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----- Forwarded X-eGroups-Return: sentto-94262-3366-anansi=interport.net@returns.onelist.com Delivered-To: fixup-afrofuturism@onelist.com@fixme X-Sender: kalital@shell6.ba.best.com To: afrofuturism@onelist.com Mailing-List: list afrofuturism@onelist.com; contact afrofuturism-owner@onelist.com Delivered-To: mailing list afrofuturism@onelist.com List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:afrofuturism-unsubscribe@onelist.com> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:10:07 -0700 X-eGroups-From: Kali Tal <kali@kalital.com> From: Kali Tal <kali@kalital.com> Reply-To: afrofuturism@onelist.com Subject: [afrofuturism] Former KKK Leader Gets Into Rap From: Kali Tal <kali@kalital.com> This is totally surreal... Kali >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:34:02 -0500 >From: Jahzid Allah <allah@metalab.unc.edu> >Subject: [BRC-NEWS] HUMOR: Former KKK Leader Gets Into Rap >Sender: worker-brc-news@lists.tao.ca >To: brc-news@lists.tao.ca >X-Sender: Jahzid Allah <allah@metalab.unc.edu> >X-WWW-Site: http://www.blackradicalcongress.org/ >X-Rcpt-To: kali@kalital.com > >FORMER KKK LEADER GETS INTO RAP > >BATON ROUGE, LA -- David Duke, former Imperial Wizard of the >Ku Klux Klan of America, recently announced a business >agreement with jailed music executive Marion "Suge" Knight. >Knight, CEO of Death Row Records, has reportedly been in >contact with Duke for several weeks. Knight, who is Black, >was heralded as "a positive role model for Americans of all >races," by Duke during a news conference with Death Row >representatives. The former Louisiana state representative >declared that he is expanding his business enterprises into >music. > >Although his other businesses have failed miserably, Duke >claims that he has a firm grasp of the complexities of the >popular music scene. > >"I can get jiggy with it," Duke announced to chuckling >journalists. "I know the dilli, yo." Death Row records, once >a musical powerhouse, had, between 1995 and 1998, lost its >leading gangsta rap acts Dr. Dre, Tupac and Snoop Doggy >Dogg. Many observers have considered the company moribund >for months. > >Hoping to capitalize on the southern base of Duke's company, >Death Row anticipates a solid challenge to New Orleans-based >No Limit and Cash Money record companies. Death Row >spokesman Jerome Watkins explains that the parternship with >Duke's Tiger Productions is devoid of politics. "We >understand that Death Row and Tiger Productions have a >mutual interest and can expand our markets by working >together." > >The controversial venture has disturbed many in the music >industry. "This is a clear example of a player [who is] >getting played," said one music executive who wishes to >remain anonymous. "How can Suge Knight rationalize working >with someone who hates Black people? Knight can only lose >from this venture." He continues to state that Suge Knight >"has long demonstrated that he is amoral, untrustworthy and >even treacherous. This must be a match made in Heaven." > >Gangsta rap critic C. Delores Tucker, head of the National >Political Congress of Black Women, who has butted heads with >Knight in the past, argues that the alliance should not be >surprising. "Death Row has long shown complete disregard for >Black people. The lyrics of their artists are replete with >racial epithets aimed at Black men and Black women. I know >why Mr. Duke admires Mr. Knight." > >The first act slated for a release on the joint venture is >rapper Colt Fo-Five, whose single, "Kill a hoe" is slated >for a late-September release. His eponymously titled CD is >scheduled for a release on Oct. 19. "Colt Fo-Five is a very >talented young man. We hope you support his effort," Duke >stated. > >When asked about his racist past and his relationship with >Death Row, Duke declared that there are many "player haters" >who don't appreciate the importance of financial >opportunity. "It's not always Black or White. Sometimes its >green," he mussed. "I am still white and proud. But I also >need to feed my children." Suge Knight, who is serving an >eight-year sentence in a California prison for parole >violation, stated through his spokesman, that "I love Black >people. I am proud to be Black. 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