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Alicia Keys: 'Gangsta rap' was gov't conspiracy
Alicia Keys: 'Gangsta rap' was gov't conspiracy
There's another side to Alicia Keys: conspiracy theorist. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter tells Blender magazine: "'Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. 'Gangsta rap' didn't exist."
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Alicia Puts It Down
Bossip.com — ... Another of her theories: That the bicoastal feud between slain rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. was fueled ‘by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing.’” Bravo to AK for keeping it real and honest. We hope to hear more of these sentiments in future tracks. We just have one question for you Alicia, which one of the two fellows are you referring to as a “great black leader”? Source Image via WENN

Douchebag of the Day
F-Listed — ... , the R&B songstress shamelessly declared that gangsta rap was a government ploy to “convince black people to kill each other” and that Tupac and Biggie Smalls were assassinated. Via New York Daily News : “The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter tells Blender magazine: ‘Gangsta rap’ was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. ‘Gangsta rap’ didn’t exist.’ Keys, 27, said she’s read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck ‘to symbolize strength, power and killing ’em dead,’ according to an interview in the magazine’s ...

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NEW YORK — Alicia Keys says she's not a conspiracy theorist. In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying "comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented." According to ...