Oprah in all of her ignorant woman glory devoted her show on the sub-topic of bad language and degredation of women used by rappers and hiphop artists, inspired by our good friend Br'er Imus. I could only stomach about ten minutes but highlights include:
A group of stupid bints (passing themselves off as educated women) calling for censorship. They say they don't contribute to the problem because they don't buy that sort of material. 1) It's not aimed for them anyway. 2) Their kids and relatives buy it.
One smart hip-hop lovin' cookie who brought up the revolutionary idea that parents should try instilling morals and values themselves instead of relying on dudes wearing baggy clothes and grills to do it for them. However, she loses points for saying she was "an educator who educates". FTW. Oprah rudely and hilariously cuts her off when she speaks too much.
Russell Simmons trying to shove blame elsewhere (much to ire of the cows mentioned above) and staunchly defending the "poets". Snoop and Eminem are poets like my ass is a poet. Isn't it enough we call them artists, we also have to call them "poets"? While I agree their backgrounds need to be taken into consideration, it doesn't work as a defense once you become filthy rich.
