12/24/2022 0 Comments Gone dark splinter cell![]() So I can only naturally assume it’s probably easier for a light skin male rapper than it might be for a dark skin male rapper. I’m not saying that for sure, I’m still as talented as I am and Obama is still as smart as he is, but it’s just a sad truth… I don’t even know if this is going to translate well into text and people not hearing what I’m saying, but it’s a sad reality. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin. You know what I mean? That’s just the truth. But Barack Obama would not be president if he were dark skin. There are some women out there that are like, “I don’t even like light skin men” and that’s fine. That brainwashing that tells us that light skin is better, it’s subconsciously in us, whether we know it or not… still pursuing light skin women. I can’t say it for sure but I just think we’re still in America. The light-skinned, dark-skinned issue certainly affects women in hip hop does it affect men in hip hop? You’ve talked about including dark-skinned women in your music videos versus all light-skinned women. ![]() I hate that we’re stereotyped and I hate that I’m fitting into the same stereotype. I wish I could tell them something better - that happens all the time and I hate it. On the other hand, every time I’m on the plane in first class - this is a lesser evil but it still represents their mind state - I promise you, 60 percent of the time somebody asks me what basketball team do I play for or do I rap. That’s something that I feel like somebody my age that’s white doesn’t have to go through, especially in New York City. I almost didn’t even name that because I am so used to that. I feel like that was the real thing, they were trying to catch somebody slipping. They told me to roll down my back window they look in my car as if they’re looking for something. I feel like if I was a white man driving, they wouldn’t question me about my tints. So I had my hat low and I think I was looking “suspicious” just as a Black man with my brim low, when I was really just trying to cover my face. I was driving through Times Square and I just didn’t want to be seen. I really believe it was because I had my hat low. ![]() They said it was for tints on my front window, which is barely tinted. I just got pulled over on 42nd street in Times Square for what I believe was nothing. Do you experience racism?įor sure, absolutely. There’s been a lot of conversation about the Trayvon Martin tragedy and what young Black men experience. Up to this point, that’s been my biggest risk I’ve taken, deciding to do it all on my own, production wise. Of course I will now because I want to now, I’m tired of having to make the beats from scratch. Whoever does the beats for people I didn’t go run to them. It’s a blessing but it’s also been a huge risk because I’m not using the current hip hop sound. Constantly taking that risk by not going to whoever is hot and still be as far as I am. That’s the biggest risk I’ve taken so far. Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. You don't get this far without taking risks. I hate those games where the bad guys are always Middle Eastern, it’s right into the stereotype, but this game isn’t like that. I’m very conscious of that but this is a culturally diverse game - and the terrorists, they’re not all Middle Eastern, which is great. ![]() Yeah, trust me, I felt the same way but there is - one of the main characters, the other bad a- other than Sam Fisher, is a Black dude. Are there any Black folks in the game - I saw a preview and thought, “Where are the brown people?”
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