HIP-HOP QUOTABLE: BARACK OBAMA
Thursday, January 10, 2008
, Posted by DJ Plan.B at 1/10/2008 12:14:00 PM
"Hip-Hop is not just a mirror of what is it should be a mirror of what can be. A lot of people say, ‘I want to be real. I want to be down. Then we’re just trapped in 'What is.' Imagine something different. Imagine communities that aren’t torn up by violence.
"Imagine that we’re respecting our women; Imagine communities where knowledge and reading and academic excellence are valued, communities where fathers are doing right by their kids. Art can’t just be a rearview mirror. It should have a headlight on there pointing to where we need to go."
"Imagine that we’re respecting our women; Imagine communities where knowledge and reading and academic excellence are valued, communities where fathers are doing right by their kids. Art can’t just be a rearview mirror. It should have a headlight on there pointing to where we need to go."
- Barack Obama to Jeff Johnson on BET special 'What’s In It For Us?'
