EllioT Wilson asks Complex editors about Coli criticism of lack of African American employees

[Art Barr]

shyt,dude is all talk.

And can't handle ANY criticism is the whole irony

I use to do the music blogging myself and isn't "too hard" to get one up and running.

The resources are all there, just need to realize how time consuming it is and what you're willing to put into it.

But this is The Booth dudes here are gonna shoot the breeze about it, rather than be about it.

You do realize they have changed blogging into being in direct competition with large media centers.
So, no you can't make a blog and make it unless you become a full fledged media company and have original content like you are basically a tv station.
You guys can thank large corporations for raiding the internet with their wack shyt for that.

Art Barr

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

You do realize they have changed blogging into being in direct competition with large media centers.
So, no you can't make a blog and make it unless you become a full fledged media company and have original content like you are basically a tv station.
You guys can thank large corporations for raiding the internet with their wack shyt for that.

Art Barr

Dj akademiks did just that.

 

[KOohbt]

I made that thread cause I was trying to make a very cognizant point.

The legacy of institutional racism in the workforce and nepotism will never end. Black music, art, and culture is now a way to extend the legacy of white privilege for those looking to make a buck from the blood, sweat, and tears of black people. This situation has played itself too many times for me to sit down and try to justify or accept anymore.

Imagine being a young knowledgeable black writer and graduating college hoping to get that big break working for your favorite hip-hop magazine...only to confront this conundrum. It's disheartening. Black culture and the institutions that bring it forward to the masses on a physical and monetary scale is yet another good old boys clubs controlled by whites where blacks are the minority of the staff. Basically the same bullshyt as a black person in America you would expect in other industries and other jobs is present in areas where the business revolves around and is based off of teh artistic and cultural contributions of blacks. Yet no black people are in abundance in these areas.

The sad thing was seeing other black people in that thread try to rationalize it. It saddens me to see black people trying to rationalize injustice, inequality, and racism in the business world simply because the weight of it is too heavy for them to bear.

Sounds like an issue of self hate more than exclusion from my view. Not taking away from cacs. I'll say this to not get anybody confused. We know what these devil fakkits owe us. But we also know they devil fakkits and doing right has never made it into the ice man genetics. So we're left with either complaining that a dog don't fly or getting a damn bird or plane.

 

[fukkyalifestyle]

complex was founded and owned by a white guy, mark ecko.

 

[SouljaVoy]

The first time I ever saw Complex I could tell it was some white people shyt, and turned that bullshyt off... shyt is corny as hell.

And cac or not...... it's boring.

F*ck Complex.



And Black people stop complaining about the "lack of black people" and create your own shyt...... But whats so fukked up is, there are literally 1000's of Black owned hiphop sites, but for some reason lame ass complex got put on.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Sounds like an issue of self hate more than exclusion from my view. Not taking away from cacs. I'll say this to not get anybody confused. We know what these devil fakkits owe us. But we also know they devil fakkits and doing right has never made it into the ice man genetics. So we're left with either complaining that a dog don't fly or getting a damn bird or plane.

What the fukk are you talking about breh?

 

[KOohbt]

What the fukk are you talking about breh?

Stop complaining about inherently evil people and make your own.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I made that thread cause I was trying to make a very cognizant point.

The legacy of institutional racism in the workforce and nepotism will never end. Black music, art, and culture is now a way to extend the legacy of white privilege for those looking to make a buck from the blood, sweat, and tears of black people. This situation has played itself too many times for me to sit down and try to justify or accept anymore.

Imagine being a young knowledgeable black writer and graduating college hoping to get that big break working for your favorite hip-hop magazine...only to confront this conundrum. It's disheartening. Black culture and the institutions that bring it forward to the masses on a physical and monetary scale is yet another good old boys clubs controlled by whites where blacks are the minority of the staff. Basically the same bullshyt as a black person in America you would expect in other industries and other jobs is present in areas where the business revolves around and is based off of teh artistic and cultural contributions of blacks. Yet no black people are in abundance in these areas.

The sad thing was seeing other black people in that thread try to rationalize it. It saddens me to see black people trying to rationalize injustice, inequality, and racism in the business world simply because the weight of it is too heavy for them to bear.

we can only blame ourselves though...I mean shyts foul

What made me realize how fukked up this shyt was was ShadeRoom getting banned of FB

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

wow this is the EIC of XXL

 

[Unknown Poster]

we can only blame ourselves though...I mean shyts foul

What made me realize how fukked up this shyt was was ShadeRoom getting banned of FB

Yea...i read about the shade room.

You know she's definitely used the n word with an er on the end too...

Its sad that you can go into white asian hispanic businesses and institutions and they are headed by ghe respective members of their own race.

Meanwhile go into a "so called" black media outlet like xxl, or roc nation and the black faces at the top arent running the show and only serve to hide the whites and jews in the background.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Stop complaining about inherently evil people and make your own.

"Complaining?"


You sounding funny style breh.

You sounding like one of them.

And who the fukk is actually down for this shyt? We talk about this all the time and i have pms in my inbox that no one wants to follow up on so are we talking or walking?

Smh at you feeling the need to yell at people for making a point known when you dont even have the desire to follow what you are saying. You aint gonna start it...you are waiting for us huh?

This conversation aint gonna die until one of these crackers acknowledge this shyt so i aint shutting up. Stop it. You cant control what i say or do and to even think so is laughable. And i know you dont have the resources i do. Or connects.

Unless you actually are willing to put in work your no better than the people you are telling shut up. You complaining like everyone else. Where are your principles?

 

[yardman]

This is what happens when you go to other people looking to be included. They immediately and from the beginning have all the power. Negotiations are in their hands. nikkas gotta make they own shyt and say fukk everybody else. Start small and build.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Thats not for discussion on this public forum.

We all know how outsiders lurk this forum...take stuff we talk about...use it for their own advantage and never give us credit. I will be damned if that happens.

For now....this discussion will never be over. I will make sure this conversation continues until they actually acknowledge these claims.

What will happen after they acknowledge the claims? Do you think anyone who subscribes to CACplex gives a fukk about cultural appropriation

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

We talk about this all the time and i have pms in my inbox that no one wants to follow up on so are we talking or walking?

Nah fam, I reached out a few times you just curve nikkas or give one word responses like a jawn when I hit you with an idea.
maybe it's because you grew up middle class and you don't a certain spark to you to get shyt moving...I fukk w/ you, but that's an inaccurate statement. My blog may not be POPPING, but I do a few numbers for a rap nikka...my soundcloud may not be POPPING but I do more numbers than the majority of the nikkas on this site. I'm also probably the most known rapper on here (do googles) other than Hot Rod. I just don't post about what I've done and who I know frfr...that's on you. You know people, I know people...if you don't believe it, cool. I'm on my way up.

 

[George's Dilemma]

Wash, rinse, repeat, wash, rinse, repeat.....

or.......

Observe, infiltrate, appropriate, repeat.....