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Because no matter how good he is, Kendrick Lamar is not a revolutionary. He's no Tupac. Where Pac articulated a very clear voice for the disenfranchised, a specific call to action, Lamar gives us only beautiful vagueness. Nobody Hates Kendrick Lamar | LA Weekly

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This call-to-action (although he doesn’t get props for it due to how uplifting it was to Black communities around the U.S.) is known as T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E., which stands for:

The Hate U Gave Little Infants Fuck Everybody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128ao5Xl_VY&t=47

Many people have said that Pac was the last HipHop leader in the Black community. VladTV’s interview with Ashanti is a prime example of that:

Our generation, we have so much power to touch so many people, but who is the leader that’s gonna really get a bunch of people together to take action on what’s happening and what’s going on. You know what I mean? […] Protesting, I feel like it’s amazing and it’s causing awareness, but it keeps happening. Who’s going to be the one to strategically put everything together?

I definitely think, in the generation of music […] as a whole, I feel like [2Pac] was the last one to have that impact. […] If he was here today, I think things would be different… really really different. So I kinda do think he was the last one to have that power and to want to go out there to make a change and be able to make a change.

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This call-to-action (although he doesn't get props for it due to how uplifting it was to Black communities around the U.S.) is known as T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E., which stands for:
>[The Hate U Gave Little Infants Fuck Everybody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TfEr_BLW30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128ao5Xl_VY&t=47
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Many people have said that Pac was the last HipHop leader in the Black community. [VladTV's interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Ifg_QVyKk&t=45) with Ashanti is a prime example of that:
>Our generation, we have so much power to touch so many people, but who is the leader that's gonna really get a bunch of people together to take action on what's happening and what's going on. You know what I mean? [...] Protesting, I feel like it's amazing and it's causing awareness, but it keeps happening. Who's going to be the one to strategically put everything together?

>I definitely think, in the generation of music [...] as a whole, I feel like [2Pac] was the last one to have that impact. [...] If he was here today, I think things would be different... *really really* different. So I kinda do think he was the last one to have that power and to want to go out there to make a change and *be able* to make a change.

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Lately, there has been a string of shootings at high-profile hip-hop shows — Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, and T.I. shows, just in the past few months. Do you think violence at live hip-hop events is increasing? Race, Class, and Compassion: Talib Kweli Straddles the Worlds of Music and Activism | Music | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly

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Date: February 28, 2015

Place: Charlotte, North Carolina (Club LABEL)

Event: CIAA Weekend Takeover party

Result: Two people (one man and one woman) were shot; both were non-life-threatening injuries.

https://instagram.com/p/zqmWbtxR3Z/

(Refer to TMZ for more details.)

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Date: February 17, 2015

Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Che Bar & Grill)

Incident: Two of Nicki Minaj’s crew members, De'Von “Day Day” Pickett (Minaj’s tour manager) and Eric Parker were stabbed; De'Von was killed while Eric survived but is in critical condition.

De'Von Pickett (left); Eric Parker (right)

(TMZ broke the news the following morning.)

Alleged Suspect: Pierce Boykin

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Date: January 11, 2015

Place: Fiesta nightclub in San Jose, California

Incident: Shooting

Injury Tally: 5

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ9yWCWM9zE

(For more details, refer to this Rolling Stone article.)

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Besides the obvious example of Kanye saying "George Bush doesn't like black people," there are other examples of him talking about class and race. He's a friend of mine. I definitely don't agree with everything he says, but I think 95 percent of what he says is incredibly accurate. T... Race, Class, and Compassion: Talib Kweli Straddles the Worlds of Music and Activism | Music | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly

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The Kanye quote heard ‘round the United States:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIUzLpO1kxI

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Kanye has said that he did not speak out on the turmoil in Ferguson because his father requested that he stay out of it. Race, Class, and Compassion: Talib Kweli Straddles the Worlds of Music and Activism | Music | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly

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This alludes to a Breakfast Club (Power 105.1) interview on February 20, 2015. Press Conference made the following statement with subsequent question:

Last year when it was so much racial tension and you know the police brutality and stuff, like it’s almost like people wanted you to say something. Were you purposely falling back from being vocal about the Mike Brown situation and things like that?

Kanye responded with:

Yeah, my dad would email me and say stay out of it. My dad is like a thousand times smarter than me, and a thousand times more social than me. He like literally lived at a homeless shelter. He emailed me and told me stay out of it, that’s my only parent, you know, so I have to listen to him, sometimes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toWk6mybzVE&t=2110

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This alludes to a *Breakfast Club* (Power 105.1) interview on February 20, 2015. [Press Conference](/Nicki-minaj-press-conference-annotated) made the following statement with subsequent question:
>[Last year when it was so much racial tension and you know the police brutality and stuff, like it's almost like people wanted you to say something. Were you purposely falling back from being vocal about the Mike Brown situation and things like that?](http://genius.com/4963118/The-breakfast-club-power-1051-kanye-west-interview-at-the-breakfast-club-2-20-15/Last-year-when-it-was-so-much-racial-tension-and-you-know-the-police-brutality-and-stuff-like-its-almost-like-people-wanted-you-to-say-something-were-you-purposely-falling-back-from-being-vocal-about-the-mike-brown-situation-and-things-like-that)

Kanye responded with:
>[Yeah, my dad would email me and say stay out of it. My dad is like a thousand times smarter than me, and a thousand times more social than me. He like literally lived at a homeless shelter. He emailed me and told me stay out of it, that's my only parent, you know, so I have to listen to him, sometimes.](http://genius.com/4963124/The-breakfast-club-power-1051-kanye-west-interview-at-the-breakfast-club-2-20-15/Yeah-my-dad-would-email-me-and-say-stay-out-of-it-my-dad-is-like-a-thousand-times-smarter-than-me-and-a-thousand-times-more-social-than-me-he-like-literally-lived-at-a-homeless-shelter-he-emailed-me-and-told-me-stay-out-of-it-thats-my-only-parent-you-know-so-i-have-to-listen-to-him-sometimes)

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What I saw was crazy. I had cops throw me on the ground and put guns in my chest, and that's why I speak so passionately about this. I'm not a violent person. I was walking in the streets with the people and it happened to me too. It had nothing to do with me being a celebrity, but I thought it was important as an artist who has s... Race, Class, and Compassion: Talib Kweli Straddles the Worlds of Music and Activism | Music | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly

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His voice has been one of the strongest and most followed during the case of Michael Brown. Even after an argument with Don Lemon about CNN’s Ferguson coverage on August 21, 2014, he still emphasized that we should maintain our focus on issues that impact people at a systematic level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktv6IcDaozk&t=402

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What I saw was crazy. I had cops throw me on the ground and put guns in my chest, and that's why I speak so passionately about this. I'm not a violent person. I was walking in the streets with the people and it happened to me too. It had nothing to do with me being a celebrity, but... Race, Class, and Compassion: Talib Kweli Straddles the Worlds of Music and Activism | Music | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly

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As described by Talib on the August 20, 2014 episode of MSNBC’s Reid Report, hosted by Joy-Ann Reid:

[…] I was told that I was going to have my head blown off, I had guns pointed in my face, I was put on the floor […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfuojIU1gAY&t=30

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There are 13 people in the committee that are overseeing the dispersion of the funds that were raised. There are five programs on the ground that we gave a small amount of money to. We chose programs run by young activists who are not tied to a charity system. There is still a lot of money left over. ... Race, Class, and Compassion: Talib Kweli Straddles the Worlds of Music and Activism | Music | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly

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Talib gave a shoutout to each of his 12 campaign mates in a HipHopDX interview:
1. Patrisse Cullors (from Black Lives Matter)
2. Aisha Alexander (from Dream Defenders)
3. Phillip Agnew (also from Dream Defenders)
4. Liz Manne (from Lizmanne.com)
5. Autumn Marie
6. Rosa Clemente (the 2008 Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Green Party)
7. Miles Solay (from the band Outernational)
8. Hiram Rivera (from the Philadelphia Student Union
9. Orlando Jones (a successful actor)
10. Revered Osagyefo Sekou (from the Fellowship Of Reconciliation)
11. Diamond Latchison (from the Freedom Fighters)
12. Kayla Reid (from the Organization for Black Struggle, St. Louis)

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Talib gave a shoutout to each of his 12 campaign mates in a [*HipHopDX*](http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.32418/title.talib-kweli-fires-back-at-tweeters-questioning-his-ferguson-charity) interview:
1. [Patrisse Cullors](https://twitter.com/osope) (from [Black Lives Matter](https://twitter.com/Blklivesmatter))
2. [Aisha Alexander](https://twitter.com/AishaThinker) (from [Dream Defenders](https://twitter.com/DreamDefenders))
3. [Phillip Agnew](https://twitter.com/philofdreams_) (also from Dream Defenders)
4. [Liz Manne](https://twitter.com/L11z) (from [Lizmanne.com](http://t.co/zy5ATdxrSD))
5. [Autumn Marie](https://twitter.com/msAutumnMarie)
6. [Rosa Clemente](https://twitter.com/rosaclemente) (the 2008 Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Green Party)
7. [Miles Solay](https://twitter.com/MilesSolay) (from the band [Outernational](https://twitter.com/OUTERNATIONAL_))
8. [Hiram Rivera](http://phillystudentunion.org/index.php/about-us/who-we-are/staff) (from the [Philadelphia Student Union](http://phillystudentunion.org/)
9. [Orlando Jones](https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones) (a successful [actor](http://www.orlandojones.com/))
10. [Revered Osagyefo Sekou](https://twitter.com/RevSekou) (from the [Fellowship Of Reconciliation](http://forusa.org/))
11. [Diamond Latchison](https://twitter.com/dlatchison011) (from the Freedom Fighters)
12. Kayla Reid (from the [Organization for Black Struggle, St. Louis](http://obs-stl.org/))

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...med overly militarized police forces in Ferguson for "harassing and throwing [people] in jail for exercising their right to peaceful protest." You also created the Action Support Committee, which has raised more than $100,000 to help protesters. How will you disperse those funds? Race, Class, and Compassion: Talib Kweli Straddles the Worlds of Music and Activism | Music | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly

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The exact amount raised was: $112,052.
(The amount they wanted to raise was $25,000.)

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