank you for the kind encouraging words! I truly appreciate it, and thank you for engaging in this conversation and I do hope and pray more people from my generation see the light and chose to walk the straight path away from degeneracy and destruction so we can build a better future! Have a wonderful day, you’re a kind soul! 🙏🏾
As a Mexican American, I say the same about narcocorridos. It’s the Mexican gangsta rap, even though it’s not rap. But the message is the same. And these youngsters listen to that, and want to act like narcos.
Like chino pacas?
@@fspight28 I don’t know who that is.
@@fspight28yeah , peso pluma, los tucanes, etc. they all glorify narco lifestyle
@@psychedelicking2618 thought so I've heard peso pluma too they seem to be really blowing up. I thought it was interesting, but makes sense
Do you think people are gonna became narcos because they listen to a song? Or because they're poor and want easy money?
He has gotten better over time with his voice. The maturity of what he is saying, is so true. Some of us are really listening to you. " Keep speaking the truth."
No, He was a much better orator 10 years ago. To be honest He's still brilliant but not as sharp as He use to be.
@@Truth-time It's not a lie!!! By your own response please provide a % of hip hop that's beneficial and be honest.
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@@Truth-time Of course It's beneficial to the actual artist. What % is beneficial to the listener? It's literally clown music 🤡.
@@Truth-timeit’s beneficial to the INDIVIDUAL but not the community. For 1, majority of the most “successful” artists glorify guns sex and violence in their music regardless of if they really partake in that stuff or not. And 2, those same individuals aren’t using their platform and influence to make a genuine difference in the community. Like the Dr said, we don’t need more turkeys and shoes; we need something of substance that’ll invoke CHANGE. Positive message and guidance. But instead they show the fancy cars and jewelry and “women”, so now the youth idolize the material things and think they have to live that lifestyle and rhyme about the same content to be successful.
When these "Rappers" sign these contracts, they AGREE to promote "DEGENERACY" to our young people. They are not innocent. They are very much "COMPLICIT"! We need to hold them accountable!
Fax
Exactly. ....we need a moratorium. When will the bm stand up and lead the way he was designed to do? Bm could stop this whole thing if he wanted. Allowing the pc man to pimp your culture ain't it. We will forget all of these rappers by tomorrow. The pc man knows the bm loves money over his Creator that's how they flipped the bm. They need the bm to destroy himself and it looks like it's workin. Pc men are more cunnin and more clever than the bm and it shows 🤔😮💨😒.
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Yep
However, rock predates it by 12 years
When it went, from Rock N Roll to rock, the boomers went nutz
Later, gangsta/stripper Rsp came about
We've been in if gor 3t years now
Sis Rosetta Tharpe, is turning over in her grave
She is the great grandmother
Finally! Someone using the social media platform to have a hard conversation! I’m so happy to hear this because I’m tired of being the only black person in a room saying this out loud! Why are we so afraid to address reality? Let’s stop pointing fingers, clean up our mess, restore our communities, stick together and the rest will take care of itself ❤❤
YOUNG LADY, I know there is hope when after I read your pc, it is only sad that the negroes in the USA will have to struggle much longer to achieve any respect of one another because of HIP %@#!# HOP of this generation. But I feel hopeful because their production may change the narrative, and because we are gradually, getting more educated, I can feel a good change coming. I have hope for my grand kids, the youngest one 8ys!!! was rapping about how good it feels to be on the honor roll, and he is still living in the ghetto. YES, WE HAVE TO LET THE YOUNG ONES KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEEN EDUCATED, been SMART, and as we were already born "cunning', if yo get my drift, we WILL RISE. I know that A BLACK EDUCATED NEGRO IS THE MOST "SOCIALLY" FEARED HUMAN BEING ON PLANET EARTH. Not THESE "NURSERT RHYMING" hoodlums with lots of CASH (in there pockets), for now. Have you seen any white established organization eliminate one of them. There is never even an attempt. WHY????
One love. THIS ONE HERE, I hope he realize this, and is taking pre-cautions. I really hope he is. One aim, One destiny.
Thank you @aprilgriffin3952.
I was tired of that b*tch ho BS from day one. So sad when the more intelligent political rap became old school.
Our own people sold us into slavery. We will never do right by one another because we never had unity in the first place.
I like what you said about sticking together. It ain't community without unity
That’s what I’m talking about. PREACH. These Black rap artists male and female sold their souls to the devil for a piece of change and don’t even know it. My soul says thank you for speaking the truth to the youth.
They knew damn well what they signed up for.
"Because a bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush" - Ice Cube
It’s more than “a piece of change” and they absolutely DO know it.
I wouldn’t even say a piece of change. It’s actually a loan or an advance. They gotta pay that money back somehow and someway. They flex like they got it, but that’s the label’s money to appeal to the younger people.
The word he was searching for at 5:30 AMPLIFIED!!!
I AGREE 1000% with every word he said in this clip! 🗣 WE DONT NEED ANYMORE RAPPERS!!!
We need doctors, lawyers, judges, firemen, builders, teachers, plumbers, architects, public speakers, LEADERS!!!
“Too rappers, athletes and actors. But not enough niggaz in NASA.” - Nas
Tommy Sotomayor said Umar Johnson blocked him off his site when he wanted to challenge him in a debate yesterday.
@@EyeHeru
Tommy Sotomayor said Umar Johnson blocked him off his site when he wanted to challenge him in a debate yesterday.
@@C.I.T.H.tommy wants clout off of umar , if true then good on umar for blocking his silly ass
@@user-pr7qf7uy7n
because he's no match for tommy that's why.
I have been saying this about hip-hop for the last 30+ years. Nothing but death and destruction has been peddled through the music to black people.
Don't listen to turn simple
when i tell people that it’s the music getting to everybody’s ears they call me crazy for even thinking that music has an impact on people like that but it’s true! look at what’s happening around the world today!! all these females having s** with anybody they can, they don’t want to have babies, they don’t want to be married. literally all the things that makes a woman a woman are not even wanted by these females. look at men now, it’s the same thing but to add to it they are killing each other out, they are using hardcore drugs etc. this world is becoming too demonic and literally everything i listed out here are being pushed by the black community. nobody’s proud to say they are black anymore because look at what our representations are, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Beyoncé, Kodak Black, NBA Youngboy, Cardi B. these people are one of the most famous people in the music industry and listen to their music, it’s all about killing people, having unprotected s**, death, suicide, disrespecting women. ITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US! WAKE UP PEOPLE! WE ARE BEING USED!
@@user-xw7zl8uf1n obviously he isnt if hes speaking down on it the problem is majority of our people do
@@atb_ty8785 ok nobody's forcing u to listen to it, there's literally hundreds of genres to listen to idiot. That destruction comes from ones choices and decisions not music grow up
It FID start in the 90s.
Now, today, there's hardly anywhere to go dancing
People simply go to.the gym
Twerking and moshin
ISNT DANCING
I'm a rapper myself but imma be honest this hip hop damn near destroyed my life.
"Hip-hop - a way of life. It doesn't tell you how to raise a child or treat a wife" - QTip
why are you a "rapper" and not a doctor judge or lawyer? just curious
@@mgk357 Why are you askin this weird question?
@@dassolosyndikat5113 not a weird question. It’s a real question. Everyone a rapper nowadays.
@@mgk357 I've been a rapper before youtube came out. I have dedicated my life to hip hop music i breathe this shit. I am a bilingual/trilingual rapper not many can say that, there's far more doctors and lawyers than good rappers it takes no talent for a 9-5 job. To become really successful with music is 100× harder than making money with a job career that's the easier way, most people go that route.
This man need to be PROTECTED AT ALL COST!!!!! Malcolm X would be proud!!!!!
Jimmy Iovine and Interscope records have a lot to answer for. In the 90's they used Dre, Snoop and Death Row to market and promote LA gang culture to the world. To the point were Crips and Bloods were popping up in the Netherlands and the UK because of the music. And now fast forward 20 years and now they've done the same with Chicago gang culture. They signed Chief Keef and promoted drill music to the world which has clearly caused an increase in gang violence. Anyone who says music doesn't influence young people and perpetuate more of the same behaviour is ignorant as hell or in denial. Gangster rap/drill music is poisoning and corrupting the minds of the youth without a doubt.
It’s entertainment (storytelling), young people don’t understand that much like myself when I was younger.
@@Truth-timetotally disagree music is one of the most powerful things we have.
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You’re right. These people in these comments are part of the problem! 🤦🏾♂️
@@Truth-timenow say that without lying through your teeth.
Sad but true!! Rap has a huge contribution to the downfall in our society
@@Truth-timebut what gets pushed is black on black death and drill music and black destruction with the help of our own offcourse so shuuu the fk up
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But but but da whyte mane
@@arizonaFIREentwhat???? I mean white Jews control violent films and music. Including video games so I guess you’re right whitey
@@Truth-timeyea but it did more harm than good. Thats only a drop in the bucket compared to the damage it caused.
What makes me angry is some have completely sold in teaching the community negativity
Dr. Umar, you’re a treasure to our community. May the most high protect you and grant you long life. 🤴🏾❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽
When brothers saw they could sell a million records, they ran WHITE to it!!!
I caught that lol
A cleverly combination of right to white.
And the civil rights movement was destroyed when they gave the brothers jobs and grants
Facts, I realized this and quit rapping and have no desire to because I feel like I have a bigger responsibility to everyone child to lead them right and not down the wrong path. No matter if someone led me wrong it's my responsibility to be accountable because a Village raised me.
Tommy Sotomayor said Umar Johnson blocked him off his site when he wanted to challenge him in a debate yesterday.
Rap about something else if u love to do it
Respect 💯
Pick that pen a back up brother
@@C.I.T.H.who cares.
He’s right on point. It’s sad because I see some of the older hip hop artists trying to maintain relevance by still talking about being in the streets and dope selling.
I agree with everything he's said 100% !!!!!!!!!... Rap music has been influencing the destruction of the black community, youth and true culture for the past 20 + years... We have to stop supporting these so called artists by buying their music and anything that they're selling/ promoting.
Young children need to hear this man. He need millions in attendance
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Hip hop is apart of the problem stop trying to deflect
@@Truth-time Your logic makes no sense whatsoever.
@@Truth-timeyou’re a agent 😢!! Foh and go listen to your drill rappers
@@BourneKnighthe’s white supremacy
Rappers giving back to their community is never gonna happen Nipsey hussle was a perfect example....once these entertainers sign these contracts and bind them selves to corporations all that black empowerment consciousness is out the window for money bottom line.
Very disappointing but true. And that’s just not in the music. That’s all the industries were the Black people dominate!
@@mikediddyTV 100% even the conscious community with brother polite if they can't control us they don't want nothing to do with us
Na Nipsey’s downfall came from binding himself to the rolling 60s neighborhood crips. Signing a record deal didn’t kill him. Being a gang member did. And I love Nip
@milli2385 I believe it was a combination of different things not just his gang ties
Exactly you hit the nail on the head James brown said this years ago but nobody was listening
Protect this man at all costs
These are the kinds of guys teaching black people to hate white people and he should just shut up.
He's a grown ass, big ass man.
He needs protect himself.
How sway ? See, I can say popular sayings also.
being grown and big doesn't make him invincible. everyone needs help.@@ShaneM420
He's a con man
Preach, Im 41 yrs old. My Late Father always said why are you listening to this music that pushes death. I agree after the P.E. Latifah and "Black Panther" Tupac era it was basically
Down hill.
This is music to my ears! Glory to God, I've been saying this for over 18 years. When I told my homeboys that I boycotted rap, they were like what?! And then when I begin to explain why I was saying that rappers are worse than the KKK, we had some very interesting conversations. Salute to Mr Johnson 🧠💪🏾👏🏾🤝🏾🫡
I've been feeling this way since the 90s. But only with MAINSTREAM Rap music. Instead of boycotting Rap music. I just started to listen to Underground rappers that spoke about things I wanted to hear.
I did to bro they ain’t talking about nothing but sex money and drugs and gangs
The Absolute Truth 🙏🏼🙏🏻🙏🏾🙏🏿
I’ve been having the same conversation. I can’t keep listening to music that’s not pouring into me. In this day and age, my consumption of music have to be fulfilling & felt soulfully/ informative & whatnot.
I try to inform my ppl that still prefer it to have the mentality to discern that it’s just ENTERTAINMENT. Don’t be out here trying Lean when the mf’s rapping about don’t sip it. Listen In moderation & have a balance.
FR33 SOL is a new artist I just came across that still give me that dope beat w/ some empowering lyrics. Sometimes all we need is an alternative, & finding one is a start.
Been saying this since the 90s, every word he said is correct it was never about improving us it's all about money they can make of our creativeness and chaos. They got rid of the conscious aspect of hiphop now you can't even recognize it. And it's gonna get worse cuz we allow it
James brown said this years ago
TRUE! Since the 90s MAINSTREAM Rap has been promoting destruction. But there have been and still are a lot of positive male and female rappers in the Underground. And now that algorithms align with what a person listens to, no one has an excuse to continue to listen to content they don't want to hear.
I’m finally happy to see a brother like image stand up our culture and everything he saying is a 100,000 percent real man we need more speaker like this brother 👨🏾
He 100% right on about what he saying many rappers no longer frequent in the hood, they spent more time making money off tours and concerts.
This guy is important, we need much more interviews from this guy … he is totally right
Powerful! If u not feeling this message, then you're part of the problem.
Faxx! 🫵🏾✊🏾🤛🏾
💯
Since most don’t “feel” this message, there will continue to be a problem.
Thank you my Brother for telling the truth! Gangster rap is like the Pied Piper, leading the children to foolishness and death. We gotta stop focusing on Sports and Entertainment. That's not what sustains a community. This allows others to control our culture.
I don’t agree with all his views but he hit the nail on the head with this 1.
Hip Hop and rap should be separated. Hip Hop has a message. Hip Hop can empower. Rap is the image and sound over substance.
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Hip-hop is the whole entire culture, the break dancing, DJing, graffiti, rapping, fashion etc. Rap is the music.
@@thadonjuan2339 it's not the rap it started as.
@@natsusatsujinki8342 Huh?
@@thadonjuan2339rap is a sub-culture of hip hop. Rap has taken a life of its own
"Rap became our version of Malcom and Martin" - Nas
"Once The Man got to her, he altered her native
Told her if she got an image and a gimmick
That she could make money, and she did it like a dummy" - Common
Finally someone tells these rappers the truth
This is so true, our children live and die by this sick art called gangster rap.
I Salute You Dr. Umar for Speaking and then Telling the GODs Honest Truth about our Black Culture 💯
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Its not "black" culture. Its White supremacy psyop perpetuated and promoted through certain black people.
The God's honest truth is that rap and inner city ghettos are literally the result of the 7 deadly sins from the bible. The only thing rap music couldn't quite make acceptable was homosexuality 🤫
Facts ‼️ However, we talk about the truth all day long, but when are we going to stand up and be that change agent for our BLACK COMMUNITY/Culture.??? Ijs
#Sike
Dr Umar is 100 per cent spot on.
Dr umar is a nut case
But they gonna just bring up that he scammed money for a school so why isn't he in jail then
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He's wrong. Latinoes have African blood but are NOT African. They are mixed breeds.
I disagree these ppl do way more than him he's mad bc these guys won't give him money so he can accomplish his goals but these guys help the community in other ways
Beautifully said and well articulated Dr.Umar! Imagine if the country music industry tried to do remakes of gangsta rap songs such as Crime Mob's Knuck if you Buck...I imagine it would not be well received if it was perfomed at the country music awards. Im just saying.😅
In older civilizations, music, sports and art would endure for thousands of years, and in under 50 years they were already saying hip hop is dead. It must also be stated that the civilization that bred hip hop wasn't destined to endure for very long either.
This brother is so on point there’s literally no one who would even try to dispute these facts. This needs to be repeated again and again until Gangsta rap is considered nothing but corny!
He's not a "brother" he's a hypocrite pos like his stupid moms
He said same thing 5,0000 niggas before him said
@@thepharoh5048maybe he can reach 1 person, that the previous 5,000 couldn't...
Growing up in the 90's i watched my cousin who was a square dude, literally turn himself into Snoop dogg. Now he just got out his second stint in prison 41 years old. Living in his parent's garage.
Mmmm. His mind got psychologically programmed.
That is sad.
Your cousin was a VICTIM of rap music....all by design to support the prison industry.
As a Native American I feel more than qualified to rap or speak on subjects because our race has been subject to evil evil treatment
This is why I still listen to Umar. I prefer these discussions over athletes who have "snow bunnies" or black women hair. I believe these discussions have more relevance.
Anyone who discourages race mixing is worth a listen
Art of dialogue please do more interviews like this for our black culture!! A lot of knowledge to be told!!!
Think for yourself
Tommy Sotomayor said Umar Johnson blocked him off his site when he wanted to challenge him in a debate yesterday.
@@davruck1exactly
@@C.I.T.H.umar just good at running his mouth
@@C.I.T.H.He also ducked Anton Daniels and he ducked the Fresh and fit guys
Dude only wants to talk and never be critiqued
He is welcome on mainstream radio shows for a reason
Say what you want about Dr. Umar, but he's not lying
@@Truth-timeno matter what environment you’re in,it’s all about RESPECT
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@@Truth-timewhat jobs has hip hop provided in the black community? U sound goofy
@@charlesd3970👍
@@Truth-timehe’s not lying but ur also right
I couldn’t agree more. The african diaspora in Europa and Canada has also adopt this gangsta music and “gangsta” life style. Many african juveniles diasporas don’t really have role models or lookalike in television so we quickly find us self fascinated by Afro American culture. Also brecouse we have similar backgrounds; white society, racism, ghettos etc
I'm with you when you're right. I don't agree with everything he says but this right here, is the talk we need to have. I gave up rap years ago because i recognize what it was doing and the negative effects that it was having on me. We need to stop supporting this music.
Im from Australia i grew up lower middle class and hip hop literally led me down the path towards street life and prison. I had no reference point for any of it until i discovered gangster rap and rappers flaunting wealth and its still affecting this generation now. Im 38
That's not Hip Hop.
Rather, you have conflated Backwards Rap with Hip Hop.
@@wnnfrhrw4452 call it whatever you like im just saying if it can affect kids on the other side of the world imagine the profound affect it has on kids in the states
@@nickathos7428what artists did you listen to at the time if you remember any on the names ?
Don't blame hip Hop for your degeneracy... I'm from NYC... I grew up on 90s Gangsta Rap... Don't have no felonies on my record 🤷🏾♂️
@@westlymiller I agree, the problem is that there's too many weak minded, uneducated individuals out there that play follow the leader. Look at all those maga red hat people. Look up Jim Jones and how he had over 900 people drink the koolaid. Certain people are easily influenced, I'll never understand why.
"Music is a spiritual thing, you don't play with music. If you play with music you will die young. You see, because when the higher forces give you the gift of music...musicians hip, it must be well used for the gift of humanity." Fela Kuti
C Delores Tucker tried to ring the alarm in the 90s about the direction rap was going. May she Rest In Peace.
It's far easier to control one person with 40 million dollars than to control 40 million people with one dollar.
This Is REAL TALK
Our People Needs 2 WAKE UP
Some of us will never will
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Good luck with that
@@rondoughhowell6442and it’s sad honestly. the only time we will actually wake up is around 50 years from now when they realize that other races are ahead of us and we are at the bottom & even then we won’t be able to see the truth because some of us would rather be blind to it all than stand on the truth
Thank you Art of Dialogue and Dr. Umar Johnson, for the academic, factual, and your perspective on history, the movers and shakers and the corruption and destruction in our world today, salute.
'Exacerbated':......
" ....made it bigger than it is ....
7:43
" They ran ' White ' to it! "
Dr. Umar
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*Umar Ifatunde
He dont want to be referred to as "Johnson" anymore....he even legally changed it.
@@stryfetc1471
Right, right, thank you guys for that update, so I will type to correct myself, Dr. Umar Ifatunde.
When my hip hop and politics professor said gangster rap is a modern day minstrel I felt it, and I haven't been able to shake it since
Being a upcoming artist myself for 2 yrs… you don’t know how many times ppl tell me they love my sound but i should make street music to get in the door. It’s also a lot of artist I know who get told the same. It’s what our own ppl push. I rather make vibe, chill, laid back music. What you put out their it’ll come back on you. I’m a strong believer in that. Just because I came from a gang family don’t mean I want that attached to my future legacy dawg! We trying get out this shyt not bring it with us!! I just hope kids understand it’s cool to make music about a regular day, going to the store, buying a fit, spending time with homies, with yo girl or whatever give you happiness. You don’t gotta mean mug every nicca because he might be on that frfr & you bluffing homie. Life is precious yall I just hope ppl understand that more.
Each one, teach one. (Black Panther Slogan) You give you've a chance to receive . Speak that truth Bro
He spoke nothing but facts,,,,,
He spoke nothing about Hip Hop but about Backwards Rap Music.
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Umar is full of hot air. He’s good at coming off smarter than he actually is.
@@adavis3215it’s clear as day that you haven’t actually LISTENED to what he said because everything he said is relevant to what’s happening now to the children. children are being used as pawns in a game that we don’t even know that we’re playing. WAKE UP! LOOK AT OUR WORLD! black people are their own downfall and we don’t even realize it because we’re hypnotized by the music, the technology everything! wake up!
Rap needs to be banned, by our own people. Do citizens arrest We Know massa won’t do it…
I’m glad someone is calling rap what it is.
Cynthia Delores Tucker tried to say this in the 90s (gangsta rap not helping the Black Community), but she was villainized. I wish people listened to her more back then. Things could have been different.
FUNNY you SAY this, ‘cause I reMEMBER HEARING about this back when (‘91 baby for a little point of reference), and feeling “meh” about her sentiments, somewhat AGREEING w/ it and simultaneously NOT, but NOW, it seriously does SEEM like she really WAS SPEAK-ING from this LONG-game seeing seer-like point of view!….
@@Paris__Michael I'm 90 and I totally agree. She was looking beyond the current (at that time) environment of fun and looking at the bigger picture. In hindsight she made more sense than we realized.
@@Anonymous_JK_Lover She really DID, BLESS her ever far beyond (SOME of) our immediate more LIMITED understanding(s) and such!…… BLESS yourSELF as WELL, the WISDOM(S) you just seriously HAVE at that AGE, I bet the WORLD 🌎 HAS to be something you see a STRONG BIT more radically different than someone like mySELF, having SEEN and EXPERIENCED things that have long since passed!…..
She didn't do it right what we need to do is start communicating with artists,celebrities and entertainers that's how we're going to see a change.And I would like to be that person to start a conversation regardless heck I'll even bring religious people like Farrakhan preachers like G Craig Lewis Gino Jennings and even President Obama who has also criticized Hip Hop as well to see what we can do to make feel like it's something to celebrate and not feel stuck disconnected from reality.
I've always said that..It came to me after Murder Was The Case They Gave Me..Snoop and those guys could've started changing the messages to positivity..Because I realized that they had followers and a voice..But unfortunately it went downhill for me I'm a old head.And there's been so many MC that have been killed and so much negativity surrounding rap music since.If they would have changed the narrative back in the day.I believe things would be better for the up and coming rappers..
But between the international highway things are in shambles..
Snoop, Dre, and those guys do whatever brings the money. They did gangsta rap because they loved the money and the power. But when they tasted the negatives of gangbanging directly, all of a sudden became conscious. Dre is particularly good at pushing the BS about how he left Death Row because of the violence. He just forgets to add that he only had a problem with it when he was about to get a victim of it too. Until that point he was happy with his "Gotti boys".
@@rkk578they was around gangs and la is a gang culture can’t blame them blame the consumer too
@@moneyman24258 The problem here is the same like with Pac. They were really comfortable with this as long as they were at the top of the food chain. If anything Pac is even worse, because he was more of a conscious rapper initially which he dropped really fast when he got a chance to be a part of something which is keeping the black americans down. Yet at the same time he was talking about uplifting black people.
@@moneyman24258 but I agree. The consumers bought those records, when the conscious and positive records were there too. I saw Jeru a few years back. His first two records were produced by Primo, the songs are great, the music is great, etc. So I always thought that maybe he just didn't have the stage presence as other rappers. God, how wrong was I. He is just simply not "keeping it real" (I use this in a negative meaning here) enough to be popular in the hood. Jeru was really careful with the BLM movement and he got a lot of blackash for it. Yet he appeared to have a balanced opinion (especially in retrospect). KRS-One is a similar story or the Pharcyde in LA. And it wasn't the government or white people who purchased all the gangsta rap records.
@@Truth-time It's not me focusing on that, but the audience who buy these records, idolise the artists (who are usually just posing) and then blame everyone but themselves for their problems. Plus the topic was the gangsta rap where many performers were just "studio gangsters" and they were as authentic as the virginity of Britney Spears. Once there was no money in it, they did something else and didn't give a shit about the damage they caused.
Again very well spoken and points, that’s why I don’t consume either the sports or music. Don’t buy or watch none of that garbage!
What did sports do?
Don't spend money on movies or sports. And only music that is positive. It's a start.
Hassan Campbell said the same thing years ago about the rap industry… People pick and choose who delivers the message
I absolutely love hip-hop music, but the Doctor is absolutely correct. I agree 💯%. Bring back consciousness in hip-hop.
There are until this day conscious/ positive hip hop artist who's music doesn't promote violence. But there are several wings of hip hop (trap, drill, etc) that do promote violence. The issue is that the mainstream industry has made the negative hip hop more prominent. So it's not all of hip hop...but this is the only genre of music I know that has a faction that constantly promotes violence. Especially amongst it's own culture.
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Grow up, words have power.
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Making some bullshit, false comparison doesn't change that rap has been to our detriment
@@stryfetc1471speak for yourself. Rap has not been a detriment to me or for me, it's been quite the opposite. As many people have pointed out, there are plenty conscious rappers out there, why aren't more people listening to them? What should Talib, Common, Mos Def, etc do to get more people to listen to them? I'm sure you've heard the saying, you can lead a horse to water but can't force it to drink.
If the water is good (conscious rap, Christian rap, feel good rap) and you lead the horse there, it can't be forced to drink. Say you could force the horse, there's no guarantee it would like it and return. If the water is bad (drill and trap) and the horse decides to head there on its own, you can tell the horse the water is bad but you can't stop it from drinking it. Say you then decide to block the roads to the bad water, if the horse has a taste for bad water, it's going to find it. Who's fault is it? The lead, path, water, or the horse? The court of law and anyone that understands accountability knows the horse is accountable for what it ingests and the actions that may follow.
@@tithefox4573 FACTS 2x!!!!!
He's speaking the truth. Although Dee-1 from New Orleans has been calling out other rappers for their detrimental song content as of late.
Guess who’s behind gangster rap becoming the dominant form of hip hop?
At first all rappers weren’t making that type of content but in the 90s Record Execs of a certain denomination that you’re not allowed to criticize, decided they’ll only sign and promote artistes who make music that degrade and denigrate Black people. Young upcoming artistes realized that this is the type of music they need to make to make money and the rest is history.
TI is DEFINETLY an exception...He just opened up over 143 apartment complexes and 25 for the homeless youth...a project that took years for him to do, here in Atlanta.
It has to end asap. We need to stop supporting and keep speaking up
I'm thinking, the 9 year old boy, should be the LAST STRAW
🐪..he should be playing with HOT WHEELS cars. Etc
It will end just only a matter of time we just need to speak out more and not be afraid.
We need to just come up with a new music genre and hopefully not let the powers that be control it.
Unfortunately, these rappers sign contracts that forbid them from doing anything positive and pushes them to continue to spread negativity and demonic things to the youth. The positive music doesn’t get pushed as heavy as the negative music because sadly that does not sell but I agree that it is time for a change in not only Hip Hop but music as a whole. Art of Dialogue, please make Dr. Umar a regular because he spoke a lot of truth discussing the topics given
There are no excuses for hip-hop artists glorifying the negative aspects of blkculture. They don't have to sign contracts, at this point they should have their "own" record labels anyway.
@@blackcherry6877they should but they don’t. So they sign to a major label because they are going to get the backing they need to become a star. If you don’t have a machine behind you, then good luck kid!
Exactly you hit the nail on the head it’s call blood contract
Rap needs to be banned, by our own people. Do citizens arrest We Know massa won’t do it…
this is why WE HAVE TO COME together and take our music back. Black Wall Street is evidence of that.
Thanks for keeping it 100 Dr. Umar!
I agree! I didn’t think that when I was younger but now the math is mathing . I don’t know why our community is always in a race to the bottom.
Self-destruction!
@@Truth-timeIf that's the case what do you own?
The consciousness of our people has to change BEFORE Hip Hip or anything else we seek to do changes. Hip Hop is simply reflecting the current consciousness and mindset of Black people.
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This is a much needed conversation.
GANGSTA RAP DIED. It naturally ran its course of shock value and everyone stopped caring for it around late 2000s (thanks Kanye). 6ix9ine came in as an AGENT and they pushed Gangsta Rap back to the forefront inorganically. Its slowly dying again, but this time we need to make sure it NEVER gets pushed like that outta nowhere again.
I was just talking to my bro about this like I remember as a kid loving rappers but its been 20-30 years of just nothing to show for hip-hop besides destruction smh sad to say and I loved it I mean literally lived eat shit hip-hop smh but we have nothing to show for "HipHop" besides destruction
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It will only get worse...
That and flexing on the gram 😂
As an African this man is a hero to me. I’ve always said this and it is an opinion shared by the overwhelming majority of blacks outside of the US. Hiphop hates black people and is anti black people in essence. You can’t convince me otherwise. Take a look at reggae, both genres rose around the same time and were born out of similar circumstances. While one (reggae) is rooted in loving black people the other does the opposite. How this is normalized to black people is the biggest trick ever pulled. The reason hiphop turned out the way it did is because black people in America do not have ownership of the culture they created. Whenever black people have full control of their own culture (see: reggae etc) they won’t use it to destroy their own people. This isn’t a revolutionary or insightful idea. It’s just common sense.
He might not be perfect but he lie about the college but he telling the truth
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I agree. It's a huge conspiracy that is becoming nearly impossible to overlook. This country has always done whatever it could to harm black people. It doesn't surprise me that less than a few decades after African Americans secure civil rights in America, some new toxic psychological scourge such as gangsta rap is hoisted upon them to keep them spiritually and mentally shackled. Black people have to break out of this.
Gangster rap is the problem. Its a category or sub genre within Hip Hop music, but it has literally become 95% of the music in Hip Hop that has been released. It has taken over.
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Man my people (celebrities included)have to do better for each other! Period ✊🏿❤️
That's the TRUTH🎯
Like Tupac's estate for example.
It's so sad...
Some labels even get life insurance on the artists.
Late 80's artists like Public Enemy, Boogie Down Production, Quenn Latifa, X-Clan, even the early 2Pac, and movements like Fight The Power and Same Gang moved the handlers to change over to gansta rap.
Actually hip hop started in the 70s in the late 80s and 90s hip hop used to talk about black consciousness and uplifting the black community somewhere in the late 80s and early 90s the record industry started playing what we call gangster rap and and stopped promoting black conscious rap and this where we end up today promoting killing one another and disrespecting our women while they you know who they are make money off our ignorance 😢
He’s not lying ! All hip hop has given us is those horrible over salted hip hop chips, malt liquor endorsements and chicken sandwiches
DAMN! He's speaking FACTS!
Yo, this is God right here! Dee-1, the Christian rapper from New Orleans, actually started this conversation when he called out certain rappers for their poisonous lyrical content ON AIR LIVE in a recent Sway in the morning radio show.
All the rappers he called out (Jim Jones, Meek Mill, Rick Ross), they all responded too. Look it up!
It's time for this conversation to be had!
Dr. Umar is on point I agree with everything he said about this hip hop issue. To be honest there is absolutely nothing to celebrate in hip hop today and that's facts
hip-hop itself is not white supremacy. The labels pushing it, is. There's all types of hip-hop out there.
You know what he means. Your attempt to go into the weeds shows how afraid of the truth you are.
@@marcsondlucce it's still on the labels. They pushing the destructive stuff, the kids see it cause it makes the most money. Look on how Jimmy, Ross reacted to Dee-1. They know deep down Dee is right, but unfortunately no money in the positive stuff, so they'll continue their fairytales to make their money and pretend giving back is the answer.
Labels didn’t start gangster rap or trap music. They endorsed it after seeing it sells. The problem is us. Stop deflecting or we won’t ever change this issue.
There are thousands of hip hop songs that have nothing to do with killing
True hip hop didn’t start by labels it started from people in the street and it still lives with love for the craft not just money Problem is this guy umar isn’t cultured in that topic
Preach Dr. Umar. This is why they always bring up his school . However, no one is helping Umar finish his school.
Let them say ! Dr Umar Ifatunde is unstoppable
I don't know who this brother is and how this has ended up on my timeline, but I am so glad I have watched this. He has articulated what I have felt about hip hop for many years.
Hip Hop messed y'all up
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Once Pac was murdered it was over for Hip Hop. He was the only one talking politics. With an actual plan.
talking politics one minute but talking gangster the next minute
@@rondoughhowell6442He had to play the game... Tupac was very smart man, he knew the government was watching him 24/7, at the end of the day 2pac came from the black panther movement... He represented threat to the system
Sometime in life you need to play the game the way it is
No wonder he said in one of his interviews that:
I am man of many acts...
When you saw him as a gangster he was just acting as an actor does
When you saw him being a revolutionary and support the black community then that came from his heart
No wonder he got murdered when he wanted to leave Death Row...
For sure he was also intending to quit gangster lifestyle that curves could change the curve of hip hop ( all the labels would lose billions as most Rappers are actually hidden Tupac fans) BIGGIE always was open to admit that
@@rondoughhowell6442your point?
@@JePe-on4ff he can change on certain topics
@@rondoughhowell6442 what's the problem?
98% of the commenters are still going to listen to hip hop after watching this.
Protect this man at all costs!
"Self Destruction" was the best hip hop record ever made...I do agree with Dr. Umar
Just like Nipsey never left the hood and killed on his block. Nipsey is the real deal.