Black Quote by Alicia Keys Download Open image “Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.” — Alicia Keys ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black people Convince Gangsta Gangsta rap People Ploy Rap
Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive. — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact it wasn't until after BIG passed and stupid rumors went around that I had something to do with it, and it's like I'm not a killer man , I'm a musician, I'm a DJ we got like a different heart. Ya know back then when rappin' was fun, and we could immolate being gangstas; ya… — DJ Quik Copy Share
Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best, this music draws attention to complex dimensions of ghetto life ignored by most Americans. Indeed, gangsta rap's in-your-face style may do more to force America to confront crucial social problems than a million sermons or… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share
We have to remember that the experience of gangsta rap as such in its foundation is an anti-systemic experience primarily. And it is an… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity. — Jackson Katz Copy Share Image
Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on. — Eazy-E Copy Share Image
Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Rap started as this very black, socio-political type of thing. And now it's turned into pop music - we laugh about how everybody is… — Stephen Glover Copy Share Image
I want to continue to produce film, television, and theater, and to make the most amazing music that I've made in my life. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I like to incorporate classical songs that people know and throw a beat and some guitars on it to make it real crazy. It's… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I've seen so many lives turn around from the impossible. I have come to embrace the idea that even the simplest act of understanding,… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
There's something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a nerd. I'm a cool-ass nerd, but I am definitely a nerd. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image