Pitchfork apologizes for interviewing Chief Keef at a gun range

[OnlyInCalifornia]

Akademik is right, they don't give a fukk. They only did this to jump on all the internet buzz Keef got the last few days.

 

[the cac mamba]

To be honest I'm not sure what point you are talking about

I just think its funny that people are saying pitchfork is stupid for taking him to a gun range, I'm just curious as to what place people think would be more appropriate for an interview

u cant be serious breh

how bout anywhere

 

[theworldismine13]

u cant be serious breh

how bout anywhere

Oh ok, so you dont actually see a problem with chief keef's music in and of itself, I see

you dont see anything wrong with iovine, dr dre and kanye west promoting chief keef in chicago where there is about a murder every day?

 

[jerzboy]

These new age rap mags and blogs are trying to make a name for themselves, so they try to be shocking in the name of being cutting edge. I read a review where Waka Flocka got a 8.9 because he was good at making ignorant music.

I just they hope realize these rappers are not actors, and are really trying to make their way through life.

No. This is the problem. It's actually the exact opposite. It got to the point where fans just said, I don't give a fukk if he's fake it's about the music. To bloggers, ALL rap is exaggerated. It got to the point where hip hop wasn't feared anymore. It was safe. People were accepting frauds. So when they see a new act. They just think he's another one of those rappers who just exaggerates.

 

[The Nigerian]

I can't find this video ANYWHERE! Does anyone have it?

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[JayYoung314]

thanks pitchfork, single handledly saved hip hop. thank you to the justice system that got a criminal like chief keef off the streets as well. one less nikka 2 have 2 worry about snatchin my chain at night.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Mad corny shyt.

 

[Wepa Man]

thanks pitchfork, single handledly saved hip hop. thank you to the justice system that got a criminal like chief keef off the streets as well. one less nikka 2 have 2 worry about snatchin my chain at night.

 

[Constantine]

Keef knew the terms of his probation. Its like some older head asking a youngin to do some dirt with him, and the youngin is the only one who gets caught.

 

[qaws23]

Them crackas set keef up!!!

 

[xd21]

Keef knew the terms of his probation. Its like some older head asking a youngin to do some dirt with him, and the youngin is the only one who gets caught.

They basically treated him like he was their bytch

I've been on probation before and I knew I couldn't hang out with my nikkas especially if they had records but I still did it cuz my PO was in a different county and I gave no fukks.

 

[stealthbomber]

I can't find this video ANYWHERE! Does anyone have it?

[ame=http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh33U7TUSKHk6WBHmv]Video: Chief Keef Freestyle At Gun Range![/ame]

worldstar of course

 

[kt773]

so you think its fine to interview chief keef and to promote his music just not at a gun range?

if they had done the interview in a studio or in an office that would be cool?

yes him holding the guns on camera violated his probation

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

You know the deal, as soon as it's a white person profiting off of the violence within Black communities and Black culture, it's an outrage, but when Blacks kill, maim and exploit each other for literally no reason, it's a "funny situation" (Close to something someone actually wrote in one of those Keef/JoJo threads).

But we keep perpetuating the hypocrisy, because Black male identity depends on maintaining it, and we don't want to explore the contradictions in that, now do we?



Like others have alluded to, you could easily say that, after a certain point, entire swaths of Hip-Hop music are grossly irresponsible projects that do more harm to the perceptions that Blacks have about themselves, others have about Blacks and the interrelationship between the two.

But what's the real difference between portraying the destitution of the poor Black experience as a means of critiquing it and glorifying that context which arrests and molds the experiences of those in it? If you paint it in broad strokes like Pitchfork and other hipster sites often do, or like you did in that postulation, or like I did in the paragraph above, then you risk invalidating and erasing a great amount of actual commentary as illegitimate in trying to bleed the poison out. When thinking about Chief Keef and the irresponsibility of promoting him in a larger context, this is always a prevalent dilemma.



Yes. As are they for promoting their own images to some extent. As are we for perpetuating it as "real" and legitimate when we sure as shyt know better.

Exactly right my brother. The very same negroes attempting to criticize pitchfork are actively discussing the killings of kids by other kids as if its some sort of reality tv show, not even acknowledging the fact that young black males are dieing at an outrageous rate in that shyt hole of a city that is Chicago. Its sad and pathetic at the same time.