Dr. Umar Johnson called out rappers for not doing enough to support the community and for pushing “death and destruction” on our children.
“Hip-Hop has been around for 50 years! Not a single hospital, not a single school, not a single bank, not a single supermarket, not a single distribution company. How can we call hip-hop a blessing to the Black community when that type of money is being made off of our culture and the community doesn’t benefit from it all,” said Johnson. “In exchange for some damn turkeys and chickens and some sneakers, you push death and destruction on our children for a living and we’re supposed to be ok with that because you dropped off some clothes and some turkeys. It’s not acceptable,” he added before calling call hip-hop an agent of white supremacy.”
In this clip, Karen Hunter and Kevin Powell discuss Johnson’s remarks.
