Refers to US-journalist Gary Webb's claim in 1996 that the CIA was allowing crack cocaine to be smuggled into the US, in order to use the profits out of that trafficking to fund the contras army rebellion against the communist rule in Nicaragua. A common theme in many of the ‘old motherfuckers’ arguments is the need for black artists to represent the black community in a more positive and respectable light, instead of using violent and derogative lyrics. Many of rap music’s most consistently visible critics over the years have been the elder celebrities whose opinions are generally held in esteem by the public (e.g.: Bill Cosby, Oprah, Al Sharpton, and Calvin Butts).
all you motherfuckers trying to change rap:.It also could mean that Cube is willing to 'squeeze' off an entire magazine from his desert Eagle pistola to feed his family and friends.ĭon Imus was a controversial radio host who had called the predominately black players of the Rutgers (Stanford) women’s basketball team "nappy headed hoes". Female Insert Maestro Ice Cube Blame me Intro: Ice Cube You niggaz know my pyroclastic flow You niggaz know my pyroclastic flow flow You niggaz know my pyroclastic flow it's R-A-W, R-A-W Ice Cube You looking at the grand wizard, war lord vocal chord so vicious And I don't have to show riches to pull up pull off with some bad bitches And it ain't about chivalry It's about dope lyrics. Might either mean that he’s down to ride against the US Gov’t. A study by the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation in Berkeley, Calif., finds young people who listen to rap and hip-hop are more likely to.
There is also debate about the causation between gangsta rap and violent behavior. The Bald Eagle symbolically represents the U.S. The explicit nature of gangsta rap's lyrics has made it heavily controversial.