Our friends over at Real Talk NY recently caught up with Cash Money’s latest signee Bow Wow. When quizzed on his relationship with the centre-piece of the label, Lil’ Wayne, the rapper revealed that he recently visited him in prison, relaying Wayne’s words of advice to him, and adding his own Two Cents on Hip-Hop’s problem with crime.
Check out his comments & my TWO PENCE after the jump…
Bow Wow may be one of the most unjustifiably cocky rappers on the scene, yet it’s important to give kudos where it’s due – the man is talking sense here.
However, his ‘stay away from crime’ mantra – while positive – seems somewhat far fetched. After all, a vast majority of the rappers populating the charts have literally been plucked from the streets and handed deals on a platter; unfortunately in one too many cases going on to prove the age old adage ‘you can take a man out of the streets, but can’t take the street out of the man’ true.
Important to stress, though, is that it’s not every Hip-Hop male who falls by wayside. Indeed, the storied careers of the likes of Jay-Z and 50 Cent highlight how the street antics can be left behind to build vast empires. However for every 50 and Jay, there’s a Gucci Mane, a Wacka Flocka, a T.I, a Lil’ Wayne. The can’t stay, won’t stay out of jail crew.
Hence if real change is to come about, it’ll require many a Hip-Hop act to realise the opportunity and platform given to them (in a society which remains grossly uneven). Also imperative is for labels execs to not be so fast to throw out contracts to any and everyone (while rarely backing ‘concious’, and socially-reflective rap). For, if not, we’ll continue to see labels trying to promote albums when the artist is in the slammer (affecting their own profit margins), and negative stereotypes about a whole race reinforced by the actions of select ‘role models’. Sigh…
Blacks
^^^^Crackers
KD get your racist ass of this blog. You’re disgusting *spits on you*
Blah Blah Blah….
NEXT!!!!
Well excuse me you over-sensitive blacks, what the hell did I do wrong? I just wrote BLACKS down…for all you know I was trying to write the following down: BLACKS ARE THE GREATEST BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET and then accidentally clicked submit comment…OH, who the hell am I kidding? we all know your kind sucks balls. Obama is America’s greatest embaressment right now and so are most of your gold-toothed rappers.
Go drink some damn KOOL-AID and change your b****** baby diapers.
Better yet go get some bleach and some horse hair so that you try to look atleast human
As I said befor some negroes got all wound up…BLACKS
Sorry guys…I was trying to find out how it feels to be rabid & hateful i.e. trying to find out how it feels to spend a day in the life of DANBOFFICIAL (He’s a sick, sick creature). I love blacks I mean without them who would clean up after me?
bow wow is so right this time rappers are indeed stupid and lame thank god we have jay-z
Wowee can’t help but comment on this 1, this is one big lesson ae? After all the hundreds of years I guess ppl don’t change.. Well life goes on K’i’D ur so unnecessary just like ppl were for so many years. I’d like to know what u think of every other race out there.. That should b interesting.. God bless for those unable to c past the colour of skin!
DEAD @ SAM TRYING TO BE GANGSTA
YOUR PRISSY A** IS TOO SCARED TO WALK DOWN A DARK ALLEY
What ever you think about Bow, what hes saying is TRUTH why waste your life?
Bow was speaking the truth. Period.
You know, its really pathetic that in 2010 racism still exist. It doesnt matter what color our skin is because when push comes to shove, we are all the same.
I want you all to do something for me. Buy a white egg, and then buy a brown egg. When you get home I want you to observe them from the outside. Then afterwards, I want you to crack both of them open in a sperate bowl, and tell me what difference you see in the yolk of those eggs.
KD,
Just playing head games, but in the end, we will be running things. I am black, and proud say it loud.
@KD
You Love Blacks? Umm were called Human Beings you racist b****. Were made up of all colors and cultures, go take a rainbow and stick it up your flat crusty white ass.
& BOW WOW needs to address his DL relationship with Omarion, I’m getting restless.
@ KD
you talk about Obama being an embarrassment & gold toothed rappers? Lol. Girl, your people are no better, Racist Republicans, with Red Necks and Fat Stomachs, they can barely see their own d****, no wonder you love black people, you want a black d***. Well I’ll tell you this , we have our own culture and it’s dynamic & beautiful, there’s good & bad in every race, because we are all the same in the end. Why are you on TGJ anyway, you must really be desperate to get attention from black people, go to Perez Hilton or somewhere that fits the likes of a Racist S**** like you. ‘ & I’m through’
Shad is on point right there, he should consider running for office somewhere for real.
Wow, Bow Wow couldn’t have said that minus with all the cursing??? He may be making a good point but c’mon… the inarticulateness of his response does just as bad for the image of not only rappers but black men just the same if they went out here committed a crime.
@ A.M
Bow shouldn’t have to change his speech or cadence to get a message across. He’s speaking ebonics to the dudes who speak ebonics-he’s on their level talking straight to them and I see nothing wrong with that. You have to be relateable to get your point taken.
Bow is speaking the truth and hopefully (black) men will take note. Perhaps T.I for example.
dat mutha fucka is gay…!!
I cant believe he actually did what he did
pics of him all over the internet with another man
found out the only way for him to get down with
cash money he had to sleep with baby then Lil-Wayne
bow-wow stands for ho-mo drop the b and the w around
and thats what it stands for not hating I found the real facts
BOWWOW HAS BEEN EXPOSED!!!!!!THE REAL THING
BEHIND HIP-HOP
Too(SODMG)Comment—–I know just what u talking bout I saw the same pics of him with another man and its also true that he made out with Lil-Fizz …..Raz-B has all of the proof I saw it all not tryna diss bowwow either but he speakin the truth in this video but behind close doors is what ppl dont see of what hes doin that shyt crazzzy tho…….bowwow I used to look up too u man thats f***** up for real raz-b exposin the hell ouutta u its a shaime
Don’t mind @KD, he’s somehow right, you see the white man brought you black ppl from Africa….. then he slaved (used) you in harsh extensive plantations…… after that he dropped you like a hot potato when slavery was abolished by Abraham Lincoln your first president……not only that, he rid of you your culture and African names and gave you his Irish, Scottish and English names (language). Hahahaha
@CAWER23… STFU since you know so much about black history, you’ll be able to look past your own bias views. YES us ‘blacks’ were brought from our homes and given ‘your’ names but look what were are now….. presidents, politicians, judges, lecturers, doctors, students! we came and MADE IT faster and better than any other race has ever done before! even with racist wanna be’s like YOU putting us down!… #SITDOWN
It is not as easy as Bow Wow claims, Sam is right you can take a man out the hood but you cant take the hood out the man! Especially when they’ve had legal pasts b4 blowing up!