Comments on: Chandra Gill: Open Letter to Interscope Records about Chicago’s Violence – Chief Keef http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef The official gathering spot for black bloggers Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:26:48 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: http://twitlookup.com http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-14109 http://twitlookup.com Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:51:49 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-14109 Do you have additional articles like this specific 1 termed, Chandra Gill: Open Letter to Interscope Records about Chicago’s Violence – Chief Keef | Your Black Bloggers? I really desire to read through even much more concerning it. Thanks. Do you have additional articles like this specific 1 termed, Chandra Gill:
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]]> By: Mz http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-12000 Mz Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:39:28 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-12000 Ms. Gill: While I can appreciate your attempt- for me the letter wasn't strong enough. The title included Chief Keef however, he was never included. Chicago has always been my home. This young man along with his buddies are a despicable group. There are no gangs in the city of Chicago! Only the debrise of offsprings and wannabee. I have lived in this community all of my life and I can tell you that this kid is not a product of his environment but a self creation of it! We get too caught up in the what they can't do and don't concentrate on what they can. There are thousands of kids in Parkway/Atgeld Gardens that are fighting the same battles as this young man and not killing or shooting at people, posting it on Facebook and/or rapping (bragging) about it. This is despicable behavior as well as disgusting. As you know, the City of Chicago is still segregated and racist at the same time. Therefore our mixed income communities are plagued with Chief Keefs. Meaning these problems are more chasing an Interscope deal than a diploma-which can lead to even more "bragging rights" at the risk of innocence. Its not something people should be "rewarded" for because this is exactly what Interscope is doing. I do admit I am biased-I do not like Chief Keef the person at all. I know the damage up close and personal! Interscope is funded by our White counterparts that think walking these city streets at the risk of getting your head blown off is a joke and for that biased or not Interscope ought to be ashamed!!! Ms. Gill:

While I can appreciate your attempt- for me the letter wasn’t strong enough. The title included Chief Keef however, he was never included. Chicago has always been my home. This young man along with his buddies are a despicable group. There are no gangs in the city of Chicago! Only the debrise of offsprings and wannabee. I have lived in this community all of my life and I can tell you that this kid is not a product of his environment but a self creation of it! We get too caught up in the what they can’t do and don’t concentrate on what they can. There are thousands of kids in Parkway/Atgeld Gardens that are fighting the same battles as this young man and not killing or shooting at people, posting it on Facebook and/or rapping (bragging) about it. This is despicable behavior as well as disgusting. As you know, the City of Chicago is still segregated and racist at the same time. Therefore our mixed income communities are plagued with Chief Keefs. Meaning these problems are more chasing an Interscope deal than a diploma-which can lead to even more “bragging rights” at the risk of innocence. Its not something people should be “rewarded” for because this is exactly what Interscope is doing. I do admit I am biased-I do not like Chief Keef the person at all. I know the damage up close and personal! Interscope is funded by our White counterparts that think walking these city streets at the risk of getting your head blown off is a joke and for that biased or not Interscope ought to be ashamed!!!

]]> By: Mz http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-11997 Mz Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:20:37 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-11997 You can't be serious-you just can't! You can’t be serious-you just can’t!

]]> By: Danny "Blue" Berhane http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-11989 Danny "Blue" Berhane Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:52:22 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-11989 While I respect the fact that you are against the the domestication machine that is breeding more and more acceptance to dysfunctional and disruptive lifestyles, I believe that there is a better approach to the solution of that problem. Preventing certain individuals to get money by way of music will only worsen the situation. Reality is uncensored, as is censorship in the ghetto. To deny one to express is to ultimately shun the truth that exist in their worldview. The fact of the matter is positive messages and intellectual/spiritual rappers are censored due to A and R's who promote the popular images of a "successful" artist or individual in the streets. To heavily promote one of the many talented artist with intellectual and spiritual merit would be more effective. Its better to make it cool to be smart, moral, and functional than to make it "unacceptable" to be otherwise. The youth already feel punished, so to promote more punishment will only promote rebellion to functional society. The rap game is the closest thing to functional society many youth have. The problem isn't the popularity of gangsta rap, its the lack of incentive to be a positive rapper. Record sales are dependant on promotion money, if positive rappers were given as much or more promotion as the rappers you feel are destroying the image of the black race, then they would probally switch to a more positive message. But they have to eat, they desire sucess in functional society. Would you rather that rapper exclusively sell dope? To put these restrictions on charachter as if they had the same "team" enviroment as a pro athelete is not only irrational, its disillusional. Im tired of people playing "watchdog" when it comes to taking support away from an entertainer, while they rarely ever watch to give support to those who have the message they agree with. If the same energy went to exposing the positive artist as opposed to censoring the negative artist, maybe a movement could have started to gain momentum. But instead of starting a movement, efforts go to suppressing one. While I respect the fact that you are against the the domestication machine that is breeding more and more acceptance to dysfunctional and disruptive lifestyles, I believe that there is a better approach to the solution of that problem. Preventing certain individuals to get money by way of music will only worsen the situation. Reality is uncensored, as is censorship in the ghetto. To deny one to express is to ultimately shun the truth that exist in their worldview. The fact of the matter is positive messages and intellectual/spiritual rappers are censored due to A and R’s who promote the popular images of a “successful” artist or individual in the streets. To heavily promote one of the many talented artist with intellectual and spiritual merit would be more effective. Its better to make it cool to be smart, moral, and functional than to make it “unacceptable” to be otherwise. The youth already feel punished, so to promote more punishment will only promote rebellion to functional society. The rap game is the closest thing to functional society many youth have. The problem isn’t the popularity of gangsta rap, its the lack of incentive to be a positive rapper. Record sales are dependant on promotion money, if positive rappers were given as much or more promotion as the rappers you feel are destroying the image of the black race, then they would probally switch to a more positive message. But they have to eat, they desire sucess in functional society. Would you rather that rapper exclusively sell dope? To put these restrictions on charachter as if they had the same “team” enviroment as a pro athelete is not only irrational, its disillusional. Im tired of people playing “watchdog” when it comes to taking support away from an entertainer, while they rarely ever watch to give support to those who have the message they agree with. If the same energy went to exposing the positive artist as opposed to censoring the negative artist, maybe a movement could have started to gain momentum. But instead of starting a movement, efforts go to suppressing one.

]]> By: M. Gill http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-11964 M. Gill Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:21:55 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-11964 Dr.Gill your content is great and deals with the morality of our black communities. The questions become what do we stand for? At what cost does inferiority over way integrity? Our African culture has been identified as those who can make something out of nothing but that something only becomes relevant when integrity is at the forefront of our very existence. Meaning the love of money and material socialistic standards will never precede communal love / dedication for our present and future generations. This can never be overshadowed by anything, or anyone. We have a duty to speak for those who truly have no understanding of the destruction that may be caused from their mis-education. I support you dearly, love you, and lets keep an open eye on the blindness at the root of all evil MONEY! Money has no restrictions on who it may hurt or destroy in the pathway of many individuals fighting to get that Almighty Dollar. Dr.Gill your content is great and deals with the morality of our black communities. The questions become what do we stand for? At what cost does inferiority over way integrity? Our African culture has been identified as those who can make something out of nothing but that something only becomes relevant when integrity is at the forefront of our very existence. Meaning the love of money and material socialistic standards will never precede communal love / dedication for our present and future generations. This can never be overshadowed by anything, or anyone. We have a duty to speak for those who truly have no understanding of the destruction that may be caused from their mis-education. I support you dearly, love you, and lets keep an open eye on the blindness at the root of all evil MONEY! Money has no restrictions on who it may hurt or destroy in the pathway of many individuals fighting to get that Almighty Dollar.

]]> By: M.S. http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-11953 M.S. Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:41:12 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-11953 His last name is Iovine, not Lovine. His last name is Iovine, not Lovine.

]]> By: Corey Hardiman http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-11949 Corey Hardiman Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:09:04 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-11949 Dr. Gill, I am honored to read such well written letter to "Interscope" as a native of Chicago I feel your pain. I grew up in the "Roseland Community" on the Southside of Chicago and attended Corliss High School. With that being said I have faced many challenges on my road to success. However, with resilience I was able to beat the odds and become a recipient of the infamous Gates Millennium Scholarship, which both of us are recipients of. Now as a junior at Morehouse College I have a passion to one day soon return to Chicago and help fix the community which reared me as a young black man. We cannot continue to watch our young men and women drown in despair and hopelessness. We are the light the community needs in Chicago. It's horrific to know that companies invest into ignorance, but will not invest in educating our youth. Dr. Gill you are representing what it means to be college educated to the fullest. To many times our "intellectual" colleagues confuse what it means to have a college education. The degree only assist in paying the bills, but fulfilling your passion is what transform lives. I encourage you to keep aspiring to inspire before you expire. Thanks, Corey Hardiman Morehouse College corey.hardiman1@gmail.com Dr. Gill,

I am honored to read such well written letter to “Interscope” as a native of Chicago I feel your pain. I grew up in the “Roseland Community” on the Southside of Chicago and attended Corliss High School. With that being said I have faced many challenges on my road to success. However, with resilience I was able to beat the odds and become a recipient of the infamous Gates Millennium Scholarship, which both of us are recipients of. Now as a junior at Morehouse College I have a passion to one day soon return to Chicago and help fix the community which reared me as a young black man. We cannot continue to watch our young men and women drown in despair and hopelessness. We are the light the community needs in Chicago. It’s horrific to know that companies invest into ignorance, but will not invest in educating our youth.
Dr. Gill you are representing what it means to be college educated to the fullest. To many times our “intellectual” colleagues confuse what it means to have a college education. The degree only assist in paying the bills, but fulfilling your passion is what transform lives. I encourage you to keep aspiring to inspire before you expire.

Thanks,

Corey Hardiman
Morehouse College
corey.hardiman1@gmail.com

]]> By: Aisha http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-11942 Aisha Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:51:49 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-11942 Great letter. Interesting point you raise about the industry having policy related to some kind of educational accomplishment or age limit. Never heard that argument before, I think it’s valid…because what it does is (although it may not change what people bring to the table) it establishes the idea that the industry has SOME level of standards. It’s an industry, I think that’s similar to acting where people turn to alternative educational options, or decide to return to obtain their educational goals either after their career isn’t successful, or after they realize the benefit of having an education (which can happen simultaneously, or have a causal relationship-i.e. I’m not succeeding here it’s important to advance my education to have something to fall back on). And the realization that it’s a generational phenomenon, that there is a link between the educational attainment of parents and their children’s success. What a reinforcement that would be, especially since our children often look up to and aspire to be like music artists. Great letter. Interesting point you raise about the industry having policy related to some kind of educational accomplishment or age limit. Never heard that argument before, I think it’s valid…because what it does is (although it may not change what people bring to the table) it establishes the idea that the industry has SOME level of standards. It’s an industry, I think that’s similar to acting where people turn to alternative educational options, or decide to return to obtain their educational goals either after their career isn’t successful, or after they realize the benefit of having an education (which can happen simultaneously, or have a causal relationship-i.e. I’m not succeeding here it’s important to advance my education to have something to fall back on). And the realization that it’s a generational phenomenon, that there is a link between the educational attainment of parents and their children’s success. What a reinforcement that would be, especially since our children often look up to and aspire to be like music artists.

]]> By: Aisha http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-11943 Aisha Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:51:49 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-11943 Great letter. Interesting point you raise about the industry having policy related to some kind of educational accomplishment or age limit. Never heard that argument before, I think it’s valid…because what it does is (although it may not change what people bring to the table) it establishes the idea that the industry has SOME level of standards. It’s an industry, I think that’s similar to acting where people turn to alternative educational options, or decide to return to obtain their educational goals either after their career isn’t successful, or after they realize the benefit of having an education (which can happen simultaneously, or have a causal relationship-i.e. I’m not succeeding here it’s important to advance my education to have something to fall back on). And the realization that it’s a generational phenomenon, that there is a link between the educational attainment of parents and their children’s success. What a reinforcement that would be, especially since our children often look up to and aspire to be like music artists. Great letter. Interesting point you raise about the industry having policy related to some kind of educational accomplishment or age limit. Never heard that argument before, I think it’s valid…because what it does is (although it may not change what people bring to the table) it establishes the idea that the industry has SOME level of standards. It’s an industry, I think that’s similar to acting where people turn to alternative educational options, or decide to return to obtain their educational goals either after their career isn’t successful, or after they realize the benefit of having an education (which can happen simultaneously, or have a causal relationship-i.e. I’m not succeeding here it’s important to advance my education to have something to fall back on). And the realization that it’s a generational phenomenon, that there is a link between the educational attainment of parents and their children’s success. What a reinforcement that would be, especially since our children often look up to and aspire to be like music artists.

]]> By: A.L. Watson http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/2012/09/black-news/chandra-gill-open-letter-to-interscope-records-about-chicagos-violence-chief-keef/#comment-11936 A.L. Watson Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:04:24 +0000 http://www.yourblackbloggers.net/?p=6724#comment-11936 This is sound and thought provoking. I hope that Dr. Gill's request is accepted with a resounding agreement that the record company adhere's to. The value of money should not overshadow the value of life in our community and our nation. This is sound and thought provoking. I hope that Dr. Gill’s request is accepted with a resounding agreement that the record company adhere’s to. The value of money should not overshadow the value of life in our community and our nation.

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