Snoop Dogg has come out to make sure the public is not going to compare his or any rap lyrcis to that of Don Imus's comments on his radio show. Here's a quality quote from Snoop:"It's a completely different scenario," said Snoop, barking over the phone from a hotel room in L.A. "[Rappers] are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about ho's that's in the 'hood that ain't doing sh--, that's trying to get a n---a for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC [the cable network home to Imus] going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them mutha-----as say we in the same league as him."
So to put it into terms it's ok to call a girl a ho if you are A) Not white, B) Not old, C) If you are talking about girls that aren't in college. Or if you have a rap album. And since Imus conflicts with all A, B,C and to my knowledge does not have a rap album, nor plans on making one, is not in the same league as Snoop Dogg, a man who's been arrested multiple times for possessions and weapons charges. I'm not saying I dislike Snoop, although his music has been less than stellar since the days of the Chronic, but come on Snoop your currently awaiting an arraingment, Imus used a word that you use on every single one of your albums. Maybe if you think it's such a big friggin deal to not call women at colleges ho's perhaps you should avoid that word in your lyrics. Just because you are a black man and a rap artist doesn't mean you get a free pass, and then get to act all offended when someone does the same stuff you've been doing for over a decade. What a joke, talk about a ridiculous double standard and people wonder why the world is the way it is today with race sensitivity.
One thing I've heard people complain about as well is that its an over the radio comment so any children could hear it. Come on, my guess is that 99% of Imus audience is 30+.
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