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>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:10:07 -0700
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>This is totally surreal...
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>Kali
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> >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:34:02 -0500
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> >Subject: [BRC-NEWS] HUMOR: Former KKK Leader Gets Into Rap
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> >FORMER KKK LEADER GETS INTO RAP
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> >BATON ROUGE, LA -- David Duke, former Imperial Wizard of the
> >Ku Klux Klan of America, recently announced a business
> >agreement with jailed music executive Marion "Suge" Knight.
> >Knight, CEO of Death Row Records, has reportedly been in
> >contact with Duke for several weeks. Knight, who is Black,
> >was heralded as "a positive role model for Americans of all
> >races," by Duke during a news conference with Death Row
> >representatives. The former Louisiana state representative
> >declared that he is expanding his business enterprises into
> >music.
> >
> >Although his other businesses have failed miserably, Duke
> >claims that he has a firm grasp of the complexities of the
> >popular music scene.
> >
> >"I can get jiggy with it," Duke announced to chuckling
> >journalists. "I know the dilli, yo." Death Row records, once
> >a musical powerhouse, had, between 1995 and 1998, lost its
> >leading gangsta rap acts Dr. Dre, Tupac and Snoop Doggy
> >Dogg. Many observers have considered the company moribund
> >for months.
> >
> >Hoping to capitalize on the southern base of Duke's company,
> >Death Row anticipates a solid challenge to New Orleans-based
> >No Limit and Cash Money record companies. Death Row
> >spokesman Jerome Watkins explains that the parternship with
> >Duke's Tiger Productions is devoid of politics. "We
> >understand that Death Row and Tiger Productions have a
> >mutual interest and can expand our markets by working
> >together."
> >
> >The controversial venture has disturbed many in the music
> >industry. "This is a clear example of a player [who is]
> >getting played," said one music executive who wishes to
> >remain anonymous. "How can Suge Knight rationalize working
> >with someone who hates Black people? Knight can only lose
> >from this venture." He continues to state that Suge Knight
> >"has long demonstrated that he is amoral, untrustworthy and
> >even treacherous. This must be a match made in Heaven."
> >
> >Gangsta rap critic C. Delores Tucker, head of the National
> >Political Congress of Black Women, who has butted heads with
> >Knight in the past, argues that the alliance should not be
> >surprising. "Death Row has long shown complete disregard for
> >Black people. The lyrics of their artists are replete with
> >racial epithets aimed at Black men and Black women. I know
> >why Mr. Duke admires Mr. Knight."
> >
> >The first act slated for a release on the joint venture is
> >rapper Colt Fo-Five, whose single, "Kill a hoe" is slated
> >for a late-September release. His eponymously titled CD is
> >scheduled for a release on Oct. 19. "Colt Fo-Five is a very
> >talented young man. We hope you support his effort," Duke
> >stated.
> >
> >When asked about his racist past and his relationship with
> >Death Row, Duke declared that there are many "player haters"
> >who don't appreciate the importance of financial
> >opportunity. "It's not always Black or White. Sometimes its
> >green," he mussed. "I am still white and proud. But I also
> >need to feed my children." Suge Knight, who is serving an
> >eight-year sentence in a California prison for parole
> >violation, stated through his spokesman, that "I love Black
> >people. I am proud to be Black. This venture demonstrates
> >that we can all just get along like Rodney King wanted for
> >us all."
> >
> >-30-
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