“ …hip-hop is a reflection of the environment that we grew up in; it’s the harsh realities that end up in the music. If I ask you to paint a picture of the American flag and not use the color red, you’re going to have a difficult time…
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson responding, surprisingly pragmatically, about hip-hop’s reactions to Imus and the subsequent backlash towards the use of certain terms in rap music. Also worth seeing: T.I. answering the same question. (50 cent link-video)
