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Should the NAACP Be Rewarding Artists who Promote Sexism and the N-Word?
(Black Voices) — Last night, I was up watching last year’s Hip-Hop honors on Vh-1. I knew that it wasn’t live, since the rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane weren’t in jail. In fact, I find it interesting that I had to count and remember which artists were incarcerated out of the bunch, since it seems that hip-hop has now made it cool to go to jail, at least for a little while.
As a fan of hip-hop, I enjoyed the music being performed by various artists. I couldn’t, however, help but be disturbed by trends that become more and more apparent to me as I get older. At one point, there were three “interesting” songs performed in a row, one by an artist by the name of “Bone Crusher,” a second performed by Gucci Mane and a third performed by the Ying-Yang Twins. Bone Crusher rapped about “popping the trunk” and killing another “n*gga” who spoke to him disrepsectfully. To be more precise, the lyrics were as follows:
In the Image of Fabulousness: NAACP Awards’ Red Carpet
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If you were feenin’ for more black fashionistas at the Oscars last week, you probably got your fix during last night’s broadcast of the 42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards. Our favorite stars of color were there in their formal wear. AOL’s Black Voices put together a slideshow of the night’s looks.
Who looked the best last night?
