Jasiri X: Hip Hop and the Movement
Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu
WarnerMedia Podcast Network
4.8 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2016
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's always weird because people like what do you do and I'm like rapper? |
| 0:03.0 | I'm like, is that what I say? |
| 0:09.0 | From First Look Media and Pen of Pleas, this is politically reactive. I'm Debbie Kamal Bell. |
| 0:15.0 | And I'm God incarnate. Very condibolt. |
| 0:18.0 | The show where two comedians, one who has a God complex, try to make sense of politics in America. |
| 0:23.0 | Man, I hope we get called public intellectuals after all this. Then victory will be mine. |
| 0:30.0 | On today's show, me and Malcolm Gladwell Jr. are talking about activism and hip-hop. |
| 0:38.0 | We'll be speaking with Pittsburgh rapper Jazeery X. He came into prominence in 2007 with a song about the Gina 6 in Louisiana. |
| 0:46.0 | But they went further. They were starting to grow men for attempting murder for fighting high school. |
| 0:52.0 | They was named an example in Gina that white rule and you won't see this for your night in glue. |
| 0:57.0 | And if you don't think racism is real, go read the YouTube comments under that video. E-Ix. |
| 1:04.0 | In 2010, you created the song, what if the Tea Party was black? |
| 1:09.0 | Man, remember we thought that the Tea Party was as bad as it could get? |
| 1:13.0 | That was the good old days before. |
| 1:15.0 | Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that you don't want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election? |
| 1:21.0 | Well, I have to look at the group. I mean, I don't know what groups you're talking about. You wouldn't want me to condemn a group that I don't know nothing about. I have to look. |
| 1:29.0 | Okay, I mean, I'm just talking about David Duke and the cooklucks playing here, but... |
| 1:32.0 | Man, that clip never gets old unless he becomes president. |
| 1:38.0 | Today we'll talk to Gisiri about the history of conscious rap music and the times when rap was mostly silent on social issues. |
| 1:44.0 | We'll also talk about the responsibilities and the challenges that come with being labeled a socially conscious rapper. |
| 1:50.0 | Man, I bet Gisiri doesn't get invited to any of the good parties. |
| 1:54.0 | He's a narc. |
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