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little skits they did have
with the white couple, the
Asian and black couple,
those were all Kanye’s
ideas.” Moultrie explained.
In today’s culture with
rappers becoming more and
more common, other artists
like Legend and Alicia Keys
who appear in front of
pianos, Moultrie feels thar
their music ils unique and
special and should be
enjoyed to the fullest.
“I like my 50 Cent, I love
my Jay-Z, but you can't lis
ten to that all the ume.
There comes a time when
you sit down with your lady,
or mavbe not, but there
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25 in recognition of African-American culture. Colorful African attire, food and music made the evening a success. Among the other
annual events sponsored by the organization is the celebration of Juneteenth.
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Nelly told The Associated
Press after the event was
nixed.
The forum’s fulcrum was
more problem than solu
tion. As the almost 500
attendees reeled off ques
tion after question about
women being deemed sex
objects, not one reference
was made to the super-sized
Essence cover on the stage
that read, “Bedroom secrets
he wishes you knew.”
Rapper MC Lyte, a panel
member, essentially con
curred with Lewellen and
Leach that 1t was a martter
of supply and demand, but
added that after a rapper
sells 500,000 albums, it
becomes a matter of race -
the music no longer repre
sents the black community,
she said.
“It’s not us that’s making
the demand. It’s the white
boys. Its the little white
boys,” she said.
To the question of how
women in these videos are
exploited if they agree to
perform lewd acts on cam
era, student Moya Bailey
and Spelman assistant pro
fessor Tarshia Stanley said
that women are falsely
given the idea that this
behavior will make them
rich or make men think
they're beautiful.
Though Lewellen clung
to the mantra that con
sumers are ultimately
empowered to avoid music
they deem offensive, he
said afterward that misogy
nistic lyrics could eventual
ly pose a roadblock for rap.
“There is a groundswell.
There is a movement at the
grassroots level,” he said.
“If the industries _ indus
tries _ don't take it serious
ly now, they may have to
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would not want to do that.”
Smith also says that Mrs.
Smith’s lack of people skills
is another reason why he
believes her job responsibil
ities should be re-routed.
“She’s a very smart indi
vidual. She’s an engineer,
she is not a people person
and does not delegate well
with people. She needs to
stay in her territory and let
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take it seriously later.”
There are many rappers
that don't rely on degrading
women to sell wax — Mos
Def, Common and Talib
Kweli among them _ but
they don't have the same
appeal as the guys who do,
said Leach, who is credited
with signing the Ying Yang
Twins and Lil Jon.
Following the discussion,
Essence Editor Diane
Weathers defended the ses
sion’s lack of balance and
her moderator’s taking
sides.
“What's happening is so
offensive and so ugly and
we've got to stop pretend
e it lsat,” she sid
“Women have been very
nice. We've been very toler
ant. If Michaela got carried
away a little bit, she’s enti
tled. Everybody’s fed up.”
Essence will continue its
battle against derogatory
depictions of women in rap
through articles and a let
ter-writing campaign
aimed at MTV, BET and
the individual artists,
Weathers said.
somebody else do the rest
ofit.”
According to the com
missioner Mrs. Smith has
had disagreements with
developers and contractors
that have stifled and held
up the progression of city
projects.
“The plans are suppose to
be a 30 day turn-around
most of them are 90, 100
days, some of them 200
days that’s the problem.”
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