To Mona: If you're going to speak on American shallowness, then you need to be informed. The women of Spelman college only wanted Nelly to speak at a forum on misogyny in hip-hop. They never rescinded the offer for him to hold a bone marrow drive, they only wanted him to speak up -- something many rappers don't do. As for 'focusing on the wrong shit,' what's wrong with Black women speaking out against the stereotypes hurled against them? You speak like a person of privilege who doesn't have to concern herself with such problems. That's your luck, not everyone else's. They had every right to speak up.