{"id":15516,"date":"2022-11-10T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T13:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/10\/al-sharpton-says-gun-violence-not-hip-hop-killed-takeoff\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T13:45:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T13:45:23","slug":"al-sharpton-says-gun-violence-not-hip-hop-killed-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/10\/al-sharpton-says-gun-violence-not-hip-hop-killed-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Sharpton Says Gun Violence, Not Hip Hop, Killed Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-1f3cdf0a34653c7d1e8a21c48380340e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-731edd05-e639-429f-8579-c754f71c3653-1224205759-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-731edd05-e639-429f-8579-c754f71c3653-1224205759-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/26\/16by9\/2022\/11\/09\/26e586286ebf4a589385162357fb387f_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1f3cdf0a34653c7d1e8a21c48380340e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0ae043a9c17895ec10bf3128c5c99b9f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/al-sharpton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Al Sharpton<\/strong><\/a> is laying into people who blame hip hop tradition for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/takeoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Takeoff<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s murder, and says social media solely fools you into pondering rappers are extra violent than society, at-large.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0ae043a9c17895ec10bf3128c5c99b9f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-52566c0a3b0b745d8bc1cb329882d0d6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We caught up with Rev. Al Wednesday in NYC, the place he identified hip hop is full of artists who&#8217;re accountable and actively elevate up their communities. He says it is unlucky the arrival of social media helps to amplify violent incidents far more than the nice ones.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-52566c0a3b0b745d8bc1cb329882d0d6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-984ce31acbc922f76c85fb8dc43f5396\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Rev precisely identified all the opposite music genres the place violence has occurred for many years &#8212; and he largely agreed with what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/method-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Method Man<\/strong><\/a> informed us concerning the Takeoff tragedy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-984ce31acbc922f76c85fb8dc43f5396--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-76f383435ff3c1945df4e5b605436139\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-60cce67a-6787-40f4-8a68-15ac80884b1e-1101931280-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-60cce67a-6787-40f4-8a68-15ac80884b1e-1101931280-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/89\/16by9\/2022\/11\/03\/89c16b0b80f74524b19ba99a31621dc2_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-76f383435ff3c1945df4e5b605436139--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dcfa6eeb2af9ca1184892e1cb3309907\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Wu-Tang Clan star was peeved over the slain Migos rapper&#8217;s passing, and equally irritated over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/11\/03\/method-man-takeoff-dead-blaming-hip-hop-wu-tang-power-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>all of the scapegoating of rap<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dcfa6eeb2af9ca1184892e1cb3309907--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a7deebebce5f88452f09757c72a1b41f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In truth, Rev. Al is giving hip hop credit score for being proactive relating to spreading consciousness towards gun violence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a7deebebce5f88452f09757c72a1b41f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e5b08ce9101e3641f36364949bcc1de4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e5b08ce9101e3641f36364949bcc1de4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-20342a37cacb770d5eaba6eb5b4ed998\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Late Eighties rap songs akin to Stop the Violence Movement&#8217;s &#8220;Self Destruction&#8221; and West Coast All Stars&#8217; &#8220;We&#8217;re All In The Same Gang&#8221; are proof of that.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-20342a37cacb770d5eaba6eb5b4ed998--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e2124526962d1e60dc0d8cef5b5150b7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Sharpton additionally remembers R&amp;B singers stepping into shootouts earlier than the dominance of rap &#8230; a truth to which superproducer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/teddy-riley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Teddy Riley<\/strong><\/a> can cosign.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e2124526962d1e60dc0d8cef5b5150b7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7cb3a85e13c879d07a8511bbe489c3c3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7cb3a85e13c879d07a8511bbe489c3c3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3189c2e039997aee355c4a7b814d503a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In 1989, entourages for Teddy&#8217;s group Guy and New Edition started beefing &#8230; resulting in NE\u2019s manufacturing supervisor <strong>Ronald<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1989\/07\/10\/New-Edition-production-manager-jailed-in-slaying\/6528616046400\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> <\/strong><\/a><strong>Byrd<\/strong> fatally taking pictures Guy\u2019s safety chief, <strong>Anthony Bee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3189c2e039997aee355c4a7b814d503a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bebcb8c0eb7e0dfa280c7ca81a57df90\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Takeoff&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/11\/07\/takeoff-funeral-rip-atlanta-state-farm-arena-migos-quavo-offset\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>huge memorial<\/strong><\/a> is going on Friday in his Atlanta hometown, on the State Farm Arena. The metropolis&#8217;s exhibiting up in an enormous means for the Migos star &#8212; we&#8217;re informed followers have already snatched up all tickets for the free occasion.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bebcb8c0eb7e0dfa280c7ca81a57df90--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material TMZ.com Al Sharpton is laying into people who blame hip hop tradition for Takeoff&#8216;s murder, and says social media solely fools you into pondering rappers are extra violent than society, at-large. We caught up with Rev. 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