50 Cent and T.I respond to attack on Hip Hop

T.I and 50 Cent defended hip hop last night at the BET Awards Nominees press conference. Props.

50 Cent:

Big ups to Nick from WSHH for the video link-ups (bloop, bloop, bloop!).

T.I:


I think it's laughable that people like Russell Simmons and Master P are accommodating mainstream media by trying to remove certain words from hip hop language. Hip hop was born out of going against the grain; never needing to explain what you say, how you say it and why you said it. It's always been about rebellion. In a lot of the ways, hip hop is looked at as the bastard child of America-- that has and always will disagree with it's parents because they are always gonna be looking at the world from different sets of eyes.

In any case, why would you want people like Oprah or Master P agreeing with you on anything? These people are so far removed from reality, they don't even know who they are or who they might have once been. Surely one thing hip hop is not about is changing who you are to make other people feel better. Russie and P: don't take out your insecurities on hip hop. Just because you feel funny saying bitch, nigga and ho, does not mean I (and everyone else) should too.

In fact, hip hop is that bitch who doesn't curve to anyone else's stroke. Hip hop is that nigga who doesn't fuck with any other bitches and at the same time, hip hop is a ho who fucks with bitches and niggas cause she don't give a fuck.

If you don't stand for anything, you'll fall for everything. Let the real hip hop heads stand up. Let the lames fall.

I will now step down from my soapbox.