World Star flatlines

The infamous World Star hip Hop site has recently been decommissioned.  That’s right World Star got shut down.  If you liked the content on World Star then you’ll have to go elsewhere to view such videos.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with World Star Hip Hop I’ll try my best to break down the site. World star is like a bootlegged version of YouTube.   Some of the vids posted on there are satirical skits and other video clips contain African Americans getting filmed in compromising positions. They have everything to gang fights, to people jonesing(playing the dozens, ranking, dissn etc.) on each other to family dysfunction. They also have rap beefs, celebrity gossip, and UMM… I don’t know what to call people like her but Kat Stacks. (Skeezer See older post on Hallzies blogs for definition)

Many African American leaders and  celebrities  rejoiced about the site being shut down. They said media outlets like that are tarring apart all the accomplishments and progress the African American community has made as a people. They say that the images and content on media outlets such as World Star depict a negative image of African Americans and perpetuate stereotypes. Hip Hop artist say that the site has nothing what’s so ever to do with the art form and is a mockery and disgrace to Hip Hop.

I have been guilty of indulging in World Star Hip Hop vids from time to time and yes as an African American male I’m a little ashamed of myself for finding amassment in some of the disturbing imagery on that site. However, isn’t it just as retrogressive to tune into radio shows that instigate and encourage on air rants? Isn’t wrong to watch movies and listen to music that advocates ignorance and violence?

Well we can go back and forth on what’s wrong and right but the bottom line is money. That’s right. Money. The green stuff.  There is a market for tripe like that. The only way to combat things like that is to not support it.  You don’t buy they can’t sell. It’s that simple.  Don’t subscribe or thumbs up or file share it.

So whose fault is it that content like that exists in the first place? It’s not the white man’s fault on this one. That’s our people acting a fool like that.  That’s our entertainers in rare form on shows like that.  The responsibility to not have that type of content falls on us. Shutting down World Star isn’t a triumph it’s just an eye opener for how out of control were getting as a people. It’s like anything goes now. There’s no such thing as the word no, Saying no comment in interviews ….you might as well be speaking in Greek cause nobody gets it.

Well I’m all commented out on this topic but feel free to leave me your comments.

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