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For Discussion: Award-Winning Producer Says “Urban Music” Is Destroying Black Youth…Do You Agree?

Producer Says Urban Music Is Destroying Black Youth via Financial Juneteenth Grammy Award winning producer/song-writer Carvin Haggins talks about the changes that have been seen in music on the radio. Haggins says that as he listens to the music on public airwaves, he’s finding that the songs he hears are “disrespectful,” “degrading” and “tearing our children down.” He says that as a parent and concerned citizen, someone has to speak out about the music being promoted which has the common theme of “sex, murder, drugs, kill, drinking.” He says that these kinds of themes are unacceptable, and concerned citizens should mobilize to stop it. He has created a campaign with the hashtag #RageAgainstTheRatchet, to bring awareness to this very serious problem. Carvin says that he feels that music should uplift you and make you feel good. He compares it to old school artists like Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and James Brown. The singer is concerned about the fact that this kind of uplifting music is no longer being created today, and has been replaced by something more sinister. He says that as a song writer, he once leaned toward ways that he could improve upon the work done by his predecessors, but those days are no more, since young artists today don’t have any productive music to relate to. Haggins feels that the black community overlooks the music, to our detriment. He also says that those who feel that the music is just “young people’s stuff” are wrong, since many of the artists spitting out the music are over the age of 35. He says that even though artists have the right to produce negative music, they should not be allowed to do so on public radio that children can hear for free. The Financial Juneteenth lesson from this story is that most of the music produced today is created to make a profit by continuously feeding off of the growing black American appetite for destructive dysfunction. Shows like “Love & Hip-Hop” prey on the worst within the black community, making millions for executives who don’t have to deal with the fallout of these cultural norms in their own neighborhoods. Because they don’t have to deal with the chaos occurring in urban communities across America, many of these executives are fine with promoting toxic culture to black children. But make no mistake about it, it’s going to destroy a large segment of the next generation.

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For Discussion: Award-Winning Producer Says “Urban Music” Is Destroying Black Youth…Do You Agree?

Break Ups: Karrueche Dumped Breezy Because He Wouldn’t Stop Texting His Jump Offs

We guess Karrueche got tired of being Chris’ doormat. Karrueche Broke Up With Chris Brown For Texting Other Women Poor Karrueche got clowned by Rihanna publicly, stood by Chris through court and rehab and he still was creepin’ on her. SMH. According TMZ: Karrueche Tran didn’t dump Chris Brown because of the girl he allegedly banged in rehab — sources close to the model tell TMZ … she dropped the hammer on their relationship because he refused to stop texting his army of jump offs. There’s been speculation that Karrueche pulled the plug when she found out he had hooked up with another girl in his facility at the beginning of March — but we’re told the break-up preceded that … We’re told Karrueche ended things after she visited Chris in rehab the month before. Sources tell us … Karrueche saw Chris’ phone during her visit — and it was filled with inappropriate texts from other girls. It was the last straw. We’re told Karrueche was especially pissed because she’d been nothing but supportive to Chris throughout his ordeal, even going to court with him. We’re told Karrueche wasn’t even aware Chris had allegedly been getting down with girls in rehab until long after the break-up. Somewhere Rih Rih is laughing.

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Break Ups: Karrueche Dumped Breezy Because He Wouldn’t Stop Texting His Jump Offs

A Lil Positivity: Black Youths At Princeton Have “Healthy Dialogue” With Cop Who Racially Profiled Them [Video]

Black Youths Have Positive Conversation With Cop Who Profiled Them It’s good they were able to express their thoughts without being victims of police brutality. According to The Root: What began as an unfortunate incident of alleged police profiling in Princeton, N.J., ended with a public-forum discussion with the officer who did the profiling. According to one member of the Black Youth Project 100, or BYP100, a youth-centered black activist group, the police pulled over a car carrying members who were leaving a gathering on Princeton University’s campus on Saturday, March 8. The black officer cited a broken tail light, but upon investigation the vehicle was found to be intact. The unidentified officer let the group go after asking them where they were headed and saying that he would “beat them there,” Fresco Steez, one of the members present at the incident, told The Root. It was when the members arrived at the Nassau Hotel and actually saw the officer pulled up there waiting for them that the discussion was triggered. The group approached him, questioning the motive for his actions. The officer insisted that he wasn’t trying to criminalize the black youths and said that his feelings were hurt at the accusation. But then the officer offered the young people free parking as an apology, which got a conversation started. Kudos to the black youth for having the courage to approach the police officer. Check out the video below: If only more exchanges between black youth and one-time ended like this. Shutterstock

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Study: Both Public, Police View Black Kids As Older, Less Innocent Than Whites

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If I were to tell anyone of color with a clue that White children are given the benefit of the doubt and Black kids are…

Study: Both Public, Police View Black Kids As Older, Less Innocent Than Whites

Study: Both Public, Police View Black Kids As Older, Less Innocent Than Whites

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If I were to tell anyone of color with a clue that White children are given the benefit of the doubt and Black kids are…

Study: Both Public, Police View Black Kids As Older, Less Innocent Than Whites