In a blog post on Huffingtonpost.com, Violator Records CEO Chris Lighty suggested that Obama needs to stick to the important issues affecting black and white America, such as lowering the gas prices and ending the war in Iraq.Lighty says Obama needs to stop wasting his time with rappers who disrespect our women in their lyrics, then yuck it up in the boardrooms with the ones who encourage the misogyny.
Don’t lower yourself to speak to rappers! Just because you are African-American, don’t allow the press to make you step down from the plate of being one of the most powerful men in the world to address a comment from a rapper, no matter how great he or she is. If the Dixie Chicks stand up and attack McCain, the press already knows it’s almost worthless to ask him about it. He wouldn’t have a clue who they are… (Source)
Don’t lower yourself to speak to rappers! Just because you are African-American, don’t allow the press to make you step down from the plate of being one of the most powerful men in the world to address a comment from a rapper, no matter how great he or she is. If the Dixie Chicks stand up and attack McCain, the press already knows it’s almost worthless to ask him about it. He wouldn’t have a clue who they are… (Source)
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