Iâm often asked, âwhy do you speak about gangs and being a gangster, and why do you use profanity if you profess to be a Muslim and a changed person?â
I respond by using the analogy of a mathematician or a calculus professorâŚwhen they go to the market for groceries and they pay in cash, they still use addition and subtraction to count their change, donât they?
Elevating from a level doesnât necessarily include forgetting all of the nuances of the level from which youâve graduated. The audience I choose to target is the audience from which I derived. I do believe⌠I know how to get a reaction from that audience.
The great Black American writer Robert â Sonnyâ Carson from Orangeburg SC wrote a monumental Black American film called The Education of Sonny Carson. Itâs been quoted and sampled in multiple hip hop compositions.
Sonny: I got a message for Smokey
The Lords: Give it
Sonny: if u ainât Smokey, it ainât yo mothafuckin message !!!!
Now let that sink in Akhi