Rapper Jadakiss Blames Bush for Sept. 11th Wow, the brilliance just keeps on coming in... Rapper Jadakiss Blames Bush for Sept. 11 link to ridiculous story Over the years, the rapper Jadakiss has depicted a world of drug dealing, murder and other assorted mayhem without raising many eyebrows. But seven words in his new song "Why" "Why did Bush knock down the towers?" has gotten Jadakiss the most mainstream attention, and criticism, of his career. "It caught the ear of white America," he said proudly during a phone interview with The Associated Press. "It's a good thing. No matter what you do, somebody's not going to like it, but for the most part, most people love the song." Not everyone loves it. Bill O'Reilly called Jadakiss a "smear merchant" this week, and some radio stations have edited out the line in the song, in which Jadakiss talks about perceived injustices, conspiracies and problems affecting the world. MTV says it is playing an edited version of the video, as it was sent by his label, Interscope. Jadakiss says fans have demanded to hear the original version. "In the beginning, they would edit, but after that, everybody called back for the version that was calling Bush (out)," he says. Jadakiss doesn't really believe Bush ordered the towers destroyed he says the line is a metaphor, and that Bush should take the blame for the terrorist attack because his administration didn't do enough to stop it. "They didn't follow up on a lot of things properly," says Jadakiss. "It's the president of the United States. The buck stops with him." The controversy doesn't appear to be hurting Jadakiss his new album, "Kiss of Death," released last month, is nearing 500,000 copies sold. However, his song "Why?" has stalled at No. 16 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. Hearing Jadakiss converse about political issues is a new concept the rapper, who began his career as part of the group The Lox, is more known for his gritty rhymes about street life. But Jadakiss says his outlook has changed. "I'm growing up, I'm getting a little older. I've got two kids. I'm almost 30 years old," says the Yonkers, N.Y. native. He talks up "Fahrenheit 9/11" as an important, must-see movie he's watched it twice and he's even registering to vote in the upcoming presidential election, a first for him. (He backs John Kerry.) He wants the minimum wage raised and more jobs created. "As a rapper, as an artist, we've got power," he said. "If we can get people to vote from the ages 18 to 44, we can make a change." ---good for his one vote self. Um skerred up in herrre.
If voters are actually being swayed by rappers, this country has much bigger problems than foreign terrorists.
He had the number one album in the country a couple weeks ago. Here's a bio and photo: Yonkers-bred rap lyricist Jadakiss is in a hurry. As he preps to drop his sophomore album, Kiss Of Death (the follow-up to his near-platinum debut, Kiss Tha Game Goodbye), he has his thoughts firmly placed on the business of delivering his new album, with an eye towards the future. "This is the one right here. I know everybody says that, but I don't plan on really doing this that much longer. I'm trying to go behind the scenes," says Jadakiss. However, while his thoughts allude to calling it a career (doubtful), his actions speak to the contrary. The past year has found Jadakiss continually in rap listener's ears via a slew of standout cameo verses. With rap fans notoriously impatient when artists have long hiatus between albums, the importance of a rapper staying on the radar between albums is essential. "No matter what budget is being opened or what's going on in the office, you gotta keep your head above water in the street," explains Jadakiss. "You always gotta find out what's coming out, hop on the hot R&B song or a remix, or even do a hot featuring with another rapper." Whether it's on mixtapes, appearing on the Lox brethren's solo album or guest spots, the streets never have to hunt very far for the next scorching Jadakiss verse. The past year alone has found him riding shotgun and spitting alongside rap heavyweights that include Nas (the "Made You Look" remix), Jennifer Lopez ("Jenny From The Block"), Ghostface ("Run"), and Gang Starr ("Rite Where You Stand"). Besides the standout verses, Jada also caught the acting bug appearing in the feature film Honey with Mekhi Phifer and Jessica Alba, the BET film Ryde Or Die with Vivica Fox and Duane Martin, as well as appearing on his labelmates' hit TV show Eve. An exhaustive portfolio, but it's all old hat for Jadakiss--after all, he is a rap veteran in all definitions of the word. In the mid-'90s he was a member of the Bad Boy Records family with his group the Lox, formerly the Warlocks. When the relationship eventually soured, the grade-school buddies Jadakiss (Jason Phillips), Styles (David Styles), and Sheek (Sean Jacobs) in a sense, returned home to become part of the Ruff Ryders Records family. Besides stellar contributions to three Ruff Ryders compilations, the group released an album, We Are The Streets, as well as solo offerings from Jadakiss (Kiss Tha Game Goodbye) and Styles (A Gangster And A Gentleman). Now the focus is another album from Jadakiss, which the streets have been screaming for. "If anybody ever followed my career, I was always categorized as one of the top spitters; my rough voice and my delivery set me aside from everyone else. It just seemed like it was always something missing...But this time I'm going to make sure all the chips are in place." Where Kiss Tha Game Goodbye was a critically acclaimed debut that confirmed Jada's ability to hold down an album himself, Kiss Of Death will further establish Kiss as one of the rap game's elite lyricists. "I learned about trying different things," is what Jadakiss says occurred between albums, besides the song cameos and acting gigs. "Champions make champions. You can't be scared to try different songs. It ain't all about just punchlines and all that now. Em, 50, and DMX, all these people, they switched it. They made the listeners really want to hear what you feel as an artist and as a person. They don't want to hear a bunch of fantasizing and a bunch of lying." Indeed, Kiss Of Death is packed with enough variety to please diehard Jadakiss fans and to invite newcomers to become acquainted with his sound as well. Jadakiss is no longer a brash MC with far-flung aspirations to hip-hop's throne, but a savvy veteran with legit claims to the crown. Produced by Havoc (Mobb Deep) and featuring soul crooner Anthony Hamilton, the retrospective song and single "Why" is the album's most personal song. "It's just asking why to a lot of things I think a lot of people all over the world might want to know," says Jadakiss. "Kiss Of Death" produced by Red Spyda is a verbal spitfest with Jada's ".38 Revolver Flow" is anchored by industrial sized bass, distorted low end and a quick-paced drum track. "Written In The Stars" finds Jada tag-teaming apocalyptic horns and gut quivering bass with Styles. Throughout the album, almost every rhyme is to be analyzed for fear of missing the punc line, whether subtle or blatant as on the Scott Storch-produced "Times Up" featuring Nate Dogg, where he spits, "F--k riding the beat n-gga, I parallel park on the track." Meanwhile, production from both neophyte and established producers, including the Neptunes and Kanye West, raise the album's temperature to the boiling point. Jadakiss has endured all the requisites for success in the rap game. He's been through a bum record deal, released a solid debut album, is the star player of a team that keeps him on his toes, and has support from a strong label home. "I persevered through all the eras, the B.I.G. era, the Nas, the Hov, all of them. I'm still here. People think I'm still hot. They still know I'm hot, so I put in enough work. I feel like it's time. It's more than time." Indeed, at one point Jada has collaborated with each of the aforementioned hip-hop kings sans Tupac (but he did appear on the posthumous Tupac song "Homeboyz II"). It's no longer a question of if but when Jadakiss will be canonized in the hip-hop history books as one of the all-time greats. With arguably the hottest rapper in the game co-signing his pedigree ("I'm the hardest from New York/My flow is bonkers/All the other hard n-ggaz/They come from Yonkers" – 50 Cent, "Back Down"), it seems that the industry (the streets are a no-brainer) is catching on to Jadakiss brand of concrete hip-hop. Ultimately, it's the listeners that inspire Jada to continues, which makes his desire to move "behind the scenes" unlikely since he has much more music to create, for hip-hop's sake. "I feel like I make therapy," says Jadakiss. "People say incredible sh-t when they come up to me: 'You don't know how much I felt that like right there or you know...' It's therapy for the listeners. That's the best part of the whole sh-t, touching the human soul." Pucker up.
don't worry IROC you guys have Kid Rock Kid Rock Supports Bush July 9, 2004 Kid Rock made it clear to Puff Daddy and pals in the Hamptons last weekend that he was a Bush supporter. Evidently when it rained on Monday (7/5) of the long weekend, several people staying in the area to attend P. Diddy's big 4th of July party decided to go to a movie in town, including Kid Rock. When the entourage decided on Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911, the rock star protested saying, "I don't want to see that, it's all propaganda.” This sparked a prolonged political debate in front of the theater where Simmons claimed that Kid Rock said, "Russell, don't you understand, everything we got in this country, we got from fighting … I'd rather go to the bar across the street." He then refused to go into the theater with the others and said goodbye. A couple of hours later, Simmons returned to his parked car where a note was found on the windshield that read, "Vote Bush. Bush Rocks," allegedly written by Kid Rock. Puff Daddy, is of course an adamant supporter of the Democratic ticket, and is leading register to vote efforts around the country. http://www.virginmegamagazine.com/default.asp?aid=C16
Oh good grief. These paradoxical relationships are apparently lost on rappers. What's next? The best way to create jobs is to raise taxes? Sound thought leadership from this articulate and educated buffoon, err I mean gangsta.
My name is Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid Crock! Who cares? This was just funny. In more news, Elton John cannot vote in this election... because he's not an American. Elton John, is of course an adamant supporter of the Democratic ticket, and is most likely on MTV, VH1, Lifetime and Oxygen leading register to vote efforts around the country. I guess that's why they call it the blues. Psssst. Don't look now, but T_J's taking this seriously.... Look ^... LOL
Why? I would say the average voted is very uneducated about who/what they are voting for. Someone being swayed by a rapper is no worse than someone being swayed by an actor, or candidate with a lot of $$ to spend on bs commercials.
