I listened to both T & Soulja’s comments. This is no different than the bull$heesh Bill Cosby spit out about Black Women on wel-fare being lazy as he tried to keep his mistress a secret or Obama on Black Fathers using his platform as a forum to put his own father on blast. We, Black people, people of color…whatever, tend to air our dirty laundry in public. This is ALL a remnant of slavery & the Willie Lynch syndrome in which folks would tattle tale on the ones that were trying to “Give ME Free!” It doesn’t matter at this point who was right because the overall truth in the message was lost in the muck & mire of the cursing and disrepect between an old pimp and a little boy. T lost millions of Black males with his jealous rant and rave about a 17 year old did in less than 3 years what it took him over 20 years to do. Not only that, T could have best served the Black community by giving advice on the pros & cons of the music industry, its fast money and the laws of attraction of bull$heesh that come with it. If T wanted to sell an album, he could have done a colabo, duh. But how different was T’s “Let’s Get Buck Naked and F**k song any different than “Crank That”? Soulja on the other hand was let’s see…… he’s a child. I don’t care how much money he “worked hard for” the bottom line he hasn’t lived long enough to be walking in his grown man. And more over his feelings were hurt (which is evidenced in his rambling rant and rave after he made a valid point). Funny or not, it’s boils down to ni**a $heesh. Go figure.

It is true, there are people who get into hip hop for the money…but “some” people who have become professional athletes, actors, lawyers, doctors, stock brokers & engineers also did it for the money, so you are definitely going to encounter that.

I have one time to hear my child (at any age) say supaman that ho and i’m gonna wonder-woman his ass
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THIS IS THE BEST QUOTE EVER!!!!

Ice T is too old to be on the internet keeping up this garbage. I agree that Hip Hop is in a state of emergency, and artists like Solja Boy, Hurricane Chris, Plies, Lil Wayne, ect. are the reasons why Hip Hop is dying. But until we stop listing to this crap on the radio, and buying the songs, nothing will change. They don’t make the music for fun, they make it because it sells. If you don’t want them to make it, then stop buying it.

Sandra, you go girl! I hate bad customer service. I don’t think customer service reps care about their clients, or recognize the fact that when I buy these products, it insures your job. As an attorney, I deal with the public, and realize that people are paying for my time and I should treat them with respect. I should give them the service I would expect if I were in their situation. I realize that without them, I would be out of a job.

First, I am 37 years old and I “grew up” in and WITH rap/hip-hop. I listened to Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Run-DMC, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, UTFO, Roxanne Shante, Kool Moe Dee, Boogie Down Productions, Slick Rick, Special Ed, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Leaders of the New School, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Black Moon, Brand Nubian, Common (Sense), Queen Latifah, Monie Love, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, LL Cool J, Heavy D, Gang Starr, EPMD, Mobb Deep, N.W.A, 2 Pac, Digital Underground, Craig Mack, Biggie, The Fugees, Dr. Dre, Snoop (Doggy) Dogg, Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Ja Rule, DMX, Goodie Mob, Outkast, YoungBloodz,The Roots, Geto Boys, Redman, Keith Murray, the LOX, Lil’ Kim, Foxy Brown, all the way through Master P/No Limit, Nelly/St. Lunatics, Eve, Ruff Ryders, Ludacris, Eminem, Field Mob, 50 Cent/G-Unit, Cam’Ron/Dipset, T.I., Jeezy and a lot of stuff in between. Good music is good music. And whatever you want to listen to, you should be able to listen to.

Here is what I want to know - was there some HUGE beef when Biz Markie put out “Pickin’ Boogers?” A damn CLASSIC hip-hop track - but it was about nonsense (and I LOVE it)! Did people go crazy and diss Shock G when Digital Underground put out “The Humpty Dance?” (And yes, I was doing the Humpty-Hump).

I may not listen to all of Soulja Boy’s music, but I get it - and the steel drums thing was kinda cool. People get so mad about a dance, and they forget that some of the most CLASSIC hip-hop videos had HOT dancing in them that you were in your living room trying to copy. Think about Big Daddy Kane’s “Ain’t No Half-Steppin’”, Special Ed’s “I Got it Made” or Rob Base & DJ-EZ Rock’s “It Takes Two.” YouTube the videos if you need to. A lot of songs were about having a good time - and that’s cool with me. You may not like Soulja Boy, but you gotta respect his hustle.