It's good to see hip-hop stars standing up against homophobia. But spreading misinformation about how AIDS is transmitted in the black community helps no one.
Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop. September 11, 2009.
Glenn Beck uses smear attacks to push for White House staffer Yosi Sergant's resignation for organizing artists to support Obama's national service program.
Don Imus used hip-hop to scapegoat his racist comment. But before blaming everything on one kind of music, we need to analyze all of pop culture and media representation overall.
The recent Don Imus affair brought to light that black women within hip-hop are to be ogled in music videos and insulted in the name of free speech, but rarely are they given access to major media outlets.