T.I.
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Many spoke out regarding the Trayvon Martin killing and subsequent acquittal of George Zimmerman, in fact, in a recent radio appearance, rapper T.I. spoke of his respect for the dignified way Trayvon’s parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin have handled themselves during this entire ordeal.
“My hat goes off to the Martin family, because if it was me and my child, there wouldn’t have been no trial,” said T.I. “I’d have been on trial. It would’ve been the trial of the father who killed the man who killed [my child]. That would have been my story.”
Kanye West, who spoke at the Nation of Islam’s headquarters Mosque Maryam and lent very public support for the Millions More Movement in 2005, in a recent New York Times interview, discussed his latest creative offering “Yeezus” containing such provocative song titles as “Black Skinhead” and “I Am a God.”
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He recently told a New York Times interviewer: “I’m a professional musician because I have the structure of Universal Records. I’m a professional creative,” he continued, “I’ve never been allowed to be in a continually creative structured place that makes product. I’ve had meetings where a guy actually told me, ‘What we’re trying to figure out is how we can control you.’ In the meeting, to me! Why do you want to control me? Like, I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness! Why would you want to control that?”