Lauryn Hill ventures into painful territory in honour of slain teen Michael Brown today, releasing a piece named ‘Black Rage‘ to shed light on horrors suffered by African-Americans in a prejudiced world.
Originally performed her ‘Life Is Good/Black Rage’ joint tour with Nas in 2012, what awaits below is the official project’s official version, unveiled in direct response to Brown’s murder, which has dominated headlines and reopened racial-related wounds since it occurred on August 9th 2014.
Listen to Lauryn below…
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Honey no one currs about this ALWAYW LATE TO HE4 OWN SHOW black biitch
Do you think that you’re funny?
That’s what I want to know.
BOTH of yall sissies can luck my smelly box. Fu ck HA!! SHE CAINT JUST TALK TO PPL ANY KINDA WAY THEN EXPECT SUMONE TO GIVEBA DAMN ABOUT HER SOCIAL STATEMENTS…syck my big black diick fagggss
lick
Well damn – u act like she paying your bills or something nicca…fall back f*** boy.
Eat me u butch biitch THOT BOT BIITCH
Lol..u mad.
Pats ass and shashays off
Ur lame as fu.. How bout u go pat a pencil to a paper and write I will stop eating lead chips from the wall , uhm sayyyy A hundred times, cuz its clearly taken a toll on u. Get a life u TROLL.
Gurl………….
Thought this thing was in jail.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p04BeElmr0o
YES HE SPOKE SOME REAL SH!T!!!!!
Biitch
Google “Black Victim Mentality” and “Black Self Sabotage”
Only ignorant people think it’s ok to joke about such a serious matter. No shade, but some members of the stan community hide behind their faves because they have nothing going for them. Molly is a good example of this. Do you have a world view Molly? Do you even support a political party?
100% right. They think they’re funny but they’re stupid.
Shut up Satan. Drake called u out, u r EXPOSED!! Now goto hell…AGAIN!!
Them apes in Ferguson were chimpn’ out !!
Your life must suck.
The struggle to offend people.
Honey just ignore that thing. Even i wont entertain it
ur ignorance is the funnest thing about u. #Fool
Ur mom is a c****. @ zip
I just hate that when a white person kills a black person it becomes a media frenzy but when blacks kill blacks no one cares.
Murder is wrong full stop but the problem comes when it seems that the murder is racially motivated. If you can’t see that then I’d really suggest you take some time out of your day to look into American history.
But that doesn’t change the fact that blacks are killing each other everyday but no one says sh!t about that yall so worried about a white person killing a black person when blacks do it to each other all the fuckking time… Idgaf about this story tbh people dying everyday im not gonna pretend like i give a fuckkk about this dude just cause he got shot by a white man
It’s not that you don’t give a f*** it’s that you CAN’T give a f*** because you’re stupid. That’s what it is. A human being has been murdered but you’re simple mind lacks the space to think beyond the little that you know to see what the problem is.
“Blacks kill each other all the time and noone says s***.” Who told you that?
Lol i didn’t know Michael Brown so why should i care that he got shot & killed by a cop like 50% of black thugs. Oh i guess i should care since the medias talking about it huh? Sorry not a sheep like most of you.
Molly yo mom must b a ho
You sound very ignorant.Do you even realize how serious the Ferguson issue is? Congrats Uncle Tom.
Sweetie i could careless it isn’t my problem.
And that’s why everyone’s calling you stupid. You don’t have the mental capacity to see something unless it’s happening to you.
Exactly ^
Not making other peoples problem my own im a self centered b****.
No ho ua PATHETIC little f a g who need to b airlifted to Syria and dropped off right in ISIS headquarters u sick biitch. Yo slutknickn mammy should have spit u out or swallowed u. Stupid fucka
You’re missing the point. Blackpeople kill each other, white people kill each other, latinos MIDDLE EASTERN, what ever,but when the Law kills us, and kills unjustly when your job is to be JUSTICE this goes beyond simple criminal acts.
Reading some of these comments reminds me as to why schooling is so important. Some of these stans throw shade at EVERYTHING because that’s all they can do, they don’t have an opinion on anything. I feel bad for em.
Took the words right out of my mouth sis.
Black on black violence is a problem the world needs to address and handle but is this Molly person really saying you don’t see why there’s an outcry when white people kill black people?
If you don’t, I’ll explain. When a black person kills a black person they will be caught and jailed. When a white person kills a black person they get away with it. THAT is the difference. I swear these topics really show which stans went to school and which didn’t. Real f****** talk.
Blacks who CHOOSE to do nothing with their lives blame whites for EVERTHING. Blacks who get off their asses and do what they’re supposed to, have few issues with society as a whole.
But who is talking about blacks who choose to do nothing with their lives? Who? I’m certainly not. We’re talking about the law abiding tax paying black people who are treated like thugs because of racial profiling. When you commit a crime as a white person, nobody judges another white person because of what you did. But when you’re black, the police have no problem with deciding that you’re a thug just because someone who has the same skin tone as you is.
“Blacks who get off their asses and do what they’re supposed to, have few issues with society as a whole.” About that, please don’t talk about someone’s experiences unless you have lived through them. I’ve never committed a crime but that doesn’t stop me from getting pulled over every other week.
Yes!!! Preach!!!
So it’s ok to shoot lazy black people because they’re lazy? What about lazy white people? Or lazy hispanics? What about them?
Honey those same lazy blacks be the ones selling drugs & robbing stores lol please stop acting like black people are the victims all the damn time.
White people don’t sell drugs and rob stores sis?
Molly girl,you are the epitome of stupid. So black people are nothing but criminals and drug dealers but white people are perfect,right?
Most blacks are… lets be real
“Most blacks”? You’re a cretin. I won’t even try to argue with you.
😉
“Blacks who get off their asses and do what they’re supposed to, have few issues with society as a whole.”
Then can you explain why Trayvon Martin is lying six feet under as you type such nonsense? All he was doing was walking down the street and his own murderer will admit that. So funny how racists like you think you know so much about the black experience. FYI, black people have been targeted by powerful racists since the beginning of time hence the drama we have today. I guess it’s easier to think of lazy African-Americans when trying to explain why they have such a hard time instead of accepting that we live in a world which hates black skin.
Clearly most of you are ignorant morons who spend their whole day commenting on irrelevant ‘news’ about celebrities who doesn’t know you from a can of paint. For you blunt racists behind a keyboard, I feel sorry for you. I feel sorry that you dont see the bigger issue here. Im sorry that you dont understand that your european ancestors made a business out of African people which led to the privileges and trickled down money that you do have. The Ferguson issue is beyond a white person murdering an unarmed black t***. Its our police state that keeps abusing and violating their status because they know they are protected by US law so before you make such hateful comments, do your research. This new generation is hopeless. Especially since you clearly feed into the media.
P.S Lauryn Hill is an ICON. Regardless if you feel that she is irrelevant or not. Her one album has had more impact than all of your favorites albums. Dont get it twisted. You guys base success off of an inclined chart with art is who have no business being in the same category. Thats business. That isnt artistry or music.
Blacks SOLD blacks. Blacks had black slaves. There have also been white, Asian, European, and Latino slaves. Your point ? Blacks stay stuck in the past, that’s why they never progress, cause it’s easier to play the victim.
I have to humbly disagree with u. Not all blacks live in the past and not all blacks are not progressing. BUT there are issues within our government and our judicial system that must be addressed. Racial profiling is one. This a major hindrance on black communities. You manage to point out that Blacks had black slaves so i think you’re living in the past. Such a minute segment of people isn’t equivalent to the slavery epidemic that saw millions killed and oppressed for generations in and by a country that was founded on the principles of liberty and justice. Maybe its easier to just write people’s genuine concerns off as “playing victim”?
Google “Black Victim Mentality” and “Black Self Sabotage”
What an eye opening thread?! OK, can Molly or whoever agrees with her tell me this.
If all black men are thugs and criminals. What are all white men? After all, all the dudes who walked into public spaces and shot at people in the last three years were young white men.
Google “Black Victim Mentality” and “Black Self Sabotage”
Not yall stressing out over how i feel about this situation.
Answer my question hun. You generalized an entire race of people because of the actions of a few of them so tell me, what do the actions of the Sandy Hook killer make all white men?
Don’t even bother with it. The facts are as clear as daytime but she still won’t see the light. She probably also thinks that all Arabs are terrorists.
@Beyhive girl you seem so bothered today. Why does my opinion upset you?
Molly just most blacks are criminals? Receipts or f*** off.
People need to stop saying that black people love to be victimized. It’s not just us. All minorities are looked down on and the white race is often considered superior.
You dark skin sis?
No,but even if I was,the facts wouldn’t change.
Hmmm you sure act like it boo boo getting so offended like calm down.
And if he/she was dark skinned and bitter isn’t that saying something to you DUMB asss.
Play the victim or work your ass off to better yourself and progress. Which is easier and which one will get you further ? Your CHOICE.
THIS IS NOT NEW!!!
Interesting comments 🙂
The ignorance on this blog, we truly have a lost generation. White people will always be ahead of us because we choose to be ignorant. This song is brilliant but unfortunately the dumb heads cannot comprehend
@Molly
Bernie Madoff, a white man, alone stole more money than black people COMBINED. More rapes/assaults are committed by white men than their black counterparts. White people went to to kidnap these people from their homeland, force them into bondage, abuse, discriminate, and segragate them for CENTURIES but black people are the criminals???? Please sit your Step-N-Fetch ass down.
Google “Black Victim Mentality” and “Black Self Sabotage”
I got a better one! How about you go ahead and Google “On Racism and White Privilege” and “Racism is to White People, as Wind is to the Sky….and then get back to me.
Google .. “Black Victim Mentality” and “Black Self Sabotage”
Googled…found nothing of import. Now how about u TRY IT again. @ tried it
Blacks SOLD blacks. Blacks had black slaves. There have also been white, Asian, European, and Latino slaves. Your point ? Blacks stay stuck in the past, that’s why they never progress, cause it’s easier to play the victim.
See that’s that s*** that really grinds my gears. Whites always want to throw “blacks sold blacks” into the conversation as an attempt to BLAME SHIFT. When the fact is, yes, many races have practiced slavery. HOWEVER, America is the only nation the created a booming economy off of it. Out of all of the s**** holding cultures America’s was the most successful. They capatilalized off it. So miss me with that b*******.
In a perfect world,Im sure “working as off” would be the answer. But guess what? We live in America. So how could we possibly do that when this country was not designed for black people, or any minority, to flourish???? I’ll wait….
If black people like to “play the victim” or are as “violent” as you claims its because their oppressors made them that way.
This exactly why I said do your research before you make idiotic comments. First, the people of Kemet DID NOT sell their own people. Africans did not use a currency system, they traded good and skills. People would offer their skills in exchange for goods. THEY WERE NOT SLAVES ALREADY. Once the europeans “discovered” them and saw what theu were doing, they used the idea and turned it into a business. Hence the transatlantic atlantic s**** trade. GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT BEFORE ADDRESSING ME.
And even if they were slaves, would that justify it? People are all always complaining but they have EVERY reason to do so. You’ve made major profits off of their ancestors and off of them now. So it wouldn’t surprise me that you would make that comment. Disgusted? Yes.
Smh
No mention of the My Favourite Things interpolation TGJ?
Why is it that every time black people have an issue with something,other races want to put us down and say we are playing the victim? Every time we remind people of our day to day issues with racism,they downplay it or say that we are complaining. Say anything about slavery and the civil rights era and they tell us to move on and get over it,yet every year we have to hear about the Jewish holocaust, when the Jews weren’t even the only ones killed during that terrible event in history.What really gets me are,the keyboard warriors who would never spew their hatred in person.There are just as many if not more white criminals in the Us as there is blacks,there’s a thing called white privilege and some of you need to look it up. The fact that SAM is actually letting racist spew their hate on his site for hits speaks volumes about his character.I love people of all skin color and wont even go back and forth. I just find it funny that racist whites are on a black site instead of their own. I mean i don’t judge whites as a whole based off of what a couple of them do.If I did, I’d think they were all cheats,liars,child m********,murdering,animal f******,cousin marrying,racist,bigoted scum who needed to be wiped from the face of this planet!I don’t think that way because I’m actually smart enough to know better. Some of you need to stay off of social media and get out into the REAL world.These comments are beyond sad and using that preacher guy as an example is just stupid. This man is simply cooning for likes. @Molly b**** you are sad, beyond sad!
Wow, the ignorance shown in these comments on this post is just sad.
I would expect nothing less than these buffoonish comments bobbleheaded goons who troll TGJ on a daily basis posting the most OTT gibberish their two brain cells can muster hoping for 15 seconds of attention. How pathetic. In real life, every one of you spewing ignorant comments here could probably compete for world’s biggest coward who wouldn’t dare have the nerve to say most of what you post on here to someone’s face. And know that the biggest trolls are the biggest wimps.
And shame on Sam for being so all about his hits and revenue that he provides virtually moderation or sanctions for the wannabe lunatics who do it, and actually instigates it. I know that this is a business for him, but how about some bare minimums?
Smh at some of these comments
Whites always want to try and throw “BLACKS SOLD BLACKS” into the conversation as an attempt to BLAME SHIFT. When the fact of the matter is that white people, Americans especially, are the only race to create a booming economy off of it. Out of all of the s**** holing cultures America’s was the most successful. So miss me with that B.S.
If black people like to “play the victim” or are as “violent” as you all claim its because their oppressors made them that way.
But aye, being discriminated against and told that you look like a damn m***** for OVER 300 years, kind of does that to some people.
*s**** holding
Have fun playing victim. You’ll have a sad life.
Hun, I’m a Sophomore in college…I actually obtain enough intelligence to get somewhere in life. Now RUN along before masta gets you in trouble, c***.
Hun, I’m a Sophomore in college…I actually obtain enough intelligence to get somewhere in life. Now run along before masta gets you in trouble, c***.
I’m black, so I can speak on this. A lot of the black population in the U.S. loves to sit back and play victim. Too many of us blacks live in the past and throw the slavery card when in actuality it’s 99% your fault you’re not where you want to be in life. Playing victim will get you nowhere. Hell, I don’t even want to live in predominantly black neighborhoods because of all thee coonery and buffoonery that goes on . I was robbed twice and my car was stole .
So you car wouldn’t have been robbed if you had parked in a bad white neighbourhood?
It wasn’t a white guy who robbed me, either time. And it wasn’t a white guy who stole my car. I live in a predominantly white/Hispanic neighborhood now and have never had any trouble.
You act like the same thing doesn’t happen in predominantly white neighborhoods.There is nothing worst than a self-hating black, I used to feel the same way until I got into the real world and realized only fools make generalized comments about a race based solely on a couple of bad actions by people of that race.The ones who swear blacks are lazy are the ones who only know people like that.Laziness comes in all races.I swear to god some of you are so damn stupid it bothers me!
Don’t get mad @MeIAmAnUncleTom she still has that colonial mentality. She doesn’t know any better.
I’m quite sure white people are in fear as well when they are around you and yours.
MeIAmAnUncleTom a.k.a Me Myself
What kind of mind set are you in? Are you really that naive or are you just playing stupid? Everything that I just said about America being a systemic s**** holding culture was true. But that’s the thing about white people…they don’t like to hear the truth about America’s dark past and you gram cracker’s a.k.a uncle tom’s run to defend them. Whenever someone calls them out on their s*** they always manage to point the finger or make it seem like we’re the one’s with the problems. Its all psychological. Like the age old quote says “Body Over Mind”. You’re the prime example.
I’m sure Willie Lynch would have loved you.
Black Victim Mentality & black self Sabotage. Pathetic and sad. Too blind to see.
Don’t you have a Klans meeting that you should be getting to right about now???
Thank you Lauryn for using your voice to highlight just how out of control the cops are in America. From killing people playing with toys at Walmart to shooting unarmed teens, this sh!t is crazy.
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Americans should not be silent, enough is enough, time to voice your distrust, concerns and constitutional rights on this injustice. Every 28 hours, unarmed blacks are killed by vigilante cops, time to put a stop.
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Enough of rubbing it under the carpet and being complacent like the “house n!gga” you are, time to voice your concerns and let your voice be heard. You don’t have to like me but you have to respect me.
“August 21, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Ki says:
Blacks SOLD blacks. Blacks had black slaves. There have also been white, Asian, European, and Latino slaves. Your point ? Blacks stay stuck in the past, that’s why they never progress, cause it’s easier to play the victim.”
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Is black rage really unjustified?
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“King Leopold II of Belgium was responsible for the deaths and mutilation of 10 million Congolese Africans during the late 1800’s. The spoils of modern day Belgium owes much to the people of the Congo River Basin.
In a testament to the hideous brutality of the European colonial era and imperialism in its finest form, during the 1880s, when Europe was busy dividing up the continent of Africa like a vast chocolate cake, King Leopold II of Belgium laid personal claim to the largely uncharted Congo Free State. The 905,000 square miles (76 times larger than Belgium) of African rainforest held a vast fortune in rubber plantations, a commodity in high demand in late 19th century industrial Europe.
In the 23 years (1885-1908) Leopold II ruled the Congo he massacred 10 million Africans by cutting off their hands and genitals, flogging them to death, starving them into forced labour, holding children ransom and burning villages. The ironic part of this story is that Leopold II committed these atrocities by not even setting foot in the Congo.
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The story of black rage isn’t limited to race, it also encompasses the events that took place after that. And most of these events didn’t happen a LONG TIME AGO, Apartheid only came to an end in Zimbabwe in 1980, and in South Africa in 1994.
Slavery ended in 1865. ENOUGH EXCUSES !!! MLK would be so sad and ASHAMED of blacks today.
And the civil rights movement didn’t happen until the 60s, back then black people were marginalized, they couldn’t hold good positions, couldn’t get into schools, hell they couldn’t even go to good schools.
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You can point to the end of slavery all you want but you cannot ignore the systemic institutionalized racism that took place after that.
Civil Rights Act Of 1964. 50 years ago. Next excuse…….
@Si
You act like 50 years was really that long ago
@ si you have no clue.
Slavery ended in 1865??? Please! U mean on paper!!! That was merely when the emancipation proclamation was signed! What about black codes? And all the other ordinances put into place by our government that prevented blacks from gaining equal footing economically or socially. U also failed to mention segregation. U are beyond ignorant dear. It will take several more generations to overcome the mentality that many African AMERICANS have adopted because of the circumstances we must cope with in our own country. INCLUDING—- Racial profiling.
Wow I have lost ALL RESPECT I had for Molly. What an ignoramus.
Lovebird baby I have to agree, me as well. Molly girl please smell the coffee bean babe .
Smh @molly I’m so disappointed with you. I understand what you’re saying but babe you’re missing the point.
These comments are just pitiful!!!!!!!? I love being a BLACK MAN. Wouldn’t change for nothing. Wake up people. When you know better you do better.
No offense to no more, but if your not black , you have no clue what the black experience is. Drops mic
I don’t understand what shes saying. Shes just sounds ignorant, uneducated and BRAINWASHED.
Exactly! She’s brainwashed. Fact of the matter is, white people don’t want us to keep it real. They don’t want us to remind them about slavery or the things that they have gotten away with. Criminals never like for you to reveal their crimes. Just ask the Native American’s.
That she is ,base upon her comment as of lately!!!
Molly is just dumb and ignorant. Can’t believe some of you are actually surprised LOL. It has the mentality of a young ignorant teenager. Even the fact its responding with ‘you’re just pressed’ says it all. This aint nk damn debate about Beyonce an Rihanna. Dumb asss h**. I just hope with age comes wisdom.
And some of the other comments on here are disgusting as well. SMH.
If your in America . Please mark sept 8 . That’s the day we only support BLACK OWN . Enough is enough. I love everyone regardless of your color.
Molly is like the Uncle Ruckus of TGJ
Wow smh at these comments
I thought this was a crackhead Lauren hill post not a QUEEN MOLLY post 😉 keep seething over a real bish love you all though.
I stand by what i said lol if you have a fuckkking problem with it IDGAF!!!!! IM ONE OF THE REALEST B!TCHES ON THIS SITE IDGAF IF OFFENDED SOME FAGGGGS THAT AREN’T EVEN ACCEPTED BY SOCIETY LMAO MISS MOLLY IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
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Btw im half black & white not gonna have a biased opinion just because i have black in me blacks love playing the fuckkking victim .
Ok house negro. You’ve said your piece. Now stfu down because you sound remedial.
*stf
Lmao b**** I’ll continue to speak especially when 10 fagggs are mentioning my name.
Don’t get malignant with me! This is a PUBLIC FORUM . Expect to be called if you make stupid, irrational, or racially offensive remarks, Uncle Tom.
I really must applaud Lauryn! This was done so eloquently and she touched on something that so many people can’t begin to comprehend. Black rage was birthed from so many injustices that unfortunately are still seen today. Even if you can’t relate, learn to respect life. Unwarranted death at the hands of those chosen to protect us, maintain order and improve the quality of life isn’t permissible. I really don’t like to bother entertaining these topics on here because I hate all the ignorance displayed on matters this serious, but the cost is too high for us to ignore.
Uncle tom? but ima female atleast call me Auntie Tomantha 🙂 @Faglyer
Either way you’re acting like a Sambo. So which ever floats your boat @Molly The Maid
LOLOLOL *dead*. Auntie Tomantha…That’s a first. Wow, cooning is really your specialty.
Tyler please get your own life and stop worrying about mine you coooooon!
Bye! @Molly The Maid…Run along before Masta puts you in time out
I liked the song. Lauryn Hill is so intelligent she has so much to offer the world, and our community if she could get it together…! !