Sep 6 - Jay-Z Backs Kanyes Bush Comments

[eminemcaparica]

Rap mogul Jay-Z is standing behind Def Jam colleague Kanye West in the wake of the latter's comments during Friday's telethon to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina. As previously reported, West declared that "George Bush doesn't care about black people" and that America is set up "to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible."

"I'm backing Kanye 100%," Jay-Z tells Billboard by phone from London. "This is America. You should be able to say what you want to say. We have freedom of speech."

Jay-Z admits he shares some of West's views about the slow response to the disaster. "It's really numbing," he says. "You can't believe it's happening in America. You wonder, what's going on? Why were people so slow to react? I don't understand it."

Although Jay-Z says he hasn't "spoken to anyone about doing a concert event" to benefit Katrina victims, he says he wants to speak with Sean "Diddy" Combs about starting a fund exclusively to aid African-Americans in times of crisis. "Just in case anything like this happens in the future, we can do what the elder Bush and [former President Bill] Clinton are doing for our people specifically."

[j_shady]

you know what i dont get is why the media is calling the hurricane victims "refugee's" they are still American Citizens

[eminemcaparica]

you know what i dont get is why the media is calling the hurricane victims "refugee's" they are still American Citizens

yau man, i love america man, but sorry for the americans... you are crazy man, you treath y'all own ppl, like shit, 4 me, the problem of the america is the racism, all the white ppl from the south is racist and shit, and alot alot black ppl are racist to.

[j_shady]

i think it depends on where you live...i live in San Fran, very cultured city, alot of diversity...but i wouldnt call it racism, i'd call it prejudice.

[eminemcaparica]

i think it depends on where you live...i live in San Fran, very cultured city, alot of diversity...but i wouldnt call it racism, i'd call it prejudice.

in my country there is racism of course, but is just some fucking nazis, and some old ppl, cus like 99% of ppl in my country don't have no problems with colors, we all help each others in some situations, and i fell like in U.S. is noty like that, and i fell sorry 4 that, cus my bigest dream is to live in U.S.
if i win the lotory, i would buy a house in all the cool states of america

[HAYZI]

i think it depends on where you live...i live in San Fran, very cultured city, alot of diversity...but i wouldnt call it racism, i'd call it prejudice.

racism is prejudice