http://www.thecelebrityblog.com/2006/09/rapper-ice-cube-slams-modern-hip-hoprap-commercialism/ Celebrity gossip, celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog The Celebrity Blog Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.thecelebrityblog.com/2006/09/rapper-ice-cube-slams-modern-hip-hoprap-commercialism/comment-page-1/#comment-22995 The Celebrity Blog » Blog Archive » Xzibit to take on the unofficial role of rap ambassador Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:04:13 +0000 http://www.thecelebrityblog.com/2006/09/ice-cube-slams-modern-hip-hoprap-commercialism/#comment-22995 [...] The Celebrity Rapper Xzibit decided that is time for him to take on the unofficial role of rap ambassador. Why? Well apparently Xzibit is sick of the music that glorifies the violence in lyrics but insists if the society wasn’t so terrible, the lyrics wouldn’t be so controversial. Some how he’s words reminds me of Celebrity Rapper Ice Cube, who not long ago has slammed today’s Hip-Hop, insisting most performers are only interested in the “bling” lifestyle instead of embracing political issues. Rap is a reflection of society. If society wasn’t violent, then hip-hop wouldn’t be violent. You can blame hip hop but we’re like reporters; we tell you what’s going on in the neighborhood and we tell you how it is. I don’t think hip-hop should glorify the violence. I think with hip-hop music you have to have some kind of balance. When you take someone’s life you’re gonna end up losing yours. But we can’t be like Arnold Schwarzenegger; he can kill 70 million people on the screen and still he’s a role model. But when you talk about slapping somebody, or shooting somebody on a rap tape, you are a criminal. - says Rapper Xzibit - [...] [...] The Celebrity Rapper Xzibit decided that is time for him to take on the unofficial role of rap ambassador. Why? Well apparently Xzibit is sick of the music that glorifies the violence in lyrics but insists if the society wasn’t so terrible, the lyrics wouldn’t be so controversial. Some how he’s words reminds me of Celebrity Rapper Ice Cube, who not long ago has slammed today’s Hip-Hop, insisting most performers are only interested in the “bling” lifestyle instead of embracing political issues. Rap is a reflection of society. If society wasn’t violent, then hip-hop wouldn’t be violent. You can blame hip hop but we’re like reporters; we tell you what’s going on in the neighborhood and we tell you how it is. I don’t think hip-hop should glorify the violence. I think with hip-hop music you have to have some kind of balance. When you take someone’s life you’re gonna end up losing yours. But we can’t be like Arnold Schwarzenegger; he can kill 70 million people on the screen and still he’s a role model. But when you talk about slapping somebody, or shooting somebody on a rap tape, you are a criminal. – says Rapper Xzibit – [...]

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