Al Sharpton Says Gun Violence, Not Hip Hop, Killed Takeoff

Al Sharpton is laying into people who blame hip hop tradition for Takeoff‘s murder, and says social media solely fools you into pondering rappers are extra violent than society, at-large.

We caught up with Rev. Al Wednesday in NYC, the place he identified hip hop is crammed with artists who’re accountable and actively carry up their communities. He says it is unlucky the arrival of social media helps to amplify violent incidents far more than the nice ones.

The Rev precisely identified all the opposite music genres the place violence has occurred for many years — and he largely agreed with what Technique Man informed us in regards to the Takeoff tragedy.

The Wu-Tang Clan star was peeved over the slain Migos rapper’s passing, and equally irritated over all of the scapegoating of rap.

Actually, Rev. Al is giving hip hop credit score for being proactive on the subject of spreading consciousness in opposition to gun violence.

Late Nineteen Eighties rap songs similar to Cease the Violence Motion’s “Self Destruction” and West Coast All Stars’ “We’re All In The Similar Gang” are proof of that.

Sharpton additionally remembers R&B singers moving into shootouts earlier than the dominance of rap … a reality to which superproducer Teddy Riley can cosign.

In 1989, entourages for Teddy’s group Man and New Version started beefing … resulting in NE’s manufacturing supervisor Ronald Byrd fatally capturing Man’s safety chief, Anthony Bee.