50 Cent Takes Shots At Kanye, Again Posted on: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11 HHBoard Poster: NEWSKULL In what is starting to become a trend, 50 Cent has once again said some hypocritical junk that borders on clinical insanity to the press. According to Sohh.com, 50 made an appearance on New York's Hot 97 morning show and told Miss Jones: "They like Kanye West 'cause he's a safe n----. It's better for your kid to wanna dress weird and just have a whole other vibe. He said something in an interview one time that made me think about it. He said 'cause he was raised by his mother, he has feminine ways. That right there is who Kanye West is to me. That statement is stuck in my head. He said it like he meant it." Now let's get one thing straight, Fiddy, since we're talking about "safe" here. "Safe" is dissing Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Gangstalicious or any other so-called mic wielding thugster in the game. "Safe" is not poppin sh-- with the Goddamn President of the United States (and I quote, "George Bush doesn't care about black people" -Kanye West, MSNBC 2005). That's not rap, homie, that's beef. That's the kind of beef that got MLK murked and Assata Shakur ducking in Cuba. That's the kind of beef that started COINTELPRO (a program designed by the government itself to undermine and destroy the leaders of the black power movement...this is not conspiracy, this is FACT), and led to the sudden and widespread dissemination of crack cocaine in the inner cities. That's the kind of beef that on December 4th, 1969 caused Chicago law enforcement officers to fire nearly a hundred bullets within the Black Panthers headquarters, mercilessly murdering the defenseless, outspoken leader of the BPP Fred Hampton in his very own bedroom. Pardon the slight ramble, but my point is that this here government, in this here fine country, has historically cut down any educated, courageous black man in a position of influence. Harris tweed rocking, sweater vest toting, Kanye West is such a black man, and ain't a muthaf---in' thing safe about that. Furthermore, "safe" cannot possible be equated to the defiance of not only American social convention, but specifically, hip-hop's often overbearing credo of nut-clutching masculinity by openly declaring his opposition to the vilification of homosexuality that many of his peers often indulge in. Kanye West, very publicly, came to the defense of a group of people, whom in some ways, face similar accusations of being less than human that African-Americans once upon a time faced (and in many instances still do) in this country. With his career on the line, and accusations of being a homosexual and/or a traitor to his country no doubt an inevitability, Kanye West stood firm in his beliefs, and more importantly, communicated them openly on a national stage. I can't imagine more shining examples of courage than the ones previously noted. Less I remind you, Fiddy, that you're the very same individual that deliberately and admittedly removed any possible revolutionary potential out of your crew, label and clothing company name by changing it from "Guerrilla Unit" to "Gorilla Unit." Besides the offensive connotations that this name change has in relating yourself and your completely African-American crew to apes (a ridiculous correlation white supremacists have made regarding blacks on a whole historically), it also unmistakably exposes the profound levels of cowardice that inhabits your persona and your disturbing aversion to openly bucking a system that has a vested interest in keeping the masses, but most particularly, black people, ignorant. Now I ask you 50, with your shiny spinning Gorilla Unit chain, whom of Kanye and yourself is really..."safe"? Article written by Shaun "Scheme" Redwood of Palms Out Sounds
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