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    {"id":6226,"date":"2014-09-19T07:07:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T13:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orijinculture.com\/community\/?p=6226"},"modified":"2014-09-19T07:07:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T13:07:07","slug":"todays-rapactivist-yesterdays-sista-souljah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/todays-rapactivist-yesterdays-sista-souljah\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Hip-Hop activism dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"stag-section stag-video\"><iframe title=\"Sister Souljah The Race Issue w\/ Phil Donahue\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lIpOe9MqAfI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Is Hip-Hop activism dead? Who is today&#8217;s raptivist like yesterday&#8217;s Sister Souljah from the 90&#8217;s?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time when hip-hop was beyond the greed for riches and viral twerk, when hip-hop was a political movement which politically moved men.<\/p>\n<p>I reminisce, I reminisce!<br \/>\nI reminisce about the days when the mic use to be a weapon, when<em> &#8216;U.N.I.T.Y&#8217;<\/em> was more than a statement, and <span class=\"inline wide\"><span class=\"caption\">public enemy&#8217;s <em>&#8216;Fight the Power&#8217;<\/em> could cause an earthquake. &#8216;Woop-woop! That&#8217;s the sound of da police!&#8217;, woop-woop I swear if Micheal Brown was shot by a police in the 90&#8217;s radio stations would have been on strike, and\u00a0 hip-hop activism would have been on call for duty. God bless\u00a0Ferguson, Missouri for shaking ground, and making a statement that it will be hell if there is another unnecessary black and police brutality. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"userContent\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">Hear the cries of MICHAEL BROWN, ERIC GARNER, KIMANI GRAY and KENDREC MCDADE. Feel the pain of TIMOTHY RUSSELL, ERVIN JEFFERSON, PATRICK DORISMOND and OUSMANE ZONGO. I mention all these names with pain and anger, but the true question is has the situation changed?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Overseer, Overseer, Overseer, Overseer<br \/>\nOfficer, Officer, Officer, Officer!<br \/>\nYeah, officer from overseer<br \/>\nYou need a little clarity? Check the similarity!<br \/>\nThe overseer rode around the plantation<br \/>\nThe officer is off patroling all the nation<br \/>\nThe overseer could stop you what you&#8217;re doing<br \/>\nThe officer will pull you over just when he&#8217;s pursuing<br \/>\nThe overseer had the right to get ill<br \/>\nAnd if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill<br \/>\nThe officer has the right to arrest<br \/>\nAnd if you fight back they put a hole in your chest!<br \/>\n(Woop!) They both ride horses<br \/>\nAfter 400 years, I&#8217;ve <em>got<\/em> no choices! but to wonder,<\/p>\n<p>Is the system not really built for a black man? Or is there a<span class=\"userContent\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"> new Rodney King born everyday to die in the same hands of the police?<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>I genuinely ask, is<a title=\"Africa to Biggie and Hip-hop\" href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/africa-biggie-hiphop\/\"> Hip-Hop<\/a> activism dead? Who is today&#8217;s raptivist like yesterday&#8217;s Sister Souljah, Mos-Def, Queen Latifah and others whom we can easily mention from the 90&#8217;s?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A person whose heart is invested in fighting social, political and economic issues on and off the microphone? An activist who will put his or her life on the line and match with the people like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X did?<\/p>\n<p>I pray that our generation of hip-hop artist change their focus from &#8220;Get rich, die trying&#8221;\u00a0 to &#8220;Get Rich while\u00a0 &#8216;fighting the power&#8217; when necessary&#8221;. I mean &#8220;by all means necessary&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Everybody Hands Up!!!<\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"st\"><em>Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere<\/em>.~ MLK<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/ht_howard_Ikenna_Ikeotuonye_kb_140814_16x9_992.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6305\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/ht_howard_Ikenna_Ikeotuonye_kb_140814_16x9_992.jpg\" alt=\"Howard University | MIchael Brown\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/eric-garner-hiphop-activism.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6320\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/eric-garner-hiphop-activism.jpg\" alt=\"hiphop activism for eric garner\" width=\"1560\" height=\"801\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stag-section stag-video\"><iframe title=\"I Can&#039;t Breathe for Eric Garner and Mike Brown\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uleq1oJr-NA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"stag-section stag-video\"><iframe title=\"Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f8cHxydDb7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"stag-section stag-video\"><iframe title=\"Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Full 7 Min. Version)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WnS53fNfpkE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"stag-section stag-video\"><iframe title=\"Phil Donahue  The issue of Race\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ELwFKjHCoY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Inspired by Bob Marley\u2019s philosophy \u201cNone but ourselves can free our mind\u201d, Orijin is unique \u201cCulture Brand\u201d connecting all African descendants together through it\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/ORIJINSTORE.COM\">Fashion brand<\/a> and thought provoking magazine to influence our lifestyles world wide\u2026.Don\u2019t just WEAR Culture, SHARE Culture.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Is Hip-Hop activism dead? 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