Comments on: Is Dewayne Carter right?

By: coco_fiere

coco_fiere — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:48:31 +0000

L’il Wayne and his buffoonery makes my ears itch. He and his wack flow have indeed hoodwinked a million or more people (those who bought the album). He lambasts women, has no political consciousness and is an utter embarrassment to those of us raised on real hip-hop. That said, Sharpton is not the voice of all of us and no one person can be….PERIOD. You don’t see a single Latino, Asian, etc. being selected as the purported voice of their respective ethnic groups so why do we seem to do that. It’s asinine and we should all speak out against that concept. Peace

By: Jennel

Jennel — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:45:44 +0000

Al Sharpton is not for everyone. When my man was killed, I tried to get some help from “Brother” Sharpton and got nothing. Not even so much as a I am sorry to hear that! Then Sean Bell gets killed and now he wants to help a brother out. He only does this shit for the TV cause when peole need his help that aren’t on TV they do not exist. And this is from personal experience and not just jumping on the Lil’ Wayne bandwagon.

By: Tiff

Tiff — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:03:06 +0000

SOrry Lil’ Wayne i certainly do not see you doing anything about any issues concerning our people… so get off of Al Sharpton because he is one of the few that make great efforts to highlight injustice to our people… i don’t care what his motives are! Lil’ Wayne needs to stick to making wack music and continue hoodwinking people into believing that he is a good rapper!

By: Tyra D.

Tyra D. — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:17:00 +0000

I’m not a fan of Lil Wayne, but 2yrs ago I would have agreed with his sentiments (and sam’s) about Al Sharpton. I do think he USED to be very concerned about the sound bite or photo op and was always talking loudly without saying a whole lot in substance. However, during the Sean Bell situation, I think he showed a surprising level of restraint with the protests that he organized and was quite articulate and pointed with the remarks that he made. Everyone was ANGRY (and still are), but he went a long way to channel that anger into a positive, but strong stance. I’m not by any means carrying around Elect Al Sharpton signs but have come to see him in a different light as a result.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:11:18 +0000

Well, I personally am a lil’ wayne fan and I think as he becomes older some of his lyrics critique issues in our lives and politics that are very powerful to those who listen. Although he expresses his views on Mr. Al Sharpton in a harsh manner, the message he expresses is needed, clear and represents some other African American views on Al Sharpton. I believe that Sharpton is up for the just cause of reprenting African Americans and his intentions are good, however he could go about it in a much more discrete fashion. He dosen’t have to be the star or our proclaimed savior when it comes to political injustices. Don’t get me wrong, he is a great leader and speaker, but I think he should be more concerned on solving the problem rather than focusing on the attention he gets from the issue.

By: compson

compson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:49:19 +0000

not to be difficult, but your repeated use of the term “jew” in this article is nothing short of disappointing.

By: RifRaf

RifRaf — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:27:14 +0000

The thing is I do believe there needs to be a voice…however I’m not sure its Al Sharpton. Al Sharpton already polarizes white people, so when they see him voicing on your behalf, it seems they’d be more apt to ignore what’s just than to uphold it. I’m on the fence on this one cause I think a lot of the leaders of the generations past, have an issue balancing leadership with the lush life to some degree or another…

By: Precious Rubenstein

Precious Rubenstein — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:54:56 +0000

I remember Al Sharpton saying recently that people misunderstand the process by which he gets involved with social/political issues. By and large, he says, families of the victims contact HIM ( not the other way around) to garner media attention to their injustice. I’m not sure if that strategy really works for anything (like legal ramifications) other than gaining a mouthpiece for the victim or family.

By: Veejay

Veejay — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:16:53 +0000

Lil wayne has no political street cred, I disagree with him even speaking on Al Sharpton. Regardless of what ppl make say or think of Al at the end of the day he’s first in line to stand up for what he believes is right to to point of even being arrested and going to jail over it. So what even Lil weezy, you stick to your sub culture of fans that you have because most of them have no political interest no how.

By: Rah

Rah — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:15:31 +0000

Kanye will finish it.