Comments on: Has Rapper Jay-Z Become A Lyrical Slumlord.

By: word up

word up — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:08:58 +0000

@Terrance Amen your attitude is also why our community can’t move forward because we’re always waiting on someone to spoon feed us instead of providing for self. You should know by now that people make their mouths say anything so stop being so gullible and go out and get yours to do what you want others to do in your own community.

By: Terrance Amen

Terrance Amen — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 06:35:46 +0000

@ Clarke and 4real

The things you talk about, I haven’t heard before, but he has started businesses in the Black community with his theaters, Starbucks, and he’s done a lot for the Black community when it comes to AIDS. I do agree he may talk more than he produces. But my point was that we really don’t know what these celebrities do with their money if they don’t tell us.

Black Unity means financial independence and happiness

By: 4real

4real — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 04:45:43 +0000

Magic exploits the poor by promoting Rent A Center, Jackson Hewitt refund loans, and other predatory lenders in the black community even though he’s always reminding the public about the goodwill he’s contributed to our community.

By: clarke

clarke — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:00:05 +0000

why wasn’t magic johnson truthful when he told the now defunct inner city broadcasting corp. and national black caucus that he would help inner city broadcsting stay afloat, but instead magic and his pals he fronts for like ron burkle hostiley took over inner city broadcasting corp, and of course now magic johnson likes to parade all over black america saying he owns this media outlet and that media outlet, but leaves out the true owner’s of those outlets the private banks he fronts for that own them outright, but he likes being that because they know like he knows you don’t think black folk will question a black face do you?

Gotta be able to connect the dots, and not be seduced by crumbs that pass itself off as good deeds for the community. we gotta see things from the wide view.

By: Terrance Amen

Terrance Amen — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:24:43 +0000

A lot of times we talk about entertainers we don’t know because we don’t see what they’re doing or what they’re contributing to the community. So it does do them a disservice by not knowing what’s going on as far as their support for the community. That’s why I’m a big Magic Johnson fan as apposed to Michael Jordan. Magic is not afraid of telling people what he’s doing and what we should be doing for ourselves.

These athletes and entertainers leave themselves open for criticism when they don’t share their good deeds in the community. There is a mentality of individualism in this society, which I think has affected us more than anybody else because we’re the least that can afford to think this way. The only thing we lack is unity, which can go a long way to solving our problems.

Black Unity means financial independence and happiness

By: clarke

clarke — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 03:15:02 +0000

If we weren’t individualists but instead collectivists and not the loyalist consumers since the advent of consumerism with nothing to show for it, but moments like barney’s and black apologists preaching that individual mindset even though those same apologists get it up yzoo like every black person one way or another…delusional black folk in the 21st century.

By: hoodgirl

hoodgirl — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:27:34 +0000

Jay Z and Beyoncé represent a hard working self made married couple with a traditional family that should be emphasized in our community. To reach this level of success by utilizing their God given talent taken into consideration both of their backgrounds is commendable and for you to assert that Jay Z is responsible for the dysfunction exhibited by our community at an alarming rate is disgraceful.

If we weren’t so fixated on “The White Man” and being “anti-American” our community would be economically empowered.