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So Chuck D has spoken and put his words into action in regards to planking and the world has seemingly calm down. I’m going to give you the timeline of planking from my awareness and memory.
Now I DOUBT it started in the city I am in but one night I was watching Fox News (Sorry Nas) and I believe someone submitted a photo to the station of some white kid planking on the metal rail on the side of the highway…My immediate reaction was “Why would you take a picture laying down on something and send it to the news??? That’s not even important or a world record”
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So it seems that planking is just a new craze that has the worlds attention. It is just harmless fun to thousands possibly millions across the world…
THEN THE DRAMA…Someone on twitter puts out “Planking was originated by slave masters who stacked Africans on top of each other” they even followed it up with Diagrams…Then all of a sudden every person that is sensitive and of color had an attitude and NOW because of this untraceable source who tweeted this….Black America should not be supporting sorting something so cruel.
The Followup…Black People are split and More planking occurs..Then Xzibit who is world renown for B**ch Please and Pimp My Ride speaks out on how foolish disrespectful and racist planking is and called everyone who does it stupid….So in true follow fashion people support the celeb who speaks out against this.
Maybe a week or so comes by and HIP-HOP LEGEND AND PIONEER CHUCK D OF PUBLIC ENEMY SPEAKS! Not only does he say the Slave Trade info and Diagrams are false nonsense…HE FOLLOWS HIS WORDS BY PLANKING WITH FLAVOR FLAV!!!!
Not only is there not a response from ANYONE…but the world keeps planking…I’m sure it was a Plank picture taken today!
Now..My issue is this..Hip-Hop FOLLOWS TOO MUCH!!! We reached a point now where anybody can tell you anything and you think it holds weight without researching it yourself. It took Chuck D to inform, educate and form your opinion about something that was made popular by random people you NEVER heard of before.
Had Xzibit been absolutely right or wrong some of you followed and got overly emotional and probably didn’t Google or hit Wikipedia to confirm what you seen on twitter as a BARE MINIMUM!
LET ME FURTHER BREAK DOWN MY POINT to anyone who may think I am saying that if you Plank you are a follower..because that’s not what I am saying. Check this timeline
Planking becomes the new crazy the world joins
Someone on Twitter says Planking was a method used to transport slaves and The Majority follow suit with no research
Rap veteran Xzibit tells you what twitter says and calls you an idiot for planking..Majority follows and is against it
Rap Pioneer Chuck D tells you its okay with presented logic and facts and the MAJORITY is back to thinking its okay
In this whole process the MAJORITY doesn’t take time to do research and knowledge to figure out who is right or wrong and just follows what ever a rapper tells them to do.
Why did/does it take Chuck D to set Hip-Hop Straight? How come Twitter created growing animosity about Planking? Why did XZIBIT co-sign with Twitter and most of you took an L instead of doing your own investigation? Its okay to respect opinions but WE as hip-hop heads have to get in our heads that just cause a rapper said it or its on twitter that its Gospel.
Who is going to lead hip-hop back to LEADING??? Who is not going to follow suit, trends and pop culture and bring hip-hop back to its TRUE ESSENCE which is TRUTH, STRUGGLE, EDUCATION AND REBELLION…So all you hip-hop heads that half listen to you favorite “conscious rapper” that scream “F**K THE INDUSTRY” You aren’t repping right either! Take a stand for something other than willing to Kill a person in the club for a misunderstanding.
I will leave you all to something people really need to listen to…Self Destruction…Get Yourself Together…WORD TA MUVA!
