Russell, you say rappers and hip-hop executives have closed ranks against Minister Conrad Muhammad, so what if they have? Hell “Hip-Hop” executives, those who wish to make a profit of our culture have closed ranks against the Hip-Hop generation. Well when you have this next Hip-Hop summit maybe it will actually include those in the Hip-Hop generation, youth, women and Latino’s and this time skip Harvard, come to Harlem. Al become hip-hop? Oh, I remember, it was when he went to Cuba and said he wanted to bring rappers to Cuba, but please lets not get it twisted hip-hop is part of youth culture and for over 6 years the International Youth Festival has its base rooted in Hip-Hop culture been in Cuba for. So I read you are putting together a “Hip-Hop” summit which includes David Mays, publisher of The Source, a magazine that is 60% advertising, and much of the advertising totally denigrates Black and Latina women, and the Reverend Al Sharpton? Am I missing something, when did Rev. You promote rappers not hip-hop, you must have forgotten or maybe you never knew, Hip-Hop culture is compromised of five elements: “Russell, as quiet as its been kept YOU ARE NOT HIP-HOP!” 75 cents a day and we can not forget about the ‘Bling-Bling’ diamonds that are mined by South African workers who’s life expectancy is… The industry who has pimped hip-hop culture so the chosen few of you can live in a MTV crib, wear Iceberg jeans, Phat Farm sweaters, and Sean John fur coats, much of which I’m sure are made in sweatshops by Black and Brown children who earn an average of. ![]() You didn’t know? Many of us have this conversation about you and others in the industry like you every day. Here is a new flash, as quiet as its been kept YOU ARE NOT HIP-HOP! the Mogul” which appeared in the Village Voice on April 25th, 2001: ![]() An open letter in response to Peter Noel’s article, “The Minster vs.
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