What are your hip hop new years resolutions?

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shadyteam probably masturbated to that ten times already lol.

Anyway i get what he is saying but I don't even think he honestly believes that. It was more of a rhetorical question. The truth is black rappers had already been persecuted for saying stuff like that. 2Live Crew, NWA, 2pac, all these rappers got criticized and radio wouldn't even play their songs. Eminem was big enough and profane enough that he was gonna get flack whether he was black, white or whatever.
 
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usmarin3;1423261 said:
I can't name one black rapper who has sold millions calling people faggots, who is these black rappers he is talking about? I can't believe this dude has the nerve tryna play that race shit, when his has benefited him more than anyone else, if it's so tough being white why do you give up all the success that comes with it.

Kwan Dai;1423284 said:
We may never ever see eye to eye about your Idol but you are 100% on with this. LMAO!! What really burns me up is, this shit aint New. Every WHITE ARTIST WHO HAS DONE BLACK MUSIC HAS SURPASSED BLACK ARTISTS in sales, and popularity. Just to name a Few. Elvis, The beatles, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Kenny G, Justin Timerlake. ETC ETC ETC.

^^^ Cosign.

Btw did anyone notice that Em said the drugs fucked him up so bad that he had to teach himself how to write again?!?... That's why his pen game fell the fuck off. He use to have talent, now he's just booty.
 
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thesynthesis;1423607 said:
dead@ the clip of his fanbase at is show

white as hell

And unfortunately, many other top selling rappers of today's fanbases will look similar to that one
 
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P-Dogg77;1423506 said:
Well dayum...he was tryna infiltrate them. Props ta hrap for that real talk.

hrap-120;960272 said:
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Detroit businessman Jim Burwell andsuspected father of rapper Eminem supported civil rights groups and worked to heal the wounds from the city's 1967 race riot. But after his death, it was revealed that he had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan, the Detroit News said.

Until then, Burwell had a reputation for reaching out to help his black neighbors. He had an old bus that he used to ferry thousands of black children to church services and field trips. He ran a job program for ex-convicts that was partially funded by a civil rights group. He even donated to the Detroit Black Panther Party, the News said.

But documents found in his old truck repair shop after his death at 62 revealed Burwell had been a member of the KKK. Michigan State Police records also indicate he was involved with the Klan, the News said. His widow confirmed his membership. She said it was possible he was working for police as an informant, but there was nothing in police records to confirm that.


Revelations about Burwell's secret life shocked many who knew him as a rights champion.

"I guess you never really know who you are dealing with," civil rights activist Rob Scott, a former Black Panther, told the newspaper. "A whole lot of black people considered them his friend."

He drove thousands of black children to church services and field trips in his bus. He ran a jobs program for ex-convicts that was partially funded by a civil rights group. African-American, Catholic and Jewish-owned newspapers praised his efforts.

The Detroit Black Panther Party sometimes came to him for money. He gave generously.

But Burwell had a secret that stayed buried with him until a box of weathered documents discovered in his old garage revealed the other half of his bizarre life story:

The civil rights champion who drove the church bus also wore the robes of the Ku Klux Klan.

Michigan State Police records found among Burwell's belongings show he was a high-ranking member of the Detroit KKK. His widow confirms his Klan membership.

Some who knew him were shocked to learn of his double life. Others weren't surprised, claiming he didn't hide his racism when African-Americans weren't around.

But nobody could answer the obvious question: Why would a Klansman embrace his black neighbors?

Although Burwell has been dead nearly 20 years, the racial barriers he seemingly tried to destroy remain intact. Metro Detroit has long been one of the country's most segregated regions. Hate groups like the KKK reportedly are growing nationwide because of resentment over immigration issues, the election of a multiracial president and the economy.

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Two Klan officials in Michigan -- Randy Gray of the Midland chapter and Phil Lawson in Fraser -- say they have seen membership grow in recent years, while a Southern Poverty Law Center report says the number of hate groups in the state fell by three to 23 in 2008.

Against the backdrop of continuing racial tension, the exposure of Burwell's duplicity provided those who knew him with a sobering reminder of what might lurk behind a smile.

"I guess you never really know who you're dealing with," said Ron Scott, a longtime civil rights activist and former Black Panther who received donations from Burwell, including money to spruce up the Jeffries Projects.

When first informed of Burwell's Klan ties, Scott shook his head and muttered, "That's just amazing. I can't believe it.

"A whole lot of black people considered him their friend."

Box of secrets

For years after his death, Burwell's hooded alter ego was hidden in a narrow, cluttered loft atop his old garage on Third Avenue. Joseph Turner, a Detroit mechanic who purchased the shop from Burwell's estate in 1991, said he'd never explored the loft until he retired years later and decided to clean the area before putting the garage up for sale.

As he sifted through piles of old tires and auto parts, Turner came upon a cardboard box filled with papers.

Inside were yellowed clippings from the Michigan Chronicle, the Detroit Jewish News and the Michigan Catholic. Each newspaper printed stories praising Michigan Convicts Aid, the nonprofit jobs program Burwell founded in 1971 and kept afloat until the mid-'70s.

Photocopies of two checks from New Detroit, an agency formed after the riot to help improve race relations, also were found. A glowing cover letter from New Detroit President Lawrence Doss accompanied the $600 and $200 checks, which were made out in 1972 and 1973 to Michigan Convicts Aid.

A page torn from the June 13, 1971, edition of The Detroit News also was in the box. In the article, Burwell complained to African-American columnist June Brown that he was "a victim of discrimination." He claimed auto insurance companies were offering inflated rates because he drove black children in his bus.

"I handled over 2,000 black kids last summer," he told Brown. "I never had any incidents and not one child got hurt or caused any trouble.

"Whatever I've got to do, I'll do," he vowed. "My bus trips will not stop."

But the Michigan State Police reports also found in Burwell's box of secrets tell another story.

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Klan's money man

The reports, which were prepared by undercover state police officers who infiltrated Detroit Klan meetings in the late 1960s and early 1970s, were obtained by Burwell under the Freedom of Information Act in 1981. A copy of the FOIA request was found among his effects.

According to the police reports, Burwell served as the secretary for Unit No. 1 of the local National Knights of the KKK chapter. He handled the group's bank account.

Between 20 and 30 Klansmen usually attended the weekly meetings. The password to get in was "white men."

Meetings were held at Watkins Coffee Shop on Joy Road, which now is a parking lot; and the Slovakian Workers' Hall on Livernois, later home to the Abundant Life Church of God.

Wallace Fruit, who was sent to federal prison for the 1971 bombing of four Pontiac buses after a judge ordered cross-district busing there, attended meetings with Burwell, the police reports show.

Mildred Burwell said she didn't discover her husband of 42 years was in the Klan until after he died. She declined to say how she found out.

"He didn't talk much about the things he did away from home," the 79-year-old Shelby Township resident said.

She speculated that her husband may have been a police informant, although there is no indication in the officers' reports that Burwell was cooperating with their investigation.

Gene Yarnell, a white freelance writer who wrote some of the newspaper articles about Michigan Convicts Aid, said he got the feeling something wasn't right with Burwell.

"I'm not surprised to hear he was in the Klan," said Yarnell, 74. "There were signs he didn't like black people. For instance, with his jobs program, he'd only deal with the white clients; he let his assistant deal with the black guys."

Longtime Cass Corridor resident John Thompson, owner of Honest John's Bar, wasn't shocked to hear of Burwell's Klan ties, claiming the mechanic was openly racist when only whites were present.

"He was pretty open about the fact that he didn't like black people," Thompson said. "He might have hid it when certain people were around, but he didn't try to hide it around me."

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Unhappy ending

Burwell, a father of five, dedicated the last few years of his life to avenging his youngest daughter's murder.

Cheryl McMahan, 20, was killed in June 1986. Burwell suspected her husband, James McMahan, had something to do with it.

"Jim kept trying to get the police to investigate the murder, but for a long time they wouldn't do it," Mildred Burwell said.

It took four years, but James McMahan eventually was arrested for the slaying and convicted of second-degree murder. Mildred Burwell recalled waking up and touching her sleeping husband the night before their daughter's killer was to be sentenced.

"He was cold as ice," she said. "Then he got up the next morning and seemed fine. He went to work, and that was the last time I saw him."

On Sept. 28, 1990, Burwell spent a few hours at his garage. Then he headed to Wayne Circuit Court, where James McMahan was sentenced to 50 to 100 years in prison.

After the sentencing, Burwell went back to his shop. He lay down on a couch in the office and drew his last breath. The husband, father, bus driver, philanthropist and Klansman died of a heart attack at 62.




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^ THERR U GO P.....YEAH INFILTRATE is DA RITE WORD CUZ FEMINEM REALLY PULL'D A JIM BURWELL ON HIPHOP FUUUK GAY AZZ DRE HOUSE NIGGA AZZ 4 LIFE FA LETTIN DA KKK TAKE OVA HIPHOP/BLK MUSIK!

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Mvpbrodie93;1423554 said:
Na he was called out on it, I didn't like the "I had a black girlfriend that fucked me over" excuse but he "apologized", and me and 98% of the hip hop community moved on. Id still want him to do a special with Micheal Eric dyson o some nigga like that.

again u r a yung kat cuz aint no real blk man gonna accept that blk gf bs lie/xcuse & half azz apology on a trak wit NO PROOF! wherr da fuuk is this blk n1gger bitch @ ? will da reall blk n1gger bitch plz stand up? till that redneck feminem sitz down wit sum1 like MICHAEL DYSON & xplain his racist past n FULL DETAIL that meanz showin pix of this bitch n1gger bitch & xplainin his all white redneck rap group that he was n when he made them racist tapez b4 he hook'd up wit them d12 house niggaz imma call him a KLANSMEN! those blk industry rapperz like j & nas kiss feminemz azz & aint say shit about them racist tapez cuz da kkk runz rap & they will lose they white fan base fa dissin da wigger house nigga gaawd feminem! but feminem can neva stop da STREETZ from talkin about da racist tapez like he can wit them blk industry rapperz cuz da proud blax aint 4got about that racist shit!

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supaman4321;1423667 said:
Since they talked about his Detroit roots and early career I was hoping they'd delve into his earlier bigotry especially since he tried to pull the racist card, how can you on one side complain about these people treating you like an outsider and skeptical about you being in their culture when you go home and talk about not being with that ****** shit?

I guess their journalism isn't that thorough though.

HALLELUUUUUJAH!

FieldTripsToTheHood;1424323 said:
WAIT HOLD UP? I just grasped this I think...are you all saying Eminem was talking about race there? It was about his offensive language towards Gays. SMH catching racial feelings when is wasnt about race at all.

DA PROBLEM IS FEMINEM IS A WHITE RACIST REDNECK WHO IS COMPLAININ ABOUT BEIN DA VICTIM OF RACISM SMH!
 
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rapmastermind;1424176 said:
It was a pretty good interview beside what he said about it was race while people were targeting him for his rhymes. He obviously has no concept of Hip Hop History cause Blacks have had to deal with racism and criticism in Hip Hop from Day 1. He acts like he was the 1st rapper to ever be criticsm. GTFOOH. SMH @ anyone acting like Blacks didn't have to struggle to even get this culture respected or heard. N.W.A. and tons of other rappers were criticized for their lyrical content while Eminem was making racist raps against Black People. At the end of the day this is a Black Culture that is "SHARED" with everyone, don't ever forget where it came from Eminem cause you are playing the "Victim" card when rappers have had to deal with Hell from day 1.
I think you missed the point... Em been said his shit is no different from what other rappers have said but really during 2000-2002 he was the main target against hip-hop since the early days. People forget all that protesting, the meetings of Congress about that MMLP album, President Bush commenting his music is more dangerous than Polio.... Really at that time I dont recall any other top mainstream MC that was a target of congress and multiple protest.
 
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nujerz84;1424983 said:
I think you missed the point... Em been said his shit is no different from what other rappers have said but really during 2000-2002 he was the main target against hip-hop since the early days. People forget all that protesting, the meetings of Congress about that MMLP album, President Bush commenting his music is more dangerous than Polio.... Really at that time I dont recall any other top mainstream MC that was a target of congress and multiple protest.

jUST IMAGINE IF ZNO WOULDVE XPOSED THAT KLANSMEN DURIN THAT TIME THAT REDNECK WOULDNT HAVE SURVIVED! CUZ BLACK FOLKZ SHOULDVE BEEN PROTESTIN AGAINST THIS RACIST REDNECK!
 
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why did they interview him? I felt like this was 99/2000 when i watched it wit the "poor me..but i made it" theme to the interview and talking about when he was criticized for talkin bout fags,rape,murder ..only newness about the interview was his drug addiction and he's told me enough about it on Recovery.

60 minutes shouldve asked about what's up next in his career or something else
 
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its over: 2012!;1425042 said:
yey but you gotta admit, 8 years is a long time, to still be complaining about something that hasn't occurred since then.
Well he was asked a question something to effect of what was your reaction to the protest he was getting at that time and he answered it. Same thing when he was asked about being white coming up and he answered it so really I dont see the big deal and it really nothing new... ..Now not mentioning the tapes I can understand but those two nah reaching.
 
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nujerz84;1425081 said:
Well he was asked a question something to effect of what was your reaction to the protest he was getting at that time and he answered it. Same thing when he was asked about being white coming up and he answered it so really I dont see the big deal and it really nothing new... ..Now not mentioning the tapes I can understand but those two nah reaching.

how can u understand that when da redneck is cryin racism y not talk about da racist tapez???????
 
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gee757;1425092 said:
how can u understand that when da redneck is cryin racism y not talk about da racist tapez???????

Em simply stated the obvious when he was coming up and shit really aint changed for any white MC trying to come up today so whats the big deal? And what he said IMO has truth to it to why he was targeted by the protest....

Here the actual quote: Explaining that anti-gay slurs were cavalierly dropped in the hip-hop scene he came up in and citing the frequent use of offensive language by many other high-profile spitters, he said he felt targeted because he is white. "I felt like I was being attacked. I was being singled out and I felt like, 'Is it because the color of my skin? Is it because of that you're paying more attention?' " he said. "Because there's certain rappers that do and say the same things and I'm saying and I don't hear anyone saying [anything] about that."

Was it any shock to see to that people who were targeting Em around that time were all white people... cause Em was white and they knew and/or were afraid that Em was more likely to have more influnece over there white children than say DMX or Nelly.

And what I mean was I can understand people being upset about CBS not mention the racist tapes but to be pissed off about Em answereing questions that were common knowledge is reaching and from what seen attracts people who already dont like him to talk shit.
 
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Did Anderson Cooper really say Eminem never really talked about his story until now???? He's been screaming about his history for, what, 11 years? GTFOH.
 
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nujerz84;1425146 said:
Em simply stated the obvious when he was coming up and shit really aint changed for any white MC trying to come up today so whats the big deal? And what he said IMO has truth to it to why he was targeted by the protest....

Here the actual quote: Explaining that anti-gay slurs were cavalierly dropped in the hip-hop scene he came up in and citing the frequent use of offensive language by many other high-profile spitters, he said he felt targeted because he is white. "I felt like I was being attacked. I was being singled out and I felt like, 'Is it because the color of my skin? Is it because of that you're paying more attention?' " he said. "Because there's certain rappers that do and say the same things and I'm saying and I don't hear anyone saying [anything] about that."

Was it any shock to see to that people who were targeting Em around that time were all white people... cause Em was white and they knew and/or were afraid that Em was more likely to have more influnece over there white children than say DMX or Nelly.

And what I mean was I can understand people being upset about CBS not mention the racist tapes but to be pissed off about Em answereing questions that were common knowledge is reaching and from what seen attracts people who already dont like him to talk shit.

i understand all that but da redneck still lookz stupid cryin about racism when hez a RACIST dont u & that redneck know if feminem wouldve told da truth about his RACIST past from da get go n 99 that therr wouldve been BLACK PEOPLE prottestin against him 2 cuz hez a WHITE RACIST REDN3CK???
 
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gee757;1425187 said:
i understand all that but da redneck still lookz stupid cryin about racism when hez a RACIST dont u & that redneck know if feminem wouldve told da truth about his RACIST past from da get go n 99 that therr wouldve been BLACK PEOPLE prottestin against him 2 cuz hez a WHITE RACIST REDN3CK???
I get your point... but really were there any major protest when the tapes came out certain groups commented on it but did any hold a rally, boycotts etc????? The one I can think of was NYC Congresswoman Viola Plumber (I think I got her name wrong) who had a small press conference about it but when it came out but that was it and it wasnt just Eminem she was talking about but Hip-Hop as a whole due to its content.
 
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nujerz84;1425146 said:
Em simply stated the obvious when he was coming up and shit really aint changed for any white MC trying to come up today so whats the big deal? And what he said IMO has truth to it to why he was targeted by the protest....

Here the actual quote: Explaining that anti-gay slurs were cavalierly dropped in the hip-hop scene he came up in and citing the frequent use of offensive language by many other high-profile spitters, he said he felt targeted because he is white. "I felt like I was being attacked. I was being singled out and I felt like, 'Is it because the color of my skin? Is it because of that you're paying more attention?' " he said. "Because there's certain rappers that do and say the same things and I'm saying and I don't hear anyone saying [anything] about that."

Was it any shock to see to that people who were targeting Em around that time were all white people... cause Em was white and they knew and/or were afraid that Em was more likely to have more influnece over there white children than say DMX or Nelly.

And what I mean was I can understand people being upset about CBS not mention the racist tapes but to be pissed off about Em answereing questions that were common knowledge is reaching and from what seen attracts people who already dont like him to talk shit.

This dude is a joke word up. What anti-gay slurs where high-profile spitters using? We need proof. Fuck what he is saying. What High profile spitters were openly attacking the gay community? This dude is a clown. Furthermore, I think after his racist outburst whites felt more comfortable supporting him. It proved he wasn't as close and as cool with Blacks as they may have thought.
 
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Kwan Dai;1425220 said:
This dude is a joke word up. What anti-gay slurs where high-profile spitters using? We need proof. Fuck what he is saying. What High profile spitters were openly attacking the gay community? This dude is a clown. Furthermore, I think after his racist outburst whites felt more comfortable supporting him. It proved he wasn't as close and as cool with Blacks as they may have thought.

I dont care about anti-gay slurs...but DMX has used the word faggot tons of times.
 
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Kwan Dai;1425220 said:
This dude is a joke word up. What anti-gay slurs where high-profile spitters using? We need proof. Fuck what he is saying. What High profile spitters were openly attacking the gay community? This dude is a clown. Furthermore, I think after his racist outburst whites felt more comfortable supporting him. It proved he wasn't as close and as cool with Blacks as they may have thought.
Are your really this naive.... the number of MCs done use the word faggot in there rhymes is countless and not even count the shit they done said about women.. And I can say from my experince with his white fans the majority if not all of them have any idea those tapes exist.
 
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