The Next C. Delores Tucker?

"Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. [The feud between Tupac and Biggie] was fueled "by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing."
-Alicia Keys (Blender Magazine, May 2008)

Riddle me this: What if gangsta rappers said that R&B music was just a ploy to get Americans to overpopulate the country, therefore causing a shortage of oxygen and an American genocide so that all other countries can use America as a giant parking lot?" That one is a little out there, but so was Alicia Keys. You can't attack someone else's craft like that. She basically took an entire genre and attempted to define it. Music doesn't work that way. In fact, it is one of the things on earth that defies explanation and boundaries. It can't be boxed. PERIOD.

I'm not really sure where Ms. Keys got her soapbox, but the bitch is busted. She also said "Gangster rap didn't exist". That's kinda like saying slavery didn't exist. Where was she when Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg stepped on the scene? I guess she missed out on all the great Eazy E bars (I'm kinda wishing Eazy was here now so that he could kick a few about this). Rap music's offspring and their classic lyrics have never been fictional.

She claimed that her comments were in no way intended to imply that the government created gangster rap. At this moment, I'm screaming "ENLIGHTEN YOURSELF!" If she had ever truly LISTENED to gangsta rap, she would know that injustice by the government has been the main source of fuel for the fires in the lyrics of gangsta rap. I understand that Keys has taken to the role of the humanitarian, has been reading her Black Panther material, wears her AK-47 charm and is somewhat of an ambassador. But she needs to understand that she isn't Angela Davis and she doesn't have the immunity that is gained by possessing unbridled intellect. She hasn't built up the reputation that keeps her off the front line. People like her music, but she doesn't know if she has any soldiers when it comes to the social war. They don't expect her to say anything intelligent. They just expect her to sing well and look pretty. It's okay, Alicia. No one expects you to be intelligent. But if you decide to later, you have to ease into it, Babe. It's not a cakewalk (apparently).

Everyone knows that I am a future music media guru and that I must be fair. Though I love it dearly, I will agree that the media fueled the Tupac and Biggie war. Many of the attacks between these two gentlemen were indeed fueled by my beloved media. So it turns out that in the midst of all of the hot air she blew, Alicia Keys did add a sprig of truth.

But enough of that from me.

What do y'all think?

Keep it Real.