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Keys Talks About Her Conspiracy Theories
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."
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 May issue, on newsstands Tuesday.
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."
Keys' AK-47 jewelry came as a surprise to her mother, who is quoted as telling Blender: "She wears what? That doesn't sound like Alicia." Keys' publicist, Theola Borden, said Keys was on vacation and unavailable for comment.
Though she's known for her romantic tunes, she told Blender that she wants to write more political songs. If black leaders such as the late Black Panther Huey Newton "had the outlets our musicians have today, it'd be global. I have to figure out a way to do it myself," she said.
The multiplatinum songstress behind the hits "Fallin'" and "No One" most recently had success with her latest CD, "As I Am," which sold millions.
So, to expand on her theory, the government supplied Eazy E with the drugs he was selling? Because he basically started so called "Gangsta Rap" when he took money he made from selling those drugs and bought studio time. Then sold the tapes (yes, TAPES...thats how long ago it was) out of his trunk. After that became successful, the record companies decide they wanted a some of the action and started mass producing his stuff. That's where "Gangsta Rap" was born. And that's why you have Ice Cube, Snoop, Dr. Dre, Eminem and all the rest.
You need a history lesson, Ms. Keys. Now STFU and just sing your songs.
