Mon 7 May 2012
Did You See The NY Post’s Racist Comments About Jay-Z and The Nets?
Posted by Mikey Fresh under hmmm....? , life beyond rap[39] Comments
NY Post columnist Phil Mushnick’s racist remarks toward Jay-Z helping out with the new Brooklyn Nets logo and marketing are still causing an uproar and have yet to be pulled. I’m actually pretty surprised they have not done so. Here’s what he said:
As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots — what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home — why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment?
Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N——s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B—-hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way
(via NYPost)
*I’ll admit I didn’t think twice about copping this hat after I spotted it at my local Lids.
Read Phil’s statements defending his stance after the jump and let us know what you think in the comments…
“Jay-Z profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture and I’m the racist? Some truths, I guess, are just hard to read, let alone think about.”
(via DigitalMusicNews)
May 7th, 2012 at 8:57 am
Mr Mushnick is a bit disconnected, it appears he might have some personal vendetta as this is not the first time he portrayed Jay Z / rappers negatively in his articles. Too many reporters in the US forget to simply REPORT, even if it’s only sports — their personal vendettas and opinions are not wanted / needed. when doing a search on mushnick + jay z, some rather amusing articles pop us, 3 pages of them, all with jay z references by mushnick.
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Angry Gillmore Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 10:03 am
Agreed. He’s a post Modern throw back to sports Journalism anyway, where they rely on political relationships made. I bleed Blue and Orange too,and Madison square garden is still the world’s most famous arena but The Nets Franchise moving to Brooklyn and the Bar clay venture is a big deal. The Franchise moving and revamping to a urban market seems to be what has disturbed him. They try to down play the Brooklyn Dodgers the same way in the press.
*I’ll admit I didn’t think twice about copping this hat after I spotted it at my local Lids*=That made my Monday morning lol
Aside all his prejudice and racial babble (obvious bias towards hip-hop culture) He made interesting under tone. Jay-z marketing a basketball franchise is a whole different animal; it isn’t music he’s selling it’s Basketball branding. If you disagree ask yourself how many Rocawear items you currently own? as far as him pillaging the community; let’s get real here Michael Jordan himself does it in the basketball world. It’s apart of ownership rights.
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allenxchi Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
True. News reporting should be unbiased & fair, not subjective & colored with opinions. Many times Miss. Info has been guilty of this, promoting her own articles & passing them off as genuine, news worthy content, failing to be objective, even though she admits to being a journalist. But what do u expect from a ‘blogger”? Which is proberbly why the article exists in the 1st place… Cause of outlets like this..
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afro Reply:
May 8th, 2012 at 12:27 am
I don’t think that’s her problem son … I only get annoyed when there is some sort of beef and she reports it, instigates, gives it life and wings and then ends it with some thing like:
This isnt neccessary …Or
I hope they come to their senses… Or
I truly hope this doesn’t escalate to something physical …
lol.. I mean i get it.
Its your job and that’s why i come here… but be real and dont pretend.
You escalate all sorts of beef. The worst thing you can feed a beefin rappers ego is bringing a bigger crowd and pointing out the he said/she said.
Info’s that person in the crowd at a freestyle battle that goes like:
OOoooooo.
Brrrrah Brrrrrrah, click clack…
Oh no he didn’t…
lol
love you info.
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Miss Info Reply:
May 8th, 2012 at 1:08 am
wait…why am I being pulled into this?
May 7th, 2012 at 8:59 am
What’s interesting is no one can win in this. Double standards are a mofo haha. This is the “N-Word” debate all over again, essentially. Racial disparities and the subsequent etiquette one has to ascribe to to remain 100% politically correct(read: sensitive) are so tiresome, but this is an interesting talking point albeit the aggressive approach/use of language…BUT isn’t that what hiphop is about…
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Thoughts... Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 8:59 am
…this writer is playing chess.
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Pete from Harlem Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 10:15 am
True,true…People are always gonna have opinions on everything. His is not even the worst. Jay-Z knows this. It’s all a matter of getting people to take notice of this reporter. If he were really important,he’d be writing about things that really matter…somewhere in the shadow of Marie Colvin cowering. Lost an eye first reporting on the atrocities in Syria…then finally her life doing the same damn thing seven years later. That’s a reporter. Not this guy. He’s using this as a stepping stone. Taking a page outta Bill O’Reilly’s playbook. Nobody’s watching…least of all Shawn Carter.
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May 7th, 2012 at 9:02 am
I think Phil’s comments are only offensive to JAY-Z. Jay has a mainstream hit song called N-gg-s in Paris so I’m supposed to be upset that a columnist uses it or suggests it for the NETS name? Sure, no one may like the comment but he has a right to say it. Lets not get all liberal-sensitive-stupid. Anybody here would get offended by a rap cd cover w/ a 9mm casing called Ni–as whatever? If not, then u best not be upset about a irrelevant columnist.
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tgoddfrey Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
So essentially you are saying frist of all that all African Amricans use the word “nigga” or “nigger”, which is in itself a extremely racist remark, because my grandparents dont use the word. The NY POst is national newspaper/mag so its hsould be conscious of everyone who reads. They are offensive to everyone who reads it. Secondly Im sure it was the majoritys decision to make those colors official and last time I check Jay-z is not a mojority owner and more than likely they are using Jayz’s start power to push the new colors and redesign of the logo because thats good business. Mushnick is a racist and its morons like you and him who use covert racism and say its the same as a black man who uses it on his friends. But homosexual men call one another”faggot” and “bitch” but if a heterosexual man does then its offensive and may lead to a latercation. If you think this ok then you should drop white men off in Marcy projects and let them do a test run and see if its ok for them to use it. If yo yare a black man you are the highest level of a coon that there can be and you are very ignorant my friend. If you are white then you are a covert racist and too afraid to stand up and be anti-racit and not tolerant.
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Jasperfect Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
I agree with S. Matt there’s no reason that song should be titled N—–’s in paris”. I stopped saying the N word about the time I turned 25, and everytime I refer to this song I say N words in paris. people always look at me funny but I don’t care.
@tgodfrey calling other blacks coons does nothing but show your ignorance also. Your right Mushnicks remarks are racist, he’s only attacking Jay-z becuase he’s black. 90% of media & entertainment potrays everything negativly but it’s always ignored or seen as fiction except for when it’s black people. Movie stars kill people, are adulterers, thieves etc etc but only rappers are attacked for verbal portraying the same images.
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May 7th, 2012 at 9:19 am
As pissed as I was reading that and his obvious misunderstanding of hip hop and Black culture, I thought to myself if he has a daughter, its highly likely that she likes our beloved genre (or will do if she’s much younger).
Then payback will be received in the form of her lust for a Weezy-like rapper and eventually bedding a rapper or three (or someone who looks the part)….kind of a weird thing to think about but it’s certainly not impossible hahaha….
And if he doesn’t have a daughter, then everything I just said will be irrelevant. Which would suck because this asshole deserves it.
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May 7th, 2012 at 9:34 am
To me it appears that this guy is angry about the “urbanization” or a particular individuals influence on a basketball team. To express his disdain this reporter has merely illustrated his point by suggesting we see the Jay-z theme all the way thru, thereby highlighting the absurdity of allowing Jay to hijack the persona of the Nets.
And lets not forget people – there is a wealth of truth in his rebuttal:
“Jay-Z profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture”
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May 7th, 2012 at 10:07 am
I gotta agree w Mushnick’s stance. I like Jay but when one profits off the hood, you gotta bite the bullets that come your way. No different than Nike/Jordan selling $100 sneaks in 80′s to poor kids. There’s gonna be criticism that comes w that. However, racist rants are never a positive way to raise the issue.
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Angry Gillmore Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 10:25 am
That’s the major pin-point topic here; the rest were just Gimic filled headlines. and to keep the reference going look at the Jordan Venture with the Charlotte Bobcats. Just because you are an iconic entertainer or athlete does not mean you may necessarily revitalize a franchise. still rooting for them though; minority sport team owners crossing over to bigger horizons is never a bad thing.
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sean Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
he made profit of his life experience, he grow up in hood and rap about what he did and grow up seeing
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Angry Gillmore Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
That’s the excuse people give to compensate for a broken moral compass
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Tone Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
You feel comfortable defining morality for another person? Better yet, have you seen enough of Jay-Z in totality to determine whether he has a “broken moral compass” or not? What does getting out of crime and finding an honest job (rapping) say about his moral compass or your depiction of it? Thats a quintissential rap story. What about all of the other positive things that he’s been a part of? Narrowly defining a complex life is always dangerous. Thats what Mushnick did.
Angry Gillmore Reply:
May 8th, 2012 at 1:20 am
^ The issue isn’t if its right or wrong what Mushnick did. We All know his racial tone was wrong. The issue is why should jay-z get a pass on morality because he artistically interpreted it?
Mushnick was wrong stereotyping him but he was right about him pillaging his own community. People like to pick and chose sides with entertainment and reality. but when presented with serious social issues the say “it’s only music or he is authentic about it” when they want an escape goat-they conveniently flip flop. Selling your own people poison is wrong i don’t care how you interpret it or the fact he escaped it and found a way to profit off his story through music.
Moral of the story: Morality is never a complex issue either you are right or wrong. Hold journalists to the same standards as rappers.
May 7th, 2012 at 10:41 am
There’s also the obvious issue that this fella seems to mind the “urbanization” of a franchise with 90% black players. What part of the game is that? We can play for the team, make money for the team, be as ‘urban’ as we want as ‘employees’..but there’s a problem when urbanization comes from the top end, i.e., ownership/management? FOH.
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Anon Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 11:45 am
lmao – I must admit I completely overlooked this. Touche.
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tgoddfrey Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
U need to post this everywhere my brother.
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May 7th, 2012 at 11:44 am
Smart-Dumb Cats are ridiculous!?! People insist on over-intellectualizing racism into something ‘new’ (i.e. Hipster Racism (c)Jezebel)….it’s isn’t though; and it NEVER will be. Mushnick is a fucking racist; and you tell racists to “Eat Hitler’s Dick”; end of story!
Mushnick’s retort is only valid if in actuality the Nets/Jay-Z had come out of the gate with quote/unquote “Niggers, Bitches/Hoes and 9mm Hollow-tip shells” The Nets/Jay-Z didn’t do that did they!? Damn it’s just Black and White Yo!? So everything else is in Mushnick’s bigoted ass simple mind.
“So Mushnick…Eat Hitler’s Dick; End of Story.” (c)bboycult
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May 7th, 2012 at 11:50 am
This writer is on point. Y’all just mad he pointed it out. Kudos. PROPS !!!
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HipHop Reply:
May 7th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
And what point is that exactly…?
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May 7th, 2012 at 12:30 pm
The logo does remind me of the Raiders, which is prominent in the West Coast hoods
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May 7th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Blacks are the only race that can never get past their past. Jay-Z turned a horrible child hood into a career were he made millions and launched that into business ventures. When is the last time you heard a reporter bring up Robert Downey Jr. drug abuse? If they ever side lined him with that kind of question the reporter would get fired instantly. When is the last time you heard a reporter talk about Kim K. sex tape? I will never understand why black artist/athletes/entertainers are hold at such a higher standard than their counterparts. Shit I remember when some sports host were bitching about Kobe being in a damn video game commercial…
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May 7th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
“Jay-Z profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture and I’m the racist? Some truths, I guess, are just hard to read, let alone think about.”
He’s not completely wrong about this one.
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May 7th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
These morons seem to forget that rap is a form of art. Theproblem is that anything that a black man is associated to is always valued at a much lower value than that of a white man. When a artist draws a picture of a bunch of naked babies then its art but if a rapper explains life stories through music then its violence and getting money from “profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture”. White people seem to forget that the labels that 99% of the rappers are on are owned by white and jewish men. ANd some of you african amerians tht say this is ok are some of the bioggest coons known to man>malcolm X and MLK are rolling in their grave.fuckn idiots
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May 7th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Secondary note: Last time I checked, the most sustaining and self-enslaving stereotypes about black-american culture were: Laziness (not sure that being the owner of several multi-million dollar businesses qualifies there), Reckless child-fathering (One kid, one baby-mamma…scratch that…WIFE. Hm.) Drug-Dealing (didn’t this guy make one album about hustling, and 10 about how he escaped hustling?)… Nothing adds up here. Dude is just mad. And woefully racist. Meh.
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May 7th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Damn. I’ma have to start reading the NY Post lol.
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May 7th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
The rant shouldnt be the main issue.
The main issue is the fact that the New York Post ran with it, which means that there are more ppl that actually feel that way about it. Ppl that have no idea the transition this man has made in his life and in his music.
But hey ignorance is bliss and judgement is free.
Mushnick also was quoted as saying he never felt this way until ppl like Jay-z and i guess that era where it became prevalant in common speech. But that the excuse they all use.
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May 7th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Ok the writer haa problem with race and the urbanization of a basketball team… And likely Jay-Z as a whole.
I honestly don’t care what anybody wants to say about the Nets.. Jay owns like 1% but they are using him as the face of the company.. Great. Fine. We have seen this done a thousand times…
My issue here is that some ppl are making a big deal about Jay capitalizing off black ppl and the hood nad bla bla bla bla… I just don’t understand, this is business. So its ok for white executives to just continue holding down all the wealth but a black man is not to capitalize on his ppl? He should not sell product to them nor services? He doesn’t deserve compensation for his work? He shouldn’t use his influence to better a city if has the opportunity, let alone the city he was raised in?
Loook… That’s the type of thinking that will keep ppl broke. As long as he doesn’t cross over into exploitation then I think its morally and ethically ok. The Brooklyn Nets will bring mucho revenue to the city and eventually can benefit everybody there… Yes the ppl who are relocated because of it will have a different story to tell but I bet u in 5-10 years when the city really starts seeing the benefits, they will award Jay and we will see more bitchin because yall won’t know why they awarding him huh? If its good for business and its good for the economy… Then its a go.
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May 7th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
WHOEVER AGREES WITH THIS RACIST MAN IS EITHER WHITE OR SEVERLY MISINFORMED ABOUT JAY-Z…WHO GAVE THIS WHITE MAN THE RIGHT TO SAY WHATS RIGHT AND WRONG ABOUT “BLACK” PEOPLE, WHILE HE WAS BORN AND RAISED WITH THE EASY LIFE OF THE WHITE MAN…HOW CAN THIS OLD ASS BAG OF FLOUR JUDGE JAY Z AND JAYZ REPRESENTS BLACK CULTURE THIS MAN JUST DEGRADED A WHOLE CULTURE… HE AINT NEVER HAVE A STRUGGLE IN HIS LIFE AND MOST LIKELY WAS BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN HIS LIFE AND A COLLEGE FUND…HES JUST MAD BECAUSE OBAMA IS PRO JAY Z…
SO NOW AMERICA ONLY RECOGNIZES GAY BASHING AS A HATE CRIME…AND NIGGER IS FREE OF CHARGE
IF HE JUST WENT ON A RANT ABOUT GAYS AND FUCKING FAGGOT ASS HOMOS HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED…THAT ARTICLE SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A HATE CRIME NOT A FUCKING DEBATE…
WHAT KIND OF WORLD DID MARTIN LUTHER KING LEAVE IF GAYS HAVE MORE RIGHT THAN BLACK MINORITIES…
THE WAY SOCIAETY IS TODAY LADY GAGA IS THE NEW MARTIN LUTHER KING AND GAY IS THE NEW BLACK…AND BLACKS ARE THE NEW DOGS
THE NY POST SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN OVER THAT ARTICLE
BUM ASS WHITE GUY HATING ON THE RICH BLACK AND FAMOUS
TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING I FEEL THAT THIS IS 100 TIMES WORSE THAN DON IMUS AND I WANNA KNOW WHERES THE OUTRAGE….
HE JUST DOWN GRAGE BLACK MEAN AND WOMEN BY CALLING US NIGGERS AND BITCHES WITH GUNS AND SHELL CASINGS… WHAT HE ACCUSING JAY Z OF DOING HE JUST DID PUTTING STEREOTYPES SO FOUL IN THE NY POST???
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May 7th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
How is this in any shape or form related to race? Maybe I’m in need of some glasses but I certainly didn’t read anything racist. The guy was just (ironically/humorously) referring to Jay’s lyrics and/or his past dealings with street shit. And there’s nothing racist about that. That’s attacking someone’s character, not their race. But I guess the fact that Jay is black suddenly makes it a racial thing.
Fucking race card always being pulled to quick and shit, lol.
PS: “Jay-Z profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture and I’m the racist? Some truths, I guess, are just hard to read, let alone think about.”
He does have a point, you know?
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May 7th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
“Jay-Z profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture and I’m the racist? Some truths, I guess, are just hard to read, let alone think about.”
YOU CLAIM JAY Z IS SUSTAINING THESE STEREOTYPES TO MAKE MONEY…BUT WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS?:
Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N——s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B—-hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way
(via NYPost)
TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MAN AND THE NEW YORK POST ARE DOING THE EXACT THINGS THEY ARE ACCUSING JAY Z OF DOING…
THE NY POST IS:
profitING from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture…THEY DIDNT PULL THE ARTICLE FROM THE POST SO WHOS THE HYPOCRIT THE NY POST OR THE RACIST EDITOR
THIS MAN IS TRYING TO SLANDER 1 OF THE BEST THINGS TO HAPPEN TO BLACK PEOPLE…THE INFLUENTIAL MAN WHO SPEAKS FOR THE MINORITIES AND URBAN CULTURE…IF THE NY POST CAN SLANDER JAY Z WHOS GONNA TAKE THE MINORITIES OF URBAN AMERICA SERIOUS…OPEN YOUR MINDS RETARDS
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May 7th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
THIS MAN MUST THINKS JAY-Z IS DMX, OR WAKA FLOCKA CAUSE HES MISSING A FEW SCREWS IF THATS WHAT JAY Z IS FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE…
I BLAME WAKA FLOCKAS ILLITERATE ASS FOR THIS…ALL THESE GIMMICKS NOW NIGGAS TAKING HIP HOP/JAY Z FOR A JOKE
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May 8th, 2012 at 7:59 am
Call it what you want, but its all open to interpretation…
I see an artist/rapper who has used his talent and gone corporate…the man influences millions and is a role model to some effect.
This journalists comments had a blatant racist undertone and I fail to see how his comments can be justified. Furthermore we need to look beyond the journalist, who allowed the publication of the comments??? and who is the editor?…these are the questions we should be asking…
In defence of Miss Info, I don’t see why she was dragged into this.
This is “her’ blog….if you want politics go watch BBC or CNN…if you want various opinions expand on your sources…the comments I see here at times *cringe* Ciao
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May 9th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Any black person who is still reading the NY Pst rag is a fool.
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