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He’s been bullied by Blacks and he never retaliated. His mission is to open suburbans kid’s eyes to the ghetto misery.Įminem uses the advantage of his color to spread his voice where black M.C’s cannot do it, because they’re(unfortunately) limitated to black channel and radios.Įminem’s story teaches white men a lesson. Eminem is engaged in his fight against racial discrimination. There was also a time black graduates were forced to take blue collars jobs There was a time,education was denied to Blacks. Some people even seem to ignore what black people have been through.

Why so much hatred, so much violence ? Because you were the first to show violence and hatred towards black people and you need to realize it. He has the powe rof life or death on this man’s head. In Ice T’s lyrics ,there is a situation reverse : Ice T changed the situation to his advantage : he is the leader and the white man appears to have the wrong color. A revenge for being hated on and killed by the police. You ain’t in my sect, you ain’t my friendĪ revenge for being born the wrong color(in a white racist’s mind). A person who is decided to fight against the government’s lies and injustice.The lyrics of Ice T’s song « Colors » may look as a racist song against white people but it must be viewed much much as a stong call against injustice and racial discrimination : Saul Williams expressed the injustice of the government against black people in his Dj Spooky remix « Not In Our Names – The Pledge Of Resistance » :Ī gangsta rapper is not only « gangsta » in his words, he is also an engaged person. We need such shock values to fight racial discrimination. They have the power to drop bombs on the government. They are ready –at least symbolically- to assassinate deputies and ministers. They can shoot policemen who discriminate them, they can be a white man’s nightmare if they want to. Gangsta rap pictures Black differently : it brings them back to their roots, it shows them they they can be a threat to whites who despise them and belittle them. The mirror of the ghetto in its uglyness is here to haunt a rich white man’s head, it is a strong weapon against the Establishment.īlacks have been enslaved, humiliated and even worst assimilated by Whites. Gangsta rap has less to do with annoying partys, big cars and jewels. Gangsta rap comes to hurt people’s closed minded heads, it shocks conservative mentality. Gangsta rap is revolutionary, it makes society move, it opens people’s mind against injustice and racial discrimination. It shows gangsters’ hard life and insecurities. What makes gangsta rap particularly interesting in my eyes is the fact that it is related to ghetto reality. Although Eminem is my favorite hip hop artist, I do appreciate many old school rappers from the political rap movance, like Ice T, NWA, Public Enemy. Among different styles of rap, gangsta rap is my favorite genre.