An open letter to WorldstarHipHop.com from the Universal Zulu Nation...
RE:
FALSE ADVERISEMENT AND MISLEADING INFORMATION ABOUT HIP-HOP CULTURE
Mr. O’Denat,
On behalf of the thousands of members of the Universal Zulu Nation,
of which I am Minister Of Information, I write you this letter in peace
and hope these words find you in the best of health and spirits.
Brother, we at UZN have the utmost respect and love for all who choose
to take our Culture to new heights, and we thank you for your part in
creating new media that preserves our culture. It is with great sadness
that we bring to your attention the obvious ills of your site,
WorldStarHipHop.com. Mister O’Denat, you are well aware, or should be
well aware that many are viewing your site’s content as very graphic and
extremely violent. Before you brush this off as just another person’s
opinion of your site and
the content you publish, please do not get it confused. This is not the case.
As I mentioned earlier, Mr. O’Denat, I am a representative of the
Universal Zulu Nation, and we take our Culture quite serious. You are a
Black man who has accomplished quite a lot without a formal education,
and I’m quite sure when you dropped out of New York’s Grover Cleveland
High School, you would never have imagined that you’d be as successful
with your company, World Star, LLC. Doesn’t it bother you just a little
that another Black man (that man being yourself), has “made it” out of
the “ghetto”, only to display unnerving images and videos of young
adults berating, belittling, and beating each other solely for the
purpose of the enjoyment of who you are led to believe are “millions of
Hip-Hoppers?”
Mr. O’Denat, the followers of your site are impressionable young men
and women who “follow” you for a reason. As salacious as you may want
your site to be, our youth are looking for answers and solutions to the
many problems that plague our communities. The young people use your
site as an outlet to escape the world they are living in, only to find
that you place them right back at the starting point. Brother, you are
well aware, or should be aware of the way Haitians are treated all over
the world, including their own country. After all, Mr. O’Denat, you are
Haitian, and you have even labeled yourself as a “Haitian Ghetto Nerd”,
to gain God knows what kind of accolades. I am not Haitian, but I find
it deplorable for a Haitian to associate such a dignified people with
the “ghetto”, when Haitians come to this country to escape ghetto life.
Brother, I am sure you heard God speaking to you when the earthquakes
in Haiti destroyed so many lives, and many of us di a fair share of
work to help those in need. The repair for the damage done physically,
emotionally, spiritually and financially will be an ongoing process that
will take decades. But one of the brilliant brothers of Haitian decent
is instead showering the world with what you call “the CNN of the
Ghetto”. Brother, you are sadly mistaken if you would like the world to
believe that hype. If you understand journalism 101, news is reported
with two sides. Your excerpts of ghetto life, your lack of morality when
accepting uploaded material, and your drive to maintain a site for the
sole intent to destroy our Culture’s standing in these Americas is both
uncouth and unacceptable by all of us at UZN. We are hereby separating
ourselves and our followers from your site and what it supposedly stands
for. Brother, if you were in fact the “CNN of the ghetto”, then you, as
a former resident of Queens, NY should already know who Zulu is and
what real Hip-Hop Culture is. Mr. O’Denat, there are many real
Hip-Hoppers from Queens who laid the brick in the wall that you are
trying to tear down.
You should already know about Run-DMC, Larry Smith, Salt-N-Pepa, Nas,
MC Shan, LL Cool J and the founders of FUBU Clothing, to name a new.
These men and women purposed to create a platform of expression for our
Culture, and through the years, they have maintained and preserved that
Culture. Mr. O’Denat, you are a Haitian, so you should know how serious
Haitians are about their Culture. We are just as serious.
This is a new year, and the Universal Zulu Nation has begun a
movement against anyone who is against us. Mr. O’Denat, either you are
for Hip-Hop Culture, or you are not. There is no in-between, and no
matter how many people have hyped you to believe that WorldStarHipHop is
anything close to what this Culture is, they told you a lie. Mr.
O’Denat, Hip-Hop Culture is FOUNDED on four spiritual principles. In
case you haven’t already been schooled on what those principles are,
they are: Peace, Unity, Love and Havin’ Fun. Mr. O’Denat, I pray that
you do become a “CNN of the ghetto”, and that you someday get a camera
and go to the ghetto yourself to record both sides of our neighborhoods.
We still do have neighborhoods, brother.
Mr. O’Denat, can you imagine how much more hits WorldStarHipHop would
have if you were intuitive enough to record rising Black political
stars and activists, and some of the issues they discuss when trying to
fix our problems nationwide? Or videos of Black political superstars
like Barack and Michelle Obama. I would have loved to see the
behind-the-scenes footage of the President at home with the wife and
kids – on your website. I invite you to meet me in The Bronx, Boston,
Virginia, The Carolinas, Chicago, DC, Maryland, Detroit, or any place
that you feel more comfortable, so we may discuss the realities of “the
ghetto” and how you can be better involved.
Mr. O’Denat, in closing I am asking you to remove the footage of the
young man being forced to strip naked outside while people look on and
another young man beats him with a belt while the camera man pours water
on his fully naked body.
This is the link in question, Mr, O’Denat:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=375073675924908&set=vb.100002668367738&typ
e=2&theater
This is not the first time you have posted content that has been of
this nature, and from the looks of it, this is probably Child
Pornography. Therefore, I will forward the link and the video to the
proper authorities to be sure that these young people are in fact of age
and in full consent of being on your site in such a demeaning fashion.
I’m unsure if this will bring about any charges, as there is a huge
rumor on the streets that you are in fact working for the feds and are
using your site as a cover up. But who knows? Mr. O’Denat, I again ask
that you look into the fact that you and your site have misused our
Culture’s name, committed fraud and falsely advertised your site as
“Hip-Hop”. You have forced the hand of the Universal Zulu Nation to take
further action should you continue to promote your “CNN of the ghetto”
as “Hip-Hop”, and we are asking with all due respect that you include a
disclaimer at the bottom of the front page of your website concerning
your company and Hip-Hop Culture. A great
footnote on your site should be:
“World Star Hip-Hop is in no way affiliated with real
Hip-Hop Culture or its’ founders or the Universal Zulu Nation. This site
solely for entertainment purposes, and does not promote Hip-Hop
Culture”
Mr. O’Denat, you are free to use the above language, or you may use
any language you see fit that parallels the language above. Please
contact me at your earliest convenience, should you have any questions
or concerns. I can be reached at quadeershakurmedia@gmail.com or
617-297-7423.
Respectfully,
Quadeer “M.C. Spice” Shakur
Minister of Information
Universal Zulu Nation
