QuoteReplyTopic: David Banner On Rev. Sharpton Posted: September 02 2007 at 12:33pm
*In this EURcast, our own Lee Bailey sits down with
rapper David Banner to get to the bottom of his disgust with Al
Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Oprah Winfrey and others who have declared war
against derogatory terms in hip hop.
A particular beef with Rev.
Sharpton started when Banner cursed him out during a conference call
with DJs. During the tirade, Banner – among other choice words – said
Sharpton can “suck my d**k.”
An official at Sharpton’s
National Action Network responded by throwing a literal interpretation
of the comment back in Banner’s face, suggesting he is gay and adding
it “has not been a banner year” for his record sales.
Banner replied with an open letter
to Sharpton, as well as Jackson and Winfrey, that was actually written
before his initial comments toward Sharpton that sparked the entire
drama. It was released by Banner in an attempt to address his concerns
with the overall war on rap lyrics without the relaxed, inflammatory
language used among his DJ peers.
Banner, still irate and
frustrated with Sharpton, met with Bailey for about an hour at Sunset
Plaza in West Hollywood Saturday (Aug. 18) to explain the reasons for
his actions over the past weeks, and add context to his stand against
those who are working to remove three words from hip hop – b**ch, ho
and ni**a.
Here are some excerpts from the EURcast with David Banner:
• None of us knew that a reporter was on the
line because it was one of those open conference calls. I would never
bite my tongue, and since it’s out there, I will stand for what I said,
but I’m a whole lot more articulate and I have a lot more to offer the
world. My qualms with Al Sharpton go so much further than him. He’s
only a byproduct of a bigger problem.
• My assistant was a dope dealer; big time dope
dealer. I came to him and said, ‘Bruh, I cannot give you as much money
as you was making in the streets, but if you come with me, I’ll show
you another way to feed your family. Now that boy is getting his
Master’s degree. And he’s going on to run for City Council. Without no
cussing and gangsta rap, that wouldn’t have happened.
• You could do whatever you want to, Al
Sharpton, with the old people because yall fooled them in the 60s. But
don’t put this on our kids. You stop attacking our kids, and I’ll leave
you and the dirt that you and Jesse Jackson do behind the wall.
You can't win with women. You just have to maintain."
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