Jay Smooth talks about the ludicrous Ludacris controversy
Posted in Politics, Videos on August 4th, 2008 by HyphenJay Smooth drops another one of his excellent vlogs, this time commenting on the faux news story regarding Luda’s Obama freestyle a few weeks back. As always, he’s on point. It’s annoying to see people with no understanding of our hip-hop culture talking about it on the news, but Jay makes a great point that Luda really should know better. There have been a bunch of less tactful Obama songs/references too, but none with as high a profile as this one. I knew it was going to be trouble when the story broke and some agencies were calling him an actor instead of rapper. That’s when you know you’ve made it to the next tier and your words are going to be given a lot more legitimacy, right or wrong.
As further proof that Obama is the perfect presidential candidate for the hip-hop generation, here’s a clip from earlier this year:
I agree completely, and it’s shocking to see that kind of intelligence and understanding from a politician. If you’re involved with hip-hop culture and NOT planning on voting for Obama, I’d love to know why. Not to say it’s not possible, but you better have some substantive policy disagreements…
