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>X-eGroups-Return: sentto-94262-3366-anansi=interport.net@returns.onelist.com >Delivered-To: fixup-afrofuturism@onelist.com@fixme >X-Sender: kalital@shell6.ba.best.com >To: afrofuturism@onelist.com >Mailing-List: list afrofuturism@onelist.com; contact >afrofuturism-owner@onelist.com >Delivered-To: mailing list afrofuturism@onelist.com >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:afrofuturism-unsubscribe@onelist.com> >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:10:07 -0700 >X-eGroups-From: Kali Tal <kali@kalital.com> >From: Kali Tal <kali@kalital.com> >Reply-To: afrofuturism@onelist.com >Subject: [afrofuturism] Former KKK Leader Gets Into Rap > >From: Kali Tal <kali@kalital.com> > >This is totally surreal... > >Kali > > >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:34:02 -0500 > >From: Jahzid Allah <allah@metalab.unc.edu> > >Subject: [BRC-NEWS] HUMOR: Former KKK Leader Gets Into Rap > >Sender: worker-brc-news@lists.tao.ca > >To: brc-news@lists.tao.ca > >X-Sender: Jahzid Allah <allah@metalab.unc.edu> > >X-WWW-Site: http://www.blackradicalcongress.org/ > >X-Rcpt-To: kali@kalital.com > > > >FORMER KKK LEADER GETS INTO RAP > > > >BATON ROUGE, LA -- David Duke, former Imperial Wizard of the > >Ku Klux Klan of America, recently announced a business > >agreement with jailed music executive Marion "Suge" Knight. > >Knight, CEO of Death Row Records, has reportedly been in > >contact with Duke for several weeks. Knight, who is Black, > >was heralded as "a positive role model for Americans of all > >races," by Duke during a news conference with Death Row > >representatives. The former Louisiana state representative > >declared that he is expanding his business enterprises into > >music. > > > >Although his other businesses have failed miserably, Duke > >claims that he has a firm grasp of the complexities of the > >popular music scene. > > > >"I can get jiggy with it," Duke announced to chuckling > >journalists. "I know the dilli, yo." Death Row records, once > >a musical powerhouse, had, between 1995 and 1998, lost its > >leading gangsta rap acts Dr. Dre, Tupac and Snoop Doggy > >Dogg. Many observers have considered the company moribund > >for months. > > > >Hoping to capitalize on the southern base of Duke's company, > >Death Row anticipates a solid challenge to New Orleans-based > >No Limit and Cash Money record companies. Death Row > >spokesman Jerome Watkins explains that the parternship with > >Duke's Tiger Productions is devoid of politics. "We > >understand that Death Row and Tiger Productions have a > >mutual interest and can expand our markets by working > >together." > > > >The controversial venture has disturbed many in the music > >industry. "This is a clear example of a player [who is] > >getting played," said one music executive who wishes to > >remain anonymous. "How can Suge Knight rationalize working > >with someone who hates Black people? Knight can only lose > >from this venture." He continues to state that Suge Knight > >"has long demonstrated that he is amoral, untrustworthy and > >even treacherous. This must be a match made in Heaven." > > > >Gangsta rap critic C. Delores Tucker, head of the National > >Political Congress of Black Women, who has butted heads with > >Knight in the past, argues that the alliance should not be > >surprising. "Death Row has long shown complete disregard for > >Black people. The lyrics of their artists are replete with > >racial epithets aimed at Black men and Black women. I know > >why Mr. Duke admires Mr. Knight." > > > >The first act slated for a release on the joint venture is > >rapper Colt Fo-Five, whose single, "Kill a hoe" is slated > >for a late-September release. His eponymously titled CD is > >scheduled for a release on Oct. 19. "Colt Fo-Five is a very > >talented young man. We hope you support his effort," Duke > >stated. > > > >When asked about his racist past and his relationship with > >Death Row, Duke declared that there are many "player haters" > >who don't appreciate the importance of financial > >opportunity. "It's not always Black or White. Sometimes its > >green," he mussed. "I am still white and proud. But I also > >need to feed my children." Suge Knight, who is serving an > >eight-year sentence in a California prison for parole > >violation, stated through his spokesman, that "I love Black > >people. I am proud to be Black. This venture demonstrates > >that we can all just get along like Rodney King wanted for > >us all." > > > >-30- > > > > > >[Articles on BRC-NEWS may be forwarded and posted on other mailing > >lists, as long as the wording/attribution is not altered in any way. > >In particular, if there is a reference to a web site where an article > >was originally located, please do *not* remove that. > > > >Unless stated otherwise, do *not* publish or post the entire text of > >any articles on web sites or in print, without getting *explicit* > >permission from the article author or copyright holder. 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