Wiz Khalifa’s Song ‘Huey Newton’ Sparks Controversy
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I'm gonna stick with Rosa Parks here... 'Cause 'Rosa Parks' is to Outkast what 'Huey Newton' is to Wiz... So, how does the content of those two songs differ...? What deep social commentary is Outkast makin' with 'Rosa Parks' that Wiz seems to lack in his 'Huey Newton' jam...? And Oliver Stone uses a different medium than Wiz so (for the sake of argument) we'll leave him out...
Of course their going to rap about bullshit they need to get paid fellas by appealing to the larger dumbed down community that cares about nothing more than that.
The only way I can see this being a not so negative reflection of Huey Newton is that black communities can now enjoy life and "live it up" thanks to segregation being gone through the help of activists such as Newton. Sure, racism still exists but its not as radical as it use to be, but even that idea is a stretch and its a bad look for both Newton and these 2 idiots. Newton wouldn't be in the club smackin the asses of diseased strippers and doing drugs, but he would be celebrating if he seen how much has changed then.
Idk I'm so confused with the song, theres gotta be some reason they called it Huey Newton..
The only way I can see this being a not so negative reflection of Huey Newton is that black communities can now enjoy life and "live it up" thanks to segregation being gone through the help of activists such as Newton. Sure, racism still exists but its not as radical as it use to be, but even that idea is a stretch and its a bad look for both Newton and these 2 idiots. Newton wouldn't be in the club smackin the asses of diseased strippers and doing drugs, but he would be celebrating if he seen how much has changed then.
Idk I'm so confused with the song, theres gotta be some reason they called it Huey Newton..
But what's the result of the songs in question? Outkast might make better music but do the songs "Rosa Parks," and "Huey Newton" end up trivializing the people's names they're using?
Me personally, if the song is about weed, it sounds pretty stupid to name it "Huey Newton."
But why is it that ignorance like this is controversial while other instances are ignored? This reminds me of that anti-coonery ad Nas put out, criticizing rappers for reinforcing negative racial stereotypes, coming from the same guy who named himself after drug trafficker Pablo Escobar. We're worried that the younger generation is listening to this and will confuse Huey Newton as a drug term, but not that they're listening to music that promotes drug use?
Me personally, if the song is about weed, it sounds pretty stupid to name it "Huey Newton."
But why is it that ignorance like this is controversial while other instances are ignored? This reminds me of that anti-coonery ad Nas put out, criticizing rappers for reinforcing negative racial stereotypes, coming from the same guy who named himself after drug trafficker Pablo Escobar. We're worried that the younger generation is listening to this and will confuse Huey Newton as a drug term, but not that they're listening to music that promotes drug use?
It's simple, and I've said it a couple of times, Wiz has no "conscious" songs, Outkast has quite a few. So when most people hear Rosa Parks who are familiar with Outkast they feel that was a mistake not to be lambasted, plus rosa parks isn't a metaphor for any negative shit. Wiz on the other hand, well if all you talk about is weed, how much money you got, the killaz you got on board, then make a song fuckin off a leaders name...Well you don't have any leverage. Nas has some goosd shit but he confused.