Actress,Singer,and Activist Jada Pinkett Smith went to here Whosay.com account to ask a very important question regarding the responsibility of Black entertainers .
"Have you heard about the Emmett Till, Lil Wayne controversy? If so...I have a couple of questions...
1. How much responsibility should entertainment from Black artists have in regards to preserving images of our prominent Black figures?
2. And if WE don't take responsibility in that preservation, is it fair to ask the mainstream media to take on that responsibility in how they depict us?
Let me know...
J
Rapper,Actor,Activist Malikai who is also a new celebrity on whosay.com has opened up to his Blog to answer Jada Pinkett Smith Question and what he feel regarding entertainment.
MALIKAI:
Being a Black entertainer comes with a tremendous amount of responsibility in preserving our prominent Black Figures whether they are known like Martin Luther king,Malcolm X
to mildly known such as Emmett Till to unknown like soo many nameless graves who sacrificed so much for us to just have self dignity .I am known as the biggest unsigned artist and a up and coming Actor and to me everything I do should be out of love for my people and my generation.
By not having pride in our history and in ourselves Mainstream media and entertainment as a whole will continue to see profitable Black entertainment as a second rate commodity to be exploited instead of respecting the people and the culture .I can't speak for lil wayne I met him a few times but I don't know him well enough to speak for him all I can do is Speak for myself and My generation.
Now here is a question for you, is entertainment only at fault ? Or should we all take responsibility. I believe its up to all of us to take the responsibility in uplifting ourselves and preserving our history not beg for entertainers to do it because not every entertainer have Black people's interest at heart. I always tell my fans if you dont like me support who you do like ...If you are tired of the Rappers,Actors,Sports Stars you name it who are negative then support the ones who are positive or more fitting to what you want.The people always had the ball in there court .
Mainstream media should depict Black people in a natural way meaning good and bad just like every other race no matter if its entertainers like lil wayne uplifting us or not because thats their responsiblity out of respect is to not offend.Its also on ourselves to realise no matter what they do its seperate from the race just like it is with any other race ...when you hear about honey boo boo who I just found out who she is haha you do think look at white people they are soo ratchet ...nope.Nor do you say look at these Asian entertainers being funny with gangnam style and in the Hangover and say thats Asian people.
ITS ALL ABOUT HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF .
and remember not every brother is a brutha...keep it real -Malikai
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