It's true this was done to blacks.
but not by prison industry as a far as anyone has proved.
what's definite is that patently fraudulent articles undercut serious research.
The story is click bait FFS.
While this could be, “based on a true story”, it wouldn’t even get a passing grade in a creative writing class.
Ever sign a NDA for someone you were not employed by, that threatened, “violating the terms would result in job termination”?
Who gets invited to a “wanna join our conspiracy?” meeting without being vetted/groomed first?
It’s like Goldfinger explaining his whole evil plan in detail to Bond, but with a NDA instead of a laser.
The whole thing, right down to the Men In Black, is the kind of movie Lee Atwater would have enjoyed, but even he would have thought it to be over the top.
I don’t doubt for a moment there are many conspiracies that are true in the music industry, involving greed, government, racism, brainwashing and much more, but even if there is any truth to this one, it is just a good guess from someone who’s only “decision maker” duties, were whether or not to have a drink before noon.
The excuse of fear for their own safety, is a great cover for the lack of details, isn’t it?
Tupac spoke the truth and was on a path to empower Blacks. A true leader.
http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/news/music-industry-confession/
The Hip Hop Wars – Tricia Rose.
Around 1989 record sales had become digitized, whereas before this time it was based on statistics which were biased toward whatever the record companies were promoting. This system highlighted that groups such as NWA, ICE-T etc were outselling other music genres heavily, so the bias turned to promoting the gangster genre. White middle-class kids were 90% of the customer base for this genre.
The Plot Against Hip Hop – Nelson George.
Around the time Run DMC “Walk This Way” was released, the Sawyer Group were commissioned to write a report on the nature, marketability and long term potential of Hip Hop culture.
APRIL 26TH, 2012 AT 8:24 AM
It’s not at all unrealistic. However, the story is narrated like something out of a novel. If he has long separated from the industry, why not drop some names? This anonymous story still makes it easy to find who he is. Who signed papers but were ended up not being in the inside? Its that simple. Bottom line he has to drop some names for it to be investigated a bit more. Otherwise this email was most unbeneficial.
– Ericka
APRIL 26TH, 2012 AT 8:47 AM
but still no answer as to why westwood started playing so much bilge.
– Martyr
APRIL 26TH, 2012 AT 8:48 AM
I am very upset that you chose to run this obvious fakery. The real-life political and musical dynamics of things like changes in hip-hop and the rise of private prisons are interesting and worthy of study enough without this fake “mysterious men in a room deciding the fate of the world” nonsense. It is ideas like this that keep people apathetic, and running it on your site does nothing but give credence to an obvious con. If something sounds too good to be true, it always is — a la the famed “Willie Lynch” letter, etc. This is nothing but a 1990’s version of that, and I thought that WP was way too smart to give this stuff the time of day.
– SHAWN
APRIL 26TH, 2012 AT 10:15 AM
You can’t blow the whistle by just saying that it makes noise. By not naming names you’re only helping yourself feel better. You’re not helping the situation. If it is true, of course.