April 3, 2006

AJ to BET: "Stop the Demonic Violence"




Also first spotted by Clyde:

Calloway Blasts BET Music Videos

..blasts what he calls the destructive messages of many of the show's most popular music videos...

"...I couldn't watch my own show with my niece on my lap," Calloway said this past week at South Carolina State University as part of the "Black Student Today" panel... "Pick your five favorite songs," Calloway said. "Write down every word that's in your favorite songs. Read it back to yourself and think about what that has put into your head."

Calloway told the university audience he had vowed that after facing racism while growing up in New Jersey he would "never do anything against my race."

"I felt like I was hurting us by doing what I was doing," he said.

Posted by jsmooth995 at April 3, 2006 1:18 PM
Comments

*falls out of chair at headline

Posted by: eskay at April 3, 2006 2:06 PM

i totallly agree with him i woulad never go back on my ppl either

Posted by: Raquelle at April 3, 2006 2:15 PM

I agree with him; BET and MTV is nothing but a bunch of garbage; I think the programmers (the suits as they are called; the corporate structure) and the artists are at fault; They're just poisoning the minds of the youth!!! That seems to be the formula to make it in America these days: Sex, money and drugs; The Unholy Trinity!!!!!!!!

Posted by: OMANXL1 at April 3, 2006 3:07 PM

I agree with what he's saying, but he has some nerve saying it now. he knows damn well that if he wouldn't have been asked to leave the BET building he'd likely still be on TV promoting the same shit he's now railing against.

Posted by: eskay at April 3, 2006 3:33 PM

i guess things weren't so bad when he was cashing those checks though... (and which he would've continued to had b.e.t. conceded to aj and free's salary demands).

Posted by: konijn at April 3, 2006 6:06 PM

Yo, you know the radio show links is broken like a muvaf*cka right?

I've been tryin to show some people out here how a breaks comp is done (and also sneakily play some of the breaks for my man Kevin Donan to find out which breaks is which since you won't give me a playlist, smooth) and I can't get the links to function.

Are you gonna update this section or something?

Thanks,
Black People

"...it's just like your coffee. Too Black. Too Strong."
-Malcolm X

Posted by: Black People at April 3, 2006 7:36 PM

Yeah, sorry about that B.P., I had to turn those links off because of the bandwidth charges.. hopefully will find a better solution for them soon.

Posted by: Jay Smooth at April 3, 2006 8:20 PM

You've gotta love these cats who find a conscience after their checks stop rolling in. This guy was on this show for how many years? That little write down the lyrics excercise was no less valid 4 years ago. Why now AJ? What he is saying is true, but i don't respect him for his timing. Had he resigned in protest, I could have respected him. Not to mention the fact that he has so often made sexual inuendo a prominent part of his commentary.

Great fucking title Jay Smooth!

AJ,
in the words of P.E.: "Go get a late pass!!!"

Posted by: Kai at April 3, 2006 9:18 PM

Hey, better late than never. Besides, truth is truth even if you say it out of convenience or self-interest. Instead a watchin BET watch this: (I know its hard to watch a rap video without naked women but try)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNyQRMYw_lI&search=cos%20seven

Posted by: Cos Seven at April 9, 2006 12:54 PM

a.j. I DIDNT LIKE YOU THEN AND FOR DAMN SURE I DONT LIKE YOU NOW bet HAS BEEN ON THE DOWN SIDE SINCE THE FOCUS WENT FROM REAL NEWS TO THE CRAP YOU HAVE ON NOW .bY THE WAY THIS SO CALLED NEW NEWS SHOW IS CRAP BET LEAVE THE CRACK ALONE .lASTLY rEGINALD hUDLIN YOU COULD MAKE A DIFFRENCE BUT YOU CHOOSE NOT TO I GUESS THE CHECKS ARE TOO GOOD TO TAKE A STAND FOR SOMETHING.

Posted by: John Dear at May 11, 2006 7:04 PM

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