Mos Def Calls Out Artists Over ‘Jena Six’

Yo mos, u still holding that gig in paris this friday ?

Because i respect your commitment; but yo, i paid 50 bucks for that show

I feel mos...

Much props to mos def and bun b...the ones that talk a good game but don't do sh*t needs to shut the fucc up with that "stand by your e people" speech..( yall know who they are..)

Those house n*gga rappers don't want to upset masa(record labels)!!! they always scream freedom of speech and the right to say the n-word but they never say cracka !! or stand up to one ! hip hop died in 89. Bunch of none cipher punks runing around

When you think about how "hot" the south is now and this incident did happen in the south, it is quite disappointing.

Big ups to bun b

Mos def is a real dude. Bun b is a real dude... All these other ppl talkin bout how many girls, cars, houses they got are just lost in the world they livin.. I aint sayin u gotta give ur money or nun of that cuz that aint important.. Just be the voice for these kids man thats where ur real investment should be...

This is the type of event where you find out who is real. Who actually cares about the next generation in hip-hop. My wife and i have been sitting around wondering when someone was going to publicly put these rap artist on notice. Just like their tired raps; they only care about the $$ & girls. Thx mos.

Mos def is cool but damn man, everybody aint gotta stand up for what you wanna stand up for..do you dude and let them other cats do their thing. Not everyone got into the rap game to be social leaders and activists. Different strokes for different folks. Holla

Big ups to mos!!!!

Mos is definately the homeboy i was expecting to call out the rap industry. Now, dead prez, kweli, the roots, immortal technique, k'naan, you know... The only rappers with nutz, should stand up and protest this bullsh*t. Strike ice, ask anyone that is a die-hard hip-hop and you'll see that hip-hop is about expession and freedom of speech. Nwa did it. Pe did it. Dead prez are doing it. Now, it's time for all the others to stop talking about irrelevent crap, and cause some heat on the government. Now is our chance people! the government is weak right now, we are causing so much heat on them, that if they don't wanna ruin their image more than it already is, they gotta do something about this issue. Let's get real people. Without a people's army the people have nothing!

This is the type of events that seperates men from boys and leaders from followers big ups to mos def for calling out rappers to the cause, hopefully a bunch of corny fools like wayne show up trying to be part of the movement. There are gonna be alot of rap songs about this in the next few months. For real this is the souths turf and they aint speaking up. F*cking pop rappers

I meant hopefully people like wayne dont show up

This is what ive been saying for the longest all these rappers pop that weak sh*t about how many guns they have how real they are how big their crew is and how they get it poppin is a bunch of nonsense because at the end of the day when it really counts or when you should really get it poppin they b**ch up!peace to mos def one best rappers ever and one of truest men alive and also peace to bun b1 p.s. That's just my opinion.

I have so many words for this situation....and then i am left speechless with mouth wide open at the same time and yes mos def is right he does always seem to be there with not much of anyone else.....show me the way to the revolution~~~~~i can feel it comming this is a complete outrage!

Even with katrina all these rappers just threw money at it, but who actually went there. Rappers hardly talked about it except for kanye...

Yo str8 goodz im wit word to my n^ggaz da south broke off styll jus let da candy music crumble seen

I ain't on the n*ggas c0cks like some of yall but mos def, talib kweli, nas speak for a lot of people in their own words, usually when nobody's around to hear you, everybody's been there before, poetry but, check out that new law library pt4 and street credibility.....klazziks 1

......they're all just unheard tho, state of the game right now

Where can i find a time machine?

Not sayin every rapper gotta be there and show suport, but damn atleast master p baby and wayne. This sh*t happened in your home state. You got n*ggas from new york doin voicin sh*t that you should be doin. I see why he so ashamed. Shit i am too

Strike ice is a house nucka

Hey mos def....ur garbage......noone cares about you, washed up kid. I can solve the jena 6. 6 cowards jumped one kid. Hmmmm......first draw the yellow line down the spine of their backs then first-degree assault and 10 years for each "thug"...lol....makes me wanna vomit...noone owes them anything dammit

All i got to say is thank you mos def, for doing wat you do. Oh yeah and also calling everybody esle out. You are always that real dudhe. One!!!!

......mos def should be the poster boy for what's expected out of a hip hop artist...

The part that kills me is when someone blames hip-hop as the reason someone did something negative the artist are quick to defend the hip-hop community, but when something like this occurs, no one has anything to donate or say. Shame on them!! props to mos def and bun b for showing support!!

Str8 up! i was there! i agree with mos def. Where were they? all these so called artists who "represent the streets" and the "hood"?! it is time to start calling names in the industry. These are the same artists who always screamin on police brutality and justice and they were no where to be found. Surely, they could have been there or at least more vocal about the situation. There was a time when if you were black and had money it was automatic to show up for the cause. Now, it is the opposite. What a shame...

I couldn't agree with mos def more, all of these rappers should be ashamed of themselves! all these commercial a$$ rappers, talking about " i got all this money", and "look at my car, and my chain they just shining", or whateva! they can talk about all of that, but when their community needs them the most, they punk out and don't wanna have nothing to do with it or say nothing! where's lil wayne, where's baby, where's juvenile, b.g, mannie fresh, master-p, lil boosie, webbie, foxx, all of these rappers talking bout wipe me down, and all of that, where they at? they talk all this mess about freedom of speech, and yet when it comes time for them to talk, they wanna stay silent! help is needed, not just in jena, but all over! our brothers and sisters are dieing in these streets, our public school system's are a joke, we have corrupt politicians, and police officers running rampant in our country, and most of these rappers want to stay silent on these things and instead use their god given voices to talk about the latest bently they purchased or the latest chain they purchased from jacob the jelwer?! give me a break, that's why i don't even listen to that crap they be spittin because its nonsense, and it keeps making us look bad and making us look like the buffons that the white man wants us to be! all of these so called rappers out here are nothing but slaves, all they do is record crap, sell some records to the niave people that will buy them, and give their money to the record companies, in a nut

Some people gotta work some people dont care some people are busy some people have families oh well, no one has to be there. Wonder what the aftermath for the people who actually live in jena is

People just don't know.... I grew up not even 20 miles from jena and just to let yall know this kind of stuff happens all the time when i was in school 10 years ago the same stuff was happenin back then and i know jena is not the only place where things like this happen. People open your eyes it don't even matter if any rapper shows up. What is more important is that we need to all come toghter and fight this type of racism. They called us nickkas back then and they still do today so open your eyes youngblood and see whats going on in your world

i would like to know why there isn't more rapper's showing suppose for the jena 6 what if it had happen in their home town would it be a different tune then? this is a new day and age black folks are no longer going to lay down.

Mos def is real i feel him.

Common was shouting out about it at acl. I'm sure mos knew.

It seems like most of you have failed to notice that someone was beaten, and nearly killed. Let the justice system do it's job, if the six on trial are guilt they deserve to be punished, black, or white.

They do, but not 2 those extents if you have "failed to notice" dont reply i dont come here often-koldblooded @ last.fm