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Posted by Robert
Rap News Network
4/22/2004 9:41:14 PM
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After previously being neutral in the recent stance The Source Magazine took against Eminem for past tapes of Eminem using racial slurs in his raps, Russell Simmons has once again offered his support to the magazine in their ongoing investigation into race and its effect on the hip-hop community.
"The Source Magazine has proven to be the most important and honest Hip-Hop publication over the last 15 years," Simmons said in a released statement. "The recent issues raised by the magazine ought to be honestly discussed."
With the recent exposure of the "hip-hop taskforce," which police unfairly targeted hip-hop artists for survilence, and racial profiling, Simmons and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network felt the need to come back on-board to support their cause.
"We are pleased that Russell and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network now see that The Source was on task by insisting that the state of Hip-Hop be re-examined," David Mays, co-founder of The Source Magazine, stated. "We simply cannot ignore or dismiss these attacks on our community and artistic expression."
The Source along with its founders, David Mays and Benzino, continue to raise awareness on the major politcal and cultural issues involving hip-hop. Mays feels that their message is starting to reach people into seeing the bigger picture.
"There has been a lot of misunderstanding and false perceptions surrounding the debate on Hip-Hop and race," Mays explained in s statement. "People are beginning to see the bigger picture— the crucial issues that The Source, Benzino and myself have been trying to get the public to focus on."
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