TedBawno raises an interesting discussion on the Jay-Z/Cuba situation.

[neph27]

for those of you who don't know, @tedbawno is the guy who runs egotripland.com, which is a site really dedicated to hip hop culture etc, on some serious grown man shyt. this was hit rant just now on twitter

LONG SERIES OF TWEETS


Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 41m
Jay Z and his American Negro Missile Crisis is embarrassing.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 40m
Ask Jay Z to talk about Cuban history and see what happens.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 40m
Really? Jay Z is threatening to sell crack again? that's insulting to modern-day crack dealers. that's disrespect.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 39m
Rap hair been infiltrated the way the Black Panther Party was infiltrated.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 39m
Jay Z equals Rap Cointelpro.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 38m
jay z is actually the "Black Trump" that Raekwon once rapped about. and if Trump had lyrics he'd be rapping about his money and whores.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 37m
Rap has been totally co-opted and it is fukking sad and pathetic. bloggers are sucking jay z's dikk might as well suck Time Warner's dikk.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 36m
you fake sellout rap fukks think that money makes you somebody. do you understand what the fukk happened with the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 35m
Jay Z is a house negro and he's selling you all a bunch of bullshyt dreams and none of these fukking rappers will fukking speak up.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 33m
Jay Z's line about the first black president is reckless, ignorant and a blemish on the ass of black and rap history.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 32m
Rick Ross got fired today. Got fired from Reebok. Wanna know why they fired him? because he's an employee who said some stupid shyt.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 30m
you bloggers will champion anyone or anything that will advance your career but do you know anything about history?

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 29m
am i not telling the truth here?

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 28m
if you're gonna go to Cuba, speak on your trip with intelligence. if you're gonna rap about date rape, go on a date and bend over.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 26m
where are all of the black hip hop bloggers on this Jay Z Cuba thing? or. right. they're on the payroll.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 26m
actually, ask a hip hop blogger about the Cuban Missile Crisis. LOL.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 25m
OK, so rap is about being down with the first half black president and selling crack because you can. got it.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 24m
you're all a bunch of sellouts. you're addicted to material items. that's why you need the Ted Bawno Ministries. I can heal you.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 22m
Cuba is going to open up soon. I promise you that Jay Z is going to announce that he owns all of the plantations down there. Cigar money.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 20m
Actually, Malcolm X and MLK are the dudes you should idolize. oh wait, they were murdered. by sellouts.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 19m
get money. get bytches. live in a fat crib. launch at the people around you who are broke. #rapfamilyvalues


Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 18m
if you are a grown ass man who sweats a rapper because of his material wealth, you're on some real "no romance without finance" trip.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 14m
the spoken word is powerful. when you put beats under words, anything is possible. I wish Christopher was still alive, rapping.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 13m
Jay Z threatening to sell crack again is embarrassing. mentioning the first half black president in the same breath is disrespectful.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 12m
the rap game is a great recruiter for slavery.
Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 11m
"New watch alert." meanwhile, a lot of people are unemployed.

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 10m
this Black Cuban Rap Missile Crisis thing has me so angry that i am on the verge of giving up all of my money.





















What are your thoughts on this? Is Jay-Z a vehicle for consumer culture to be instilled in our youth? is that a good thing? a bad thing? do you think fans of the man because of how much money he has whores to the system?

do you agree with

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 33m
Jay Z's line about the first black president is reckless, ignorant and a blemish on the ass of black and rap history.
???

why or why not?

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

He was stating a lot of obvious things about camel tho, this is the same jerk that put on a Che shirt even though he despised everything jigger is about.

 

[Insensitive]

Being one of the GOAT's garners so much hate.
Jigga man 'nin while dudes poppin blood vessels
bloggin !

It's the ROC ! ////_ _\\\\
CHEA !
Che guevera with bling on I'm complex !

For the record that guys a fvcking idiot.
The line was this :


"Wanna give me jail time and a fine
Fine, let me commit a real crime
I might buy a kilo for Chief Keef"


He took it as this :

Ted Bawno ‏@tedbawno 40m
Really? Jay Z is threatening to sell crack again? that's insulting to modern-day crack dealers. that's disrespect.

The whole line went over his head.
No wonder Jay had to dumb down his lyrics.
Smart dummies at it again.

 

[ItWasWritten]

I think the blogger is right but jay z raps so well.....

 

[jwinfield]

Do people need to know about the Rape of Nanking to vacation in Japan?

I really wanna go to Australia next year. Gotta understand the Aboriginal Protection Act 1869 first.

 

[Zach Lowe]

Do people need to know about the Rape of Nanking to vacation in Japan?

I really wanna go to Australia next year. Gotta understand the Aboriginal Protection Act 1869 first.

Unless you're only going somewhere for the weather you should be interested in the country's history/culture

Also, Jay-Z got approval for this trip for the purposes of education... where's his book report at?

He should write a little paragraph for us like in elementary school when they ask what you did in the summer

 

[Piff Perkins]

Jay been making the same records for a decade. I'm rich, I own stuff, you're broke, look at how rich I am. I'm not knocking that shyt - if it's dope, it's dope. But with Jay it usually comes off as petty and isn't dope anymore.

The Obama stuff...it's whatever. That's Jay, always wanting to be at the side of the top dog. Be it Jaz, Kane, Big, or Barry O.

 

[DontEemTry]

Damn, son is furious!! lol

 

[mozichrome]

he's entitled to his opinion...but folks acting like jay-z going to cuba this national scandal.
the fact that that writer/blogger taking all that time out his day to dedicate that much thought to this is somewhat disturbing.