Al Sharpton's Presidential Campaign: Funded By The Degradation of Women

Al Sharpton is a professional hack. Not only that, but he accepts money from companies that promote the same so-called "abhorrent" words that he finds so awful. How valiant, dear leader.

If you haven't been following the news, radio personality Don Imus said the phrase "nappy-headed hos" in reference to the Rutgers women's basketball team. Right after, if you don't remember, the Earth shook a mighty shake, the streets of New York split apart and flames engulfed the Silver Center. It was horrible. I'm lucky to be alive, really.

Back to Sharpton. In 2004 he ran a tremendous presidential campaign where he championed, I don't know, issues. But campaigns cost money. Thanks to that wonderful Web site Open Secrets, we can see just who gave money to fund his campaign. In the words of Matt Drudge: Shock! The list of contributors include Radio One (to the tune of $15,000) and BET ($3,000). Let's see what high culture these organizations peddle.

Radio One operates 70 commercial radio stations in the U.S. These stations are aimed at the urban (read: black) market and play music that range from hip-hop to R&B. (The company also has talk radio stations.) Now the fun part: what kind of music do these stations play?

From Detroit's Hot 102.7 Top 20 songs: Mims - "This is why I'm hot" (One small part; the rest of the lyrics can be found here.)



This is why I'm hot
Catch me on the block
Every other day
Another bitch another drop
16 bars, 24 pop
44 songs, nigga gimme what you got
I'm in there driving cars
Push 'em off the lot
I'm into shutting stores down so i can shop
If you need a bird I can get it chopped
Tell me what you need you know i get 'em by the flock
I call ma homie black meet on the ave
I hit Wash Heights with the money in the bag
We into big spinners
See my pimping never dragged
Find me wit different women that you niggas never had
For those who say they know me know I'm focused on ma cream
player you come between you'd better focus on the beam
I keep it so mean the way you see me lean
And when say I'm hot my nigga dis is what I mean



Let's analyze this. In this verse Mims uses the word "bitch"—certainly a degrading term—to refer to women; he uses the word "nigga" three times; he refers to selling drugs ("bird" refers to cocaine and "chop" means to sell drugs); he refers to "pimpin," or the entrapment of women to perform sexual acts for money in which he'll make a percentage. That's just one verse, mind you.

How about another verse from another song played on Hot 102.7? This time, R. Kelly's "I'm a flirt." The rest of lyrics can be found here.



Ima b pimpin
I dont be slippin
When it come down to these hoez
I dont love em
We dont cuff em
Man thats just the way it goes
I pull up in the Phantom
All the ladies think handsome
Jewelry shining, I stay stuntin
Thats why these niggas cant stand em
Ima chick mag-a-net
And anything fine im bag-gin it
And if she got a man, I dont care
10 toes and I wanna be, cause I gotta have it
Now-Now who do it like B-O-dub
Girls on me when I walk in the club
Game aint tight, Ima take yo chick
Thats it man now your girl in love
Witta rich nigga, fly young dude
Ride wit me lil mama cant lose
Dont get mad at me homie cause yo girl friend choose
See this is how goin down in da 6-1-4 from the Natty up to Clevland even in Toledo
Ima boss and you know it
I got the money ima show it (Thats right)
If I give yo girl one chance to talk to me homie she aint gon blow it
HA-HA
Now the moral of the story is cuff yo chick, cause hey,
I'm black, fresh , and I rap, plus I'm rich, and ima flirt



Oh, cool. Mr. Kelly also refers to "pimpin;" also uses the word "nigga;" and what about his last line: Now the moral of the story is cuff yo chick, cause hey, I'm black, fresh , and I rap, plus I'm rich, and ima flirt. Some role model, Mr. Kelly. Rapping and rhyming about the very things that outrage Mr. Sharpton so, so much. But hey, not enough to turn down money from the company whose stations make money spinning these records.

But Imus is Lucifer reincarnate for having used the phrase "nappy-headed ho" in jest. Makes sense to me.

BET does fine work, too, what with "Wild Out Wednesday" (Wylin' Out?) and such illustrious guests T-Pain on the show "106 and Park." A quick look at some of his lyrics, from the song "I'm N Luv (With a Stripper)," are in order. The rest can be found here.



She's every man's dream
She's God's gift to Earth
Women they love 'em too
That's what you call a women's worth
See I love all the strippers
Because they show me love
They know I never pay as free whenever I hit the club
But I can't even lie
The girls are here so fly
She slidin' up and down that pole got me mesmerized
Mike Jones don't ever trick
But god damn she thick
I can't lie, I must admit
I'm in love with a stripper



So I guess Mr. Sharpton's cool with the degradation of women when he stands to gain financially from it. Kudos!

I was home for most of the day today and every time Mr. Sharpton was on TV and an interviewer brought up the issue of degrading rap lyrics and the like, Mr. Sharpton was only too quick to point out that he's fought hard to clean up rap's lyrics. Really? Like, hard enough to demand their license to say horrible things be revoked and their livelihoods destroyed? Nah, but you'll certainly take their money when your campaign is rolling through town.

I'm tired, but I'm not done with this hack quite yet. He needs to be exposed, even if only to the 1.2 people who read this.