I’m going to keep saying this. You need a podcast! I want you to get as much exposure as possible. Young people of all races could really do with hearing and understanding your ideas. You’re and inspiration and a central point for a bigger movement here in the UK. You have a massive fan base behind you and it would be awesome to hear you interview people you think need to get their ideas out there. There are black voices out there that can articulate ideas, but having a central place to speak about issues of race, empire, history would be great. You have so much to say and I’m sure you know people worth bringing on to speak. What you say about fact checking and holding back opinion until you understand a complicated topic is such a powerful piece of advice. The Dunning-Kruger Effect is something we all need to be conscious of.
OK - it is true that I hero worship, love this man (Elliot-Cooper isn't bad either) but aside from that - he is just so brilliant. He models thoughtfulness and hardwork [he did the work - this is not just 'opinion', even though he makes it look so easy], intellectual curiosity, generosity and kindness, and courage. I am so grateful he exists and has a platform.
Oh I can really relate to this Akala. I work in birth and get a lot of requests around Disparities/racism and I'm so very cautious. Always enjoy listening to you. Great conversation. Interviewer was great letting you speak freely.
Already an inspiration for me in so many ways and not immediately demonising anyone individual or group is exactly what we need to habitually do as a collective, in order to not repeat our dire mistakes in history, even if it means starting by accepting Piers Morgan isn’t the devil. I’ve also finished reading Natives: race and class in the ruins of empire. What an insightful book, especially given that I’m a white guy whose been raised in a white washed environment ignorant of race. From hip hop, to literature, to history, to sociologically progressive understandings, your wholistic perspective has had a great influence on many. For those of you that haven’t read his book, please give it a read.
Akala (Kingslee). I love you 😍 You’re my favourite person in the whole wide world.🤗 In this weird cheese dream world we’re living in right now, hearing you lifts my spirits and gives me hope. They say a person has to hit rock bottom before they change and improve things. I hold out hope that this is going to happen in this world on a larger scale. Thank you for being you. Love, love, love 😘💕💕
Master Akala. Please have a virtual dojo 🙏🙏🙏🙏 I am anyways working towards getting trained by you. But it would be much faster if you have a special school. 🧠🍀💚 I'll also pay 😭😭 Anything to be trained by you!
As a black scouser I’m pretty sure I looked crazy when I first moved to London. Took me at least 6 months to stop nodding at every other black person I saw.
Nothing wrong with the nod my man. It's a respect thing even if we don't know each other but I get it though. Some places just don't understand what it means.
This 4th of July weekend we heard Non-Stop about the nine murders in highland Park Illinois but we heard not a peep about over 200 murders committed by black gang violence but I'm a racist?
It is not "a naive tendancy" for him to see the best in people, we have to be willing to believe most people are decent people who are either ignorant or operating from a different bias ourselves. Id like to believe that Akala is cut from a different cloth to the "Piers Morgan is the devil" crowd....goddamn Piers Morgan is not the devil. Akala, continue standing up for civil discourse and intellectual honesty
I've spent a bit trying to start this comment without coming across as being aggressive in tone and intent, so I hope it worked. I have problems with the issues raised about the image the public has on black youths, and how it is being pushed in a certain direction by a racist agenda of sorts. And they begin here. GRMdaily just released a video set about the platforms rise, and how the platform was made for "black music". Forgetting a whole host of other problems from using that term, it's the one about the type of music that is featured there. So long story short, is that what "black music" is? Where are the pop artists? The indie artists? Rock artists? Alternate, etc? If it means - music made by black artists, the same applies but also the content becomes all the more important in my point. Look at the trap, etc and you are telling me it's the main stream medias portrayal of "black people" that is the problem? Remember GRM is promoting "black music". Not to mention the amount of influence and imitation taken from other countries compounding that issue as well. Then there is your points about the causes of violence within the black community and the "black on black" violence moniker is one of again, an agenda. You yourself said there is no such thing as a black estate, to which I agree, we are not America. So my question then becomes, why is the majority of the violence between black youth from these areas that are filled with different ethnicities? You bring up the universals of poverty and care, then add another variable about black self hate? Is this the variable that tilts the scale and makes this "black on black" crime? Because when you look at it from even your own point of view, the amount of crime between black people per percentage of population gives you a pretty clear statistic. If you have an area that has a multicultural element, yet the majority of crime, or specific crimes are carried out by a disproportionate number of one ethnicity what can you draw from that data? And the crimes are being committed in most cases against the same ethnicity? I recently saw an advert for black youtube as well. My instant question was why? I cant think of any logical reason for such a thing, and I doubt anyone can give any logical answers. But my bigger issue was this "banding together" this "making ourselves the expetion". This "generalisation" you credit as being the work and agenda of others. Just some points I dont fully understand there.
I am no Akala obviously, but I do have a few thoughts on the points you brought up GRMdaily is an "urban" music channel. That's what the channel is. To even suggest all the music on that platform reinforces negative stereotypes is unfair at best and disingenuous at worst. These music stations in general won't play the Akala's of this world. The answer to why negative stereotypes are promoted as black music is capitalism. As Akala has discussed in detail, the narrative of black criminality is a useful tool for the elites of society, and when that message sells, people lean into it, that's how that works. Because in reality, a lot of of the genres you mentioned have their origins in "black music". And even so, to dismiss the music GRM puts out as just expressions of the worst of black culture is a bad faith argument IMO To address your point of criminality as a whole. I think you misunderstood his point about "self-internalised hatred". His point is that people hear those things so much, they start to believe it themselves. Look up a phenomenon called the 'shooting bias', this bias extends to black people themselves who start to see each other as threats. In terms of proportions, black people are overrepresented in the poverty and care you mentioned, and are common in areas completely lacking in diversity such as the often mentioned Glasgow, or even Liverpool. The predisposing factors are tangible and have proven to be common outside of race, so why would you suggest black people are exceptional, when in reality, that self hatred is clearly a small factor and is far more complicated that you suggested in your comment. Lastly, on your point of a "black" youtube, I haven't personally seen that advert, and I don't think I would support it. But you have to ask the question, why would people feel the need to have their own platform. Considering all that we have just discussed, the perception of black people in the media, and the stereotyping of our music, the branding of us as a special group predisposed to criminality, the overrepresentation of black people in those factors predisposing to criminality and the other nonsense. Like I said, the narrative sells so our economic system rules out things that go against that coming from the mainstream, how else do you fight it? How do you share your voice in a world that feels like its silencing you and telling you who you are? I don't have the answer to this, some people are coming up with their own. Just some food for thought, apologies for the essay.
@@MrGooner9000 I'm sorry, because you have probably had multiple replies from me, and all have gone. The reason is simple, I cant find a way to express my point adequately enough. So I thought I would try this. Lord jamar made a comment a while ago on vlad tv about eminem being a guest in the house of hip hop. Now, forget for time being the whole colour/music thing and let's focus more on the other things he had to say as to why. He went on to say that real street n"$$@s dont relate to what he talks about. Now at face value you might be like okay, but I've been in to hip hop my whole life, and apart from having racial problems, I dont see any difference from eminem talking about growing up in a shithole TRAILER with a druggie mother and his struggle with drugs, to say a dmx. You could add colour into the mix but is poverty not poverty at the end of the day. What's the difference between his struggle, and someone from a struggling black family? And what does he mean by real n€^%@s? I'll give my opinion he means those out shooting and hustling. Jamar makes a clear distinction that it doesnt matter the struggle, you cant be worse off than a black person. That eminem's subject matter isn't really relevant to what black people encounter, and that hip hop essence is to reflect that. Hip hop is wordplay, songs have been incorporating wordplay forever. Struggle, gangs, violence isn't special to one person or group and trying too lay claim to something like that is silly, which is what he is actually doing, and you are, then saying you are being portrayed that way by others. Answer this. Why do you see video after video of gangs from london wearing coloured bandanas and flinging up gang signs? Is the media subtlety convincing them to act like they are from America?
@@nihilityjoey i see your point but to answer your question, this type of genre and the videos are reflecting they’re own reality, which luckily most people won’t ever experience. They are simply expressing themselves whether you agree with it or not, you can’t just dismiss it as just being overtly violent and offensive. It might look like just gangs but you have boys as young as 10 being groomed into drug gangs by fully grown adults being exposed to this kind of violence.
@harry flashman I've never ignored the strain it put on victims. Obviously this is very important, and Im not absolving anyone of personal responsibility. But we do ourselves a disservice when our analysis amounts to "black people music bad". How do you solve a problem when you stop your analysis at surface level points, like Thomas Sowell tends to do?
@harry flashman I agree, I think Sowell has some good points, but some rely on oversimplifications. Sowell has become a mouthpiece for that type of conservative, because his analysis focuses more on condemnation than understanding a root cause and trying to change material factors to produce that change. Appealing to individuals to complain about "black culture" doesn't change the problems in "black culture". Understanding the environments that created those problems and then trying to change them does that. Does Sowell add more value to the conversation than Digga D? Sure, but Sowell is a 90yo economist, Digga D is a 19yo drill rapper who doesn't want to say anything of substance. His goal is to entertain. Surely understanding the environment that created a "Digga D" (not that I think there's anything wrong with violent music, and it doesn't just belong to black people - have you heard some heavy metal tracks!), and working to change it is more effective than just condemning it in the way Sowell does? "Black people have to take responsibility" is a massive cop out. It's a way to ignore the actual work that needs to go into a community. As I said in my previous comment, why don't positive black artists like Akala sell as much? Why is worldstar a global phenomenon. I can tell you now - the reason isn't black people. Black people don't own the labels or even worldstar. The narrative sells, people buy into it. You can't just tell individuals to "be better". Individual action is far more out of Thomas Sowell's control than what black people complain about. You can't have an environment creating bad stuff and expect it to change because you tell it to. You have to change that environment in the first place.
Knew a guy like this from school, sadly he's gone nuts and carries a knife with him everywhere he goes. Even to Church...Josh Hooper from Southampton is his name, spot him and tell the police! Even if it's a Sunday!
Still think it’d be a great idea for you to start a podcast
Yes please 😫
Yesss
Absolutely, it would be so interesting and informative.
I could listen to Akala speak all day.
Definitely Akala needs a podcast 1000%
Too true mate
I’m going to keep saying this. You need a podcast!
I want you to get as much exposure as possible.
Young people of all races could really do with hearing and understanding your ideas. You’re and inspiration and a central point for a bigger movement here in the UK.
You have a massive fan base behind you and it would be awesome to hear you interview people you think need to get their ideas out there.
There are black voices out there that can articulate ideas, but having a central place to speak about issues of race, empire, history would be great.
You have so much to say and I’m sure you know people worth bringing on to speak.
What you say about fact checking and holding back opinion until you understand a complicated topic is such a powerful piece of advice. The Dunning-Kruger Effect is something we all need to be conscious of.
The “black nod” is so true! I always look sideways at my brothers when they don’t nod back.
🙏🏾 💕 ✨
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Thanks Akala!
Akala make a podcast! keep saying it so he knows what we want
OK - it is true that I hero worship, love this man (Elliot-Cooper isn't bad either) but aside from that - he is just so brilliant. He models thoughtfulness and hardwork [he did the work - this is not just 'opinion', even though he makes it look so easy], intellectual curiosity, generosity and kindness, and courage. I am so grateful he exists and has a platform.
Akala is the truth!!!!!
I so look forward to my Sunday ..listening to your fabulous conversations have a beautiful week until next time love an god bless x
BIG UP RESPECT ! DO THE NOD !
Man, I love this guys energy! Yes, what he's saying is straight facts but I honestly just watch him because he makes me feel good
Oh I can really relate to this Akala. I work in birth and get a lot of requests around Disparities/racism and I'm so very cautious. Always enjoy listening to you. Great conversation. Interviewer was great letting you speak freely.
Impatiently wait for you to launch a podcast Akala. The UA-cam sound bites are Great, but it’s not enough.
Already an inspiration for me in so many ways and not immediately demonising anyone individual or group is exactly what we need to habitually do as a collective, in order to not repeat our dire mistakes in history, even if it means starting by accepting Piers Morgan isn’t the devil.
I’ve also finished reading Natives: race and class in the ruins of empire. What an insightful book, especially given that I’m a white guy whose been raised in a white washed environment ignorant of race. From hip hop, to literature, to history, to sociologically progressive understandings, your wholistic perspective has had a great influence on many. For those of you that haven’t read his book, please give it a read.
He won't shag you, mate.
I liked before I watched because Akala is always fire 🔥
True or correct?...from the title alone you know Akala will drop truth upon truth.
Great chat, appreciate this type of content, more please :)
Respect ✊🏾
Love the content akala!
I respect your honesty, Candor and Honesty. You rap pretty welll to boot. I'm a fan 😎👌 Regards from Cyprus and Scotland
Pretty well!!! He's the best
P.s. i was being ironic...
@@jamesrapp9778 like the Dj?
Admire your ability to explain these serious race issues within the community with such eloquence and humour. Top quality
Is there a full version of this up somewhere or is it just being released in segments?
Akala (Kingslee). I love you 😍
You’re my favourite person in the whole wide world.🤗
In this weird cheese dream world we’re living in right now, hearing you lifts my spirits and gives me hope.
They say a person has to hit rock bottom before they change and improve things. I hold out hope that this is going to happen in this world on a larger scale.
Thank you for being you. Love, love, love 😘💕💕
Master Akala. Please have a virtual dojo 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I am anyways working towards getting trained by you. But it would be much faster if you have a special school. 🧠🍀💚
I'll also pay 😭😭
Anything to be trained by you!
As a black scouser I’m pretty sure I looked crazy when I first moved to London.
Took me at least 6 months to stop nodding at every other black person I saw.
Nothing wrong with the nod my man. It's a respect thing even if we don't know each other but I get it though. Some places just don't understand what it means.
@@Eddybo22 Ha, I don't worry about it anymore. I did it 3 times today already :-)
@@gedt123 my man *head nod* haha those who get it, get it. Those who don't 🤷🏾♂️
Been a fan of akala since his "it's not a rumour" cd.
Never slipping, always on point.
Akala yeah please dont chat to your audience - chat and challenge other audiences .... x
Big up Akala, Knowledge is power. Everyone should see if they like my music cuz I'm releasing some bangers soon.
Akala needs to go to the states.
This 4th of July weekend we heard Non-Stop about the nine murders in highland Park Illinois but we heard not a peep about over 200 murders committed by black gang violence but I'm a racist?
I really wish i could hear akala and Trevor Noah have a conversation ❤
no thanks
It's not a myth
It is not "a naive tendancy" for him to see the best in people, we have to be willing to believe most people are decent people who are either ignorant or operating from a different bias ourselves. Id like to believe that Akala is cut from a different cloth to the "Piers Morgan is the devil" crowd....goddamn Piers Morgan is not the devil. Akala, continue standing up for civil discourse and intellectual honesty
It's a hard road xx we must factually engage
Mans got the glow like Bruce leeroy
why do people now like to raise up issue of devilry for please?
👏👏🎼☻🙇❤❤❤❤
If black criminalty is a myth , why are there disproportionately more black men in prison.?
Damn, I'd love to see Emmanuel Acho (ua-cam.com/users/Eacho18) and Akala chat for hours
I've spent a bit trying to start this comment without coming across as being aggressive in tone and intent, so I hope it worked.
I have problems with the issues raised about the image the public has on black youths, and how it is being pushed in a certain direction by a racist agenda of sorts.
And they begin here.
GRMdaily just released a video set about the platforms rise, and how the platform was made for "black music". Forgetting a whole host of other problems from using that term, it's the one about the type of music that is featured there. So long story short, is that what "black music" is? Where are the pop artists? The indie artists? Rock artists? Alternate, etc? If it means - music made by black artists, the same applies but also the content becomes all the more important in my point. Look at the trap, etc and you are telling me it's the main stream medias portrayal of "black people" that is the problem? Remember GRM is promoting "black music".
Not to mention the amount of influence and imitation taken from other countries compounding that issue as well.
Then there is your points about the causes of violence within the black community and the "black on black" violence moniker is one of again, an agenda.
You yourself said there is no such thing as a black estate, to which I agree, we are not America. So my question then becomes, why is the majority of the violence between black youth from these areas that are filled with different ethnicities?
You bring up the universals of poverty and care, then add another variable about black self hate? Is this the variable that tilts the scale and makes this "black on black" crime? Because when you look at it from even your own point of view, the amount of crime between black people per percentage of population gives you a pretty clear statistic. If you have an area that has a multicultural element, yet the majority of crime, or specific crimes are carried out by a disproportionate number of one ethnicity what can you draw from that data? And the crimes are being committed in most cases against the same ethnicity?
I recently saw an advert for black youtube as well. My instant question was why? I cant think of any logical reason for such a thing, and I doubt anyone can give any logical answers. But my bigger issue was this "banding together" this "making ourselves the expetion". This "generalisation" you credit as being the work and agenda of others.
Just some points I dont fully understand there.
I am no Akala obviously, but I do have a few thoughts on the points you brought up
GRMdaily is an "urban" music channel. That's what the channel is. To even suggest all the music on that platform reinforces negative stereotypes is unfair at best and disingenuous at worst. These music stations in general won't play the Akala's of this world. The answer to why negative stereotypes are promoted as black music is capitalism. As Akala has discussed in detail, the narrative of black criminality is a useful tool for the elites of society, and when that message sells, people lean into it, that's how that works. Because in reality, a lot of of the genres you mentioned have their origins in "black music". And even so, to dismiss the music GRM puts out as just expressions of the worst of black culture is a bad faith argument IMO
To address your point of criminality as a whole. I think you misunderstood his point about "self-internalised hatred". His point is that people hear those things so much, they start to believe it themselves. Look up a phenomenon called the 'shooting bias', this bias extends to black people themselves who start to see each other as threats. In terms of proportions, black people are overrepresented in the poverty and care you mentioned, and are common in areas completely lacking in diversity such as the often mentioned Glasgow, or even Liverpool. The predisposing factors are tangible and have proven to be common outside of race, so why would you suggest black people are exceptional, when in reality, that self hatred is clearly a small factor and is far more complicated that you suggested in your comment.
Lastly, on your point of a "black" youtube, I haven't personally seen that advert, and I don't think I would support it. But you have to ask the question, why would people feel the need to have their own platform. Considering all that we have just discussed, the perception of black people in the media, and the stereotyping of our music, the branding of us as a special group predisposed to criminality, the overrepresentation of black people in those factors predisposing to criminality and the other nonsense. Like I said, the narrative sells so our economic system rules out things that go against that coming from the mainstream, how else do you fight it? How do you share your voice in a world that feels like its silencing you and telling you who you are? I don't have the answer to this, some people are coming up with their own.
Just some food for thought, apologies for the essay.
@@MrGooner9000 I'm sorry, because you have probably had multiple replies from me, and all have gone. The reason is simple, I cant find a way to express my point adequately enough. So I thought I would try this.
Lord jamar made a comment a while ago on vlad tv about eminem being a guest in the house of hip hop. Now, forget for time being the whole colour/music thing and let's focus more on the other things he had to say as to why. He went on to say that real street n"$$@s dont relate to what he talks about. Now at face value you might be like okay, but I've been in to hip hop my whole life, and apart from having racial problems, I dont see any difference from eminem talking about growing up in a shithole TRAILER with a druggie mother and his struggle with drugs, to say a dmx. You could add colour into the mix but is poverty not poverty at the end of the day. What's the difference between his struggle, and someone from a struggling black family? And what does he mean by real n€^%@s? I'll give my opinion he means those out shooting and hustling. Jamar makes a clear distinction that it doesnt matter the struggle, you cant be worse off than a black person. That eminem's subject matter isn't really relevant to what black people encounter, and that hip hop essence is to reflect that. Hip hop is wordplay, songs have been incorporating wordplay forever. Struggle, gangs, violence isn't special to one person or group and trying too lay claim to something like that is silly, which is what he is actually doing, and you are, then saying you are being portrayed that way by others.
Answer this. Why do you see video after video of gangs from london wearing coloured bandanas and flinging up gang signs? Is the media subtlety convincing them to act like they are from America?
@@nihilityjoey i see your point but to answer your question, this type of genre and the videos are reflecting they’re own reality, which luckily most people won’t ever experience. They are simply expressing themselves whether you agree with it or not, you can’t just dismiss it as just being overtly violent and offensive. It might look like just gangs but you have boys as young as 10 being groomed into drug gangs by fully grown adults being exposed to this kind of violence.
@harry flashman I've never ignored the strain it put on victims. Obviously this is very important, and Im not absolving anyone of personal responsibility. But we do ourselves a disservice when our analysis amounts to "black people music bad". How do you solve a problem when you stop your analysis at surface level points, like Thomas Sowell tends to do?
@harry flashman I agree, I think Sowell has some good points, but some rely on oversimplifications. Sowell has become a mouthpiece for that type of conservative, because his analysis focuses more on condemnation than understanding a root cause and trying to change material factors to produce that change. Appealing to individuals to complain about "black culture" doesn't change the problems in "black culture". Understanding the environments that created those problems and then trying to change them does that. Does Sowell add more value to the conversation than Digga D? Sure, but Sowell is a 90yo economist, Digga D is a 19yo drill rapper who doesn't want to say anything of substance. His goal is to entertain. Surely understanding the environment that created a "Digga D" (not that I think there's anything wrong with violent music, and it doesn't just belong to black people - have you heard some heavy metal tracks!), and working to change it is more effective than just condemning it in the way Sowell does?
"Black people have to take responsibility" is a massive cop out. It's a way to ignore the actual work that needs to go into a community. As I said in my previous comment, why don't positive black artists like Akala sell as much? Why is worldstar a global phenomenon. I can tell you now - the reason isn't black people. Black people don't own the labels or even worldstar. The narrative sells, people buy into it. You can't just tell individuals to "be better". Individual action is far more out of Thomas Sowell's control than what black people complain about. You can't have an environment creating bad stuff and expect it to change because you tell it to. You have to change that environment in the first place.
More Uk Rap
Knew a guy like this from school, sadly he's gone nuts and carries a knife with him everywhere he goes. Even to Church...Josh Hooper from Southampton is his name, spot him and tell the police! Even if it's a Sunday!
How is it a myth when eyes can see it lol
If you gave this a thumbs down...... Your a waste man
Waste man is the language of people who will never assimilate 😅😅 I bet you say roadman as well
Akala = dunning Kruger