Here are the video clips if you missed J-HOVA aka the "God" - ok let's just call him "SHAWN CARTER"! He is definitely causing a big buzz in the streets. Oprah goes to New York to interview Jigga in the projects. This was definitely out of the "norm" for her. Lets see what they both have to say:
"PART 1"
"PART 2"
"PART 3" - In part 3, Oprah speaks on her opinion as to why she isn’t a huge rap fan and they debate on the “N” word and it’s definition of it.
Jay-z on the “N’ word:
“People give words power. For our generation, What we did is we took the word and we took the power out of that word. We took a word that was very ugly and hurtful and took the power out of that word.”
Oprah on the “N” word:
“My generation and generations before me (coming up through the civil rights movement), that word carries a sense of hatred and degradation. I always think about when people are screaming it at your concerts, I think about Black men that were lynched and that is the last word they heard.”
It ain't FREESTYLE FRIDAY but "O" learns how to FLOW!
So what do you all think? Do you think Oprah is reaching DOWN to Jay-Z considering she used to bash rap and she sits on a pedestal considering SHE invited HIM? Or do you think Jay-Z has built enough clout and gained enough pull to where Oprah is saying, "hey this man has some pull so I better go ahead and give him his time and let him continue to shine?!" Do you feel like Jay-Z finally made it to MAINSTREAM TELEVISION or do you think Jay-Z is so big now to where the MAINSTREAM is like OKAY HE IS BIG lets go ahead and give him his airtime because hip-hop is SOOOOO BIG? Do you think he is just a posterchild or is it bigger than that?!
