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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Oh really? Snoop vs. Imus

According to Snoop Dogg, he and other rappers have taken the high road in their use of negative labels for black women. Here's what he had to say about the Imus' mess (source: MTV.com):

"It's a completely different scenario. [Rappers] are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about ho's that's in the 'hood that ain't doing sh--, that's trying to get a n---a for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them mutha-----as say we in the same league as him."

Can you say "confusion in the hood?"
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