Subscribe‘Jena 6′ Thugs Present BET’s Hip-Hop Award
Joyous tidings. It turns out all you have to do is beat a white kid senseless to become a rap star.
First from a site called the Concrete Loop. (Caution, being a rap site, there is racist hate speech, including the illegal “N word,” heavily featured.)
‘JENA 6′ BOYS AT BET HIP-HOP AWARDS
Bryant Purvis and Carwin Jones of The ‘Jena 6′ were presenters at BET’s 2nd Annual Hip-Hop Awards over the weekend.
Word is they spoke a little bit about the case before presenting the award for best Best Hip Hop Video. Make sure you check for the show when it airs on October 17th.
Then more details of this glorious moment in the history of our culture, from National Public Radio of all places:
Carwin Jones and Bryant Purvis, two of the teens known as the “Jena 6.”
“Jena 6″ the Latest Rap Group?
Pouya Dianat/AJC
No, these two don’t have the latest hit on the Billboard charts.
They are Carwin Jones and Bryant Purvis of the so-called “Jena 6.” The two walked the red carpet of the 2007 BET Hip-Hop Awards, held this weekend in Atlanta.
According to those in attendance, they spoke briefly about the case before presenting the Hip-Hop Video of the Year Award.
Though their cohort Mychal Bell is back behind bars, that didn’t stop the two from hamming it up for the cameras (even holding up the number six with their fingers).
What does it say about the culture’s celebrity obsession that these two would be feted as stars? Do you think their participation in the award show undermines the gravity of the situation in Jena, La.?
Things must be pretty outrageous when NPR sits up and take notice.
But of course, being NPR, this was their concern:
Do you think their participation in the award show undermines the gravity of the situation in Jena, La.?
Yes, that is what is problematic about their being celebrated as heroes, NPR.
Not that they ganged up on a kid who they beat unconscious, and then some.
Sheesh.
(Thanks to Robin Boyd for the heads up. — I think.)
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October 18th, 2007 at 1:01 am
What kind of mixed up message is this? Beat up a “white boy”, out number him 6 to 1 and then you’re a celebrity. Do not pass go just go straight to presenters at the Best Hip Hop Video Awards. Go figure!
Gang banger anger gone wild.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:26 am
I wouldn’t even say the message is mixed, TS. It’s pretty straight forward.
And just as you say.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:37 am
Some of the thoughtful musings about the Jena 6 youths, from the readers of the Concrete Loop:
But there are a few sane remarks:
October 18th, 2007 at 1:39 am
SG , you better refine your photos . I didn’t see the aclu or the most rev. jackson or sharpton in the back ground . Lens dirty ?
October 18th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Reverend Sharpton is too busy doing the talking head shows in NYC and DC.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:44 am
Actually, one of the commenters brings up another interesting point:
October 18th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Yikes:
October 18th, 2007 at 2:23 am
I dunno SG….I think BashyBoo won the comments award hands down………………….
BashyBoo
Monday, October 15, 2007
“UM THEM JENA 6 BOYS CAN GET IT…DAYUM! WHY IS IT WHEN A MAN IS FRESH OUTTA JAIL HE FINE AS HELL???”
Dayum!
October 18th, 2007 at 2:37 am
I wonder who showed those two idiots how many fingers to hold up?
I think Ja gets my nod for the most astute observation:
“And we wonder why people like Don Imus make fun of us. Hell we give them the jokes. Bury the word niggs…. long as we doing it like this it’s never going to die”.
October 18th, 2007 at 2:45 am
“there is racist hate speech, including the illegal “N word”
Only if said from a white guy.
October 18th, 2007 at 3:23 am
Um, I think you forgot to mention the word gansta, as in gangsta rap, they fit the profile to a tee. Only know this. Behind the scenes, these guys are the biggest cowards with mob mentality. Alone they will be as quiet as a church mouse and will sell each other out in a heartbeat, I.E. Flava Flav crying like a baby in the Nassau county jail after being arrested for”bitchslappin his Ho”. What is shocking in this whole story is the attitude of the black community in these situation and others like it. They just wait for the government to solve the problem while they sit on their hands and get angry. Just like New orleans. Where are the leaders in the local black community. You can not depend on the govt. or the pastors because they seem to be more interested in being black than christian, in their pursuit of “filthy lucre”. From what I hear from the locals in Jena, these guys were the thugs of the community and everyone was afraid of them. So why not join your dark soul mates in the Gangsta awards, they had some openings anyway because the original presenters were in jail already. I think it’s time the black american’s in the the country end their self imposed aparthied and forget all preconseived notions of whites, latinos and asians, and judge each person by the content of their character like Martin said and alienate in masses the people who bring your race down. Same thing with whites, latinos and asians, alienate the bad and look what the person does and says and then make your judgements. I think it won’t happen anytime soon but it’s sound’s so right. I believe the noose in princeton was hung by a black person and shame on them and all race baiters, anathema maranatha.
October 18th, 2007 at 3:29 am
Don Imus was not making fun of blacks, he was trying to make people laugh in his own sick, deviant style. He did not get fired for making that remark anyway. If you have heard him for awhile, he was fired for becoming a left wing wacko in the mold of stewart smalley and jeanene garafalo. I really thought he would resurface on the closet sexist, racist, christianphobe station called air america.
October 18th, 2007 at 4:27 am
Don Imus never beat up anyone because of their skin. Our society needs some truly deep change. The Black community is its own worst enemy.
October 18th, 2007 at 7:56 am
Welcome to the United States, where idiots, morons, criminals & lunatics are celebrated as heroes, & where crime isn’t punished, it’s tolerated.
And not ONE of the candidates for President has any solutions to crime.
It used to be that this country had a solution. Take the criminal off the streets & KEEP him off - for DECADES. But no, we must REHABILITATE, so that the criminal can be re-introduced back into society, for the common good.
And to commit his crimes all over again. How many times have we read that a drunk driver has been convicted HOW many times until he finally kills someone. Or how many times a sex offender has raped a child & been allowed out to rape another child?
October 18th, 2007 at 8:53 am
I had to study the pictures for awhile. Wasn’t sure if they were really Jena 6 thugs, NBA thugs or NFL thugs. All cut from the same cloth without much difference except the amount of big bucks showered on morons who couldn’t actually earn a living if it required their brain to operate.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
“where crime isn’t punished, it’s tolerated.”
Celebrated.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
American Black society has already been destroyed by our government’s clumsy attempts to help it.
The incarceration rates, the unwed mother rates, the unemployment rates, the dropout rates all show this.
Recall the recent study that showed that -without Black crime- America has one of the lowest crime rates of the Western industrialized nations.
It is time to act to save Black culture before it damages Blacks more, and damages the other cultures here.
Obviously the record companies get much of the blame for this. They call it HipHop and promote Gansta Culture, but what they promote is really no different than selling drugs or some other enticement to evil behavior.
The question is - what can we as citizens do ?
The political correctness pendulum has simply swung too far in favor of insanity in this case.
The Jena Six deserved to have their case examined, but never to be honored or glorified.
How to protest this craziness without accusations of racism?
Do we write to MTV? Their Sponsors?
Bill Cosby?
How do we effectively speak out about this?
Worst of all: Was my Grampa really right about rock and roll?
October 18th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Lokki…
First off, I might be old enough to be your Grampa (if I’m wrong, I apologize) and I love rock and roll, but today’s rock and roll isn’t Grampa’s.
You have great questions there, but the first sentence is the most telling in respect to the questions. Yes, the government, through the “great society” mentality started by FDR, but fine tuned into a real disaster by LBJ has absolutely destroyed black society. But it was done for power, for if the liberals controlled the black and poor in this country through creating a cradle to grave welfare entitlement mentality, that portion of our society would be required to keep them in power for their own survival. The black and poor knew full well that conservatives would never allow this to happen, and rightly so.
Do we turn to the government again to solve this problem? I believe that asking the government to fix a problem the government has created over the last 80 some years is a recipe for disaster. This problem has to be solved with tough love from within that segment of society that is most affected by it….the black community. The Bill Cosbys of that community have the right answers and attitude. Cosby and other’s of his ilk are tying to change the culture, but those with financial incentive to keep the society where it is are fighting him tooth and nail. There is also the race baiting plantation mentality segment such as Jackson and Sharpton fighting Cosby for their own interests. God only knows what will happen and whether good will finally win over evil.
As for MTV….they could care less as long as their bottom line is good. It’s “genocide” for the bottom line.
/rant
October 18th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
War , you can’t hit the nail on the head any better . This is not ” whitey ” putting down a whole race , it’s about changing the mindset of a whole generation or two . Self-esteem comes from accomplishment and responsibility , not hand outs . Black , white , red , yellow or brown ( I pray I didn’t leave anybody out ) . The thought that you can exist buy taking food off of my plate without an invite for a lifetime tickes me off ! I saw the same films from New Orleans as everybody else did , and the first thing I saw was people sitting on their hands SHOUTING , WE NEED HELP .
October 19th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
wirenut,
The next thing I saw in the videos from NOLA were people–including some in NOPD uniforms–helping themselves to liquor, big screen televisions, shoes and cars.
October 19th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
These two criminals look like f’ing idiots - oh, wait…they’re not criminals, they’re heroes! (How dare I confuse the two.) My brother’s a rapper and he doesn’t dress idiotic like that.
take_no_prisoners, you need to edit your comment . . . it’s obviously racist. (I’m kidding, of course.) Although, one wonders why the ‘truth’ is commonly mistaken for sexism, racism, ageism, etc. Oh, well…just goes to show that America is slowly going the way of Europe.
October 20th, 2007 at 1:14 am
capful of ember , (great user name BTW), They kinda look dorky like Erkel (sp) instead of Rap gangstas.
I think most Americans are starting to wakeup and pay attention to what is going on. At least I hope I’m right.
Here’s a funny HamNation video for all those depressed about the 2008 election.
http://townhall.com/video/HamNation/1450_101907MKH
October 20th, 2007 at 4:16 am
@ FLAVORLESS1
“He did not get fired for making that remark anyway.”
Huh, is this news from some alternate universe? Enlighten me then because by all accounts that I’ve heard, he was most definitely fired for his “nappy headed hos” comment regarding the Rutgers womens b-ball team. Do you expect me to believe that anyone could possibly be fired from a N.Y. radio station for being too left wing? I’m originally from N.J. so I know N.Y. radio.