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Raekwon, Paul Wall, Kanye Discuss Blood Diamonds

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
By: Kenny Rodriguez


Raekwon“Bling’d: Blood, Diamonds and Hip-Hop,” a new VH1 documentary analyzes the seedy diamond trade in Sierra Leone, and several artists are speaking out on how the rap industry plays a major part in the ordeal.

Paul Wall, Raekwon (of Wu-Tang Clan), and reggaeton artist Tego Calderon visited West Africa over the summer to help film the documentary alongside the United Nations Development Program.

While there, they witnessed first-hand accounts of the diamond trade’s aftermath, including meeting with refugees and former children soldiers.

Back in the United States, several rappers gave their opinions on hip-hop’s fascination with “bling” – including Kanye West, Jadakiss, Big Daddy Kane, and Juelz Santana.

“It’s just ironic that what made black people feel so empowered was completely demoralizing and destroying other black people,” says West in one segment.

“Bling’d” will premier on Feb. 22 on VH1.


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Who cares. Kanye is a nerd. He stills wears them.
Posted by Lil Wayne is
You do kno there r two diffrent diamond trades, right? one's legal, the other isnt. "jacob, is this conflict diamonds, dont lie to me man"
Posted by grapple
Ignorance at its finest....i feel really really sorry for you, you need to get it together bigwalt, i have clearly no other response for you, so you can go on a big rant about how , P*ss*, white, or whatever else you peanut brain can come up with about me, but you need to check yourself.....period.
Posted by spiltmilk
Bigwalt, u a f*ckin p*ssy, u probably can't even afford the cheapest ice jacob has to offer. So stfu dumb ass
Posted by smoked out
Kanye was a little scrub back then . Now he handle it and leading us blacks to knowledge of the outer hood.
Posted by G-UNIT
Its trully sad for real misleading shyt diamonds imma start cheking n*ggaz in the club like "n*gga lemme see that ....blood diamonds right ..F*ck outta here" n*gga run em blood diamonds nig
Posted by Pablo
Bigwalt you internet fake ass thug n*gga stfu, come to my hood Bia'ch ass, deep side
Posted by liquidswords92
A n*gga a diamond. Is a diamond no matta what da F*ck happens ova over afrika. But a pelle pelle letha jacket will go good with that iced out jesus piece
Posted by PELLE PELLE has da best clothes
Did you know big walt your mum was out making you at the red light district-wheres your daddy, no where to be seen, wheres your mummy in the gutter high on crack and aids in her bucket C*nt! yea come back when your balls have dropped you faggot
Posted by small penis \\\'\\\'walt\\\'\\\'
You a grown ass man bigwalt, i really hope not...are you sittin' there trying to defend your own ignorance??? grow up, try bettering yourself, upliftment is a powerful tool.
Posted by spiltmilk
28 years of anal sex - come back to nbs when your straight not as bent as a banana. Your attitude sucks c*ck and your a genuine wanker to be honest. Go F*ck off your small penis 28 year old is queer
Posted by small penis \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
F*ck vh1, they find any show to make fun of the hip hop world. Flava of love 1&2 white rapper show now this sh*t criticizing rappers today to make them look like hipocrites!!!
Posted by Fuck VH1
Im so bad i'll whip supaman ass
Posted by PELLE PELLE is bad
F*ck this sh*t
Posted by PELLE PELLE IS ANGRY
That n*gga bigwalt is f*cking hoe how could you say that about the motherland africa i hope your not black otherwise that makes you look like a dumb***
Posted by guy
Yeaaahhhhhh my n*gga rae getting some promotion.....everyone do the tony yayo dance....shaba!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Jesus Christ
Big walt seeing as your mum is a monkey and your dad is a gorrila get the F*ck back to africa you wild baboon . Yea you coon. Your mum started the aids so your finish it and die smokin' your crack.
Posted by small penis\ ''big walt''\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
I want all u real hip hoppers out there to come check me out, im the next big thang in this industry, this buisness this empire im ready for it all im here to make a difference and im taken everyone out there with me im bout to tear sh*t up im here muder F*ckers im taken over hip hop and nobody can stop me
Posted by StateMent
Ayo small penis wtf is up wit dat racist sh*t? get outta here wit dat sh*t. Some of da stuff bigwalt says is extreme but u gotta respect him for speakin wat he think right. I done heard it said from many a black people dat african's ain't got no souls. Not sayin its true but how u gon have a genocide nowdays when we are so "civilized". Dats some ol ignorant ass sh*t right der. N to me da diamonds ain't the problem. You can't stop people from buying diamonds. The problem is the people forcing others to get the dam diamonds. Stop them and you stop the problem. Make it a legit business and erythang be all gravy. Imma shine no matta wat. My grill got diamonds in it n u ain't finna hear me complain. Kanye still wear dem diamonds too. Seems like a publicity stunt if ya ask me. O n paul wall got no dam place to complain or talk bout it since his business is gold and diamonds all day. So until he stops sellin grills anything he gotta say don't mean a dam thang (not saying he should stop though). Once again i am not saying i agree with the whole *african's not having souls thing* just saying wat i heard before i get some hatin ass people on here tryna say im ignorant n am finna go to hell n all o dat. Keep dat lame sh*t to yaself playboy
Posted by Trill talk
Sean price jan. 30 setting off 2007 with a classic album
Posted by BigPhil
Duckdown music
Posted by BigPhil
Duckdown 2007
Posted by BigPhil
Drinkin while ur on house arrest? probably not, this cat is like 15 kickin it in iowa or somthing. Watch out though, you might get him upset, then who knows what might happen, he or she might write another comment about you. Clown
Posted by shredthagnar
Its not about givin' a sh*t about any mother land, it's about the corrupt diamond industry in sierra leone, and its not about the aids eppidemic (which by the way, is world wide, not only in africa, but america too, and that has a direct effect on you, just like the pretty little precious diamonds you so worship) and how the F*ck you gonna sit up on the internet threating a bunch of people, its virtual, meaning you can't touch it, what you gonna do, reach threw your screen, or squeeze your fat head threw you modem, type me to death???what??? i just don't get people like you, you wanna come disrespect sh*t you know nothing about, your a fall down, you need get your head outta your ass...
Posted by spiltmilk
Why all the hate?? all ya'llz need to grow the F*ck up and quit this bullsh*t internet beefing F*ck*n' internet thugs. F.t.w
Posted by LostCause
Spoiled americans. Ignorant yankees. Stop crying about you ghetto lifestyle because you have it good. Maricon..
Posted by BODEGA
Ha..kanye is a nerd word up...take it bak ta 95 baby..fat sphinx pieces n lionheads on gold cuban linx n figaro joints..peace
Posted by
O yeah big walt og vicelord...handlin ur bizness arguin with sum youths on the internet...u fukn nerd n i feel sorry 4 u..not havin knowledge on ya own ancestry or evn love for that...and wtf do u mean gzas the worst mc outta wu.....dont even deserve the slap..backhand ur ass...house arrest my ass..ur corny ass just grounded for stealn out ya mommies purse
Posted by p
Ayo which vicelord set is bigwalt ?
Posted by PELLE PELLE IS DA CHOOSEN ONE
You lookin' pretty stupid up in here bigwalt, you need to quit cryin'.....
Posted by spiltmilk
I just wanted to know....if bigwalt is on house arrest....why is he asking for an "address". I hope he meant ip lol. Or is he "sending" his hooligan's?
Posted by Confused? in SouthQueensNYC
To the dude that said africans commiting genocide is plain ignorant-trill talk-. If u understood the situation u wouldnt say that. Most of the african countries today were under colonial rule meaning. The borders of these countries were drawn up by the colonial "masters" and whoever was within the boundaries became part of the country wether they liked it or not. In many situations there are different peoples in one country some who hate each other. As people got used to the idea of being in a country, they want to claim it for themselves, so they want the others out. U think africans are not civilised what about usa, there is a war going on now in iraq and another in afghanistan. Depending on who u speak to, genocide is occuring in both countries. If you think about the country that has killed the most people in the world, it is likely to be either usa or russia.
Posted by dude
Big walt you a nut licking mothaF*cka
Posted by PELLE PELLE HAS BREAKING NEWS
To dude- i see wer u goin wit dat but its still stupid. As soon as da "powers that be" left dey started killlin eachotha ova dirt. Wen all da powers that be left dey ain't leave nuttin for the africans to work wit. Dey went from havin jobs to havin not a dam thang. If u think bout it wuss it so bad that they were being colonized? all i can say is without government or some kind of enforcement the same thing can and will happen anywhere else. So yea u kinda right on the whole usa thang but den again da usa isn't sponsering genocide. While in africa u got military that was involved in the genocides.
Posted by Trill talk
The situation goes in circles diamonds are pushed in all directions on consumers. If you have a diamond you are considered cool and rich. The only way to land a wife is to put a diamond on her finger. We are to blame. Some of ya'll don't understand how lucky you are to live in land with running clean water. Toilets and fresh food across the street. Stop being ignorent. They don't choose to be poor they are stuck their and being exploited....the internat gang bangin is wack chill out
Posted by oh no
Diamonds aint bad if its cool wit errbody, but it becomes sh*t wen it brings violence and killin.. It shud'nt b tha reason we'all shud be hatin' on each other. Besides bling wud'nt be bling if the poor did'nt wanna have it . Ma point is, y wud you be proud to have somethin if you wee the only onewantin it soo bad?? stop hatin jus chill out..
Posted by illusion
Guys give him a break hes just tryin to educate u all
Posted by kobe rocks
2 all yall stupid people that think this is a game its not something 2 laugh about. How would you feel if you had 12 live like they are living in africa. Sometimes you have 2 be mature when you are talking about someone elses life. So just think about that
Posted by capricornanddrew
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Posted by HotBoy
Geeze what a bunch of ignorant people. I can't belive anyone would actually consider that hip hop crap music. It makes me sick to even hear that stupid sh*t. And you people need to get an education. You can't sell drugs for a living all of your life. Well i guess you can as long as you have a short life or go to prison which most black dumb asses eventually do!
Posted by Astoria
And learn to speak english. That street thug sh*t is not goina get you very far in the real world when you eventually have to grow up.
Posted by Astoria
All yáll american can suck mycaribean tip. All of you!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Bryan!!!!!!!!!!!!
F**ck, d**ck whatda f*** is a tip
Posted by Bryan!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey "small penis" u must be really stupid to blame blacks for aids in america cuz if we weren't brought by your race to america in the first place maybe we'd be living fine in africa. Btw yall shipping us in america brought diseases to our country and killed a number of us for no reason but becuz ya'll were greedy. So before you open yo mouth think about how stupid u sound. Becuz to me it sounds like u got born on a red light and i leave your stupid ass to if i was your father
Posted by vikki P.
Al y'all bi*ch a*s n*ggaz can shut al yall mouths. Ain't sh*t in this country thats fair. Iz rough all over. You just deal wit it. The africanz can do the same thang
Posted by moremoney
All yáll american can suck mycaribean tip. All of you!!!!!!!!!! ________________________________________ _ ...i think that is hilarious that you are hating on all us americans. When was the last time a computer was originated in the caribbean(note you cant even spell the word correctly, and you are from there lol) no internet(which you are using to post your remarks and hate for americans) was created in the caribbean. Nor these blog sites. So why dont you stop checking up on american stuff, go play your soccer and climb ya mango trees. ________________________________________ _ hip hop crap music.....please and that rock n roll is music? or that tech rave garbage....bottom line nobody really gives a f*** if you dont like rap music
Posted by Castro Ranx

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