*Gangsta rap/hip hop icon Ice-T was recently interviewed by Britain’s Channel 4 about guns in the US. He made some interesting and astute observations.
Ice was asked by the interviewer, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, why he’s such a staunch defender of the right to bear arms.
“Well, I’ll give up my gun when everybody does,” was the immediate response from the aging rapper. “Doesn’t that make sense? If there were guns here, would you want to be the only person without one?
Krishnan Guru-Murthy: So do you carry guns routinely at home?
Ice-T: Yeah, it’s legal in the United States. It’s part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that’s the last form of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. It’s to protect yourself from the police.
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KGM: And do you see any link between that and these sorts of incidents (Aurora)?
Ice-T: No. Nah. Not really. You know what I’m saying, if somebody wants to kill people, you know, they don’t need a gun to do it.
KGM: It makes it easier though, doesn’t it?
Ice-T: Not really. You can strap explosives on your body, they do that all the time.
Ice-T on anti-gun laws: “That’s not going to change anything. The United States is based on guns, you know.”
By the way, Ice-T (real name: Tracy Marrow), the self-styled “Godfather of Gangsta Rap,” has a career sprinkled with gun talk. He was criticized for his 1992 song “Cop Killer,” about a criminal getting revenge on racist cops. The National Rifle Association and police activist groups protested against the album on which it appeared, “Body Count.”
Ask Tracy Marrow: Ask him if sees a link to the black on black shootings all around the country. Ask him if he plans on doing anything to try and stop that bull. Ask him if he cares about all these little innocent children getting killed in the gun fire. Ask him if he cares about any of these young black men that die by gun fire before they reach the age of 25 or less. Ask him how he feels about all these black mothers who have to purchase coffins for their sons and who are left with broken hearts that will never heal. Ask him how he feels about the gangsta rap music that promotes violence. Ask him if he even gives a good damn about black communities. Please, somebody, ask this of Tracy Marrow, Jay Z, Little Wayne, Nas, Dr. Dre, The Game, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Eminem, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Young Jeezy, etc.
Easy to pin society’s woes on an entertainer’s back, isn’t it?
No, but the entertainers sure could help in these circumstances more than I can.
And I think it’s easier for you to make that statement.
You fail as soon as you look to an entertainer to make a statement for you. What do you know about any of the ones you named that you would look to them for answers to your problems? You don’t know one thing about what they stand for,but yet you want them to make a statement. Teach your own kids, it’s called personal responsibility.
For your information ScoopDawg1, I taught my two children well and they are doing just fine thank you. I most certainly know about personal responsibility so don’t come at me with that. I myself am concerned about others. It’s not my children or relatives dying in the streets but I still care about my people. Maybe you don’t. Sounds like you don’t otherwise why are you assuming the negative about me? I am not looking to “entertainers” for answers to “my” problems. fIt’s not about me baby. Maybe you like hearing about this one shot dead and that one shot dead every other day. Maybe you just don’t give a damn. Well I do. Thank God I am not one of those mother’s that had to bury her son or daughter because of some bull. I am trying to figure out a way to stop this senseless violence and since, these people (the “entertainers” as you call them) are out there in the spotlight, maybe they would be willing to say something or do something to help.
This is dumb. Ice-T said he supports gun rights. So do I. So do most americans.
Not sure where’s the “there” in this story.