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September 6, 2005

Kanye West Keeping It Real

Well...it looks like I need to give credit where credit is due. A month ago I dissed Kanye West's lyrics to Diamonds From Sierra Leone.

As many of you know, Kanye went "off-script" during a televised fundraiser for victims of hurricane Katrina. It wasn't the most eloquent speech but the point was made. What's beautiful about West's protest is his understanding of the sound byte. "George Bush doesn't care about Black people." If people didn't grasp this after hundreds of Black Floridians were denied the vote in 2000, they do now.

Well done, Kanye!

Check the video here.

Posted by Jason at September 6, 2005 10:35 PM

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