Post by mecca on Mar 8, 2007 18:18:18 GMT -5
Peace
One of my favorite female emcees Rah Digga left FlipMode. I read a recent interview with her. The interview is sort of sad. However you can really feel where she is coming from.
Well below is a copy of an entry from her journal... it speaks volumes.
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Hello to all. Hope everyone is having a blessed new year thus far. It's been a second since I hit y’all with a journal and I do apologize. I've been extremely busy making preparations to move out West permanently (sob sob). My friends are acting like they're gonna miss me so much when none of their stinkin' asses visit me in the {oconos...lol..,They all say it's too cold up here so I gotta come to da hood. Come to think of it, isn't Newark always the hottest f**k**g city on the weather channel? They might have a point.
It saddens me to say that this will be my last journal entry for awhile. I've written to you guys time and time again about how much I'm really focused on the acting when all I get in return is how much the world just wants to hear another album. It's not fair to y’all so I'm falling back for a sec with these.
You are gonna get another album, I promise, it just may not be what you're expecting. I've changed, my music's changed and my whole outlook on life has changed. I cannot pretend I'm running around the hood thuggin’ it in my rhymes anymore so don't look for me on any mixtapes. My buzz will resurface from a movie soundtrack or some shit like that and then spiral to an album. An album that will not suffer the generic protocol of albums nowadays with the bullshit of setup and pushbacks and not enough buzz and first week sales mania blah blah, but a real conscious outlook from someone whose lived both sides of the tracks and is just puttin’ it out for your listening pleasure. Every now and then I'll toss out a thug record just to remind niggaz I'll still put one in ya, but for the most part, I'm too grown for all that other kid shit. I'm already arguin’ with my kid about what's hot. She thinks Nas is wack but loves the Pack?? Need I say more??
So everyone's calling me up and asking me whose side am I on, 50 or Cam? Neither. Truth of the matter is I think the rap game is SO FUCKED UP right now you would be surprised how many of your heroes are looking for a way out. Rap has turned into such a gimmick that now only drama makes you hot. People are actually happy that a new beef has stirred to the point where I'm even reading that this is what is gonna bring Hip-Hop back to the East?? That is the most perverse ideology I've ever heard and it is certainly not the Hip-Hop I fell in love with. While it is exciting, it should only be a piece of news. It should not be what Hip-Hop is.
Maybe watching an innocent bystander at a video shoot get gunned down right before my eyes and his children become fatherless has changed me. Rap USED to be the way out of the streets and a way to lead others out. Nowadays being a rapper is just as dangerous as being in a gang. I cannot partake in something that glorifies the destruction of a race and culture while corporate tycoons who know nothing about the ‘hood reap the benefits while the rappers are left broke and still doin’ street shit to survive. Even worse is when you're rich and gotta do destructive shit to survive.
I'm heading out now but I wanna thank all my fans and non-fans for letting me know how much you miss me...or don't. Sorry if I'm that hero that's letting you down ‘cause I hate when it happens to me. But until law and order is restored back to the music game, I don't know if that's the game I wanna play. You can log onto myspace.com/rahdigga1 and it will direct you to links to hear my music in the meantime. There's also a contest that begins March 1st to submit a demo song to me. The winner (best song of course) will win a free verse from me on the joint so make sure you guys check in frequently. The site can also be accessed though HipHopGame so don't be a stranger.
Luv to all, keep eyes on the prize and heed these words: "In order for a person to go somewhere they've never gone they must do something they've never done!" Make those changes you need to make to better your lives and your spirits. Lord knows I am!
myspace.com/rahdigga1
Don't forget to log on to rahdiggamusic.com
One of my favorite female emcees Rah Digga left FlipMode. I read a recent interview with her. The interview is sort of sad. However you can really feel where she is coming from.
Well below is a copy of an entry from her journal... it speaks volumes.
***************************************************
Hello to all. Hope everyone is having a blessed new year thus far. It's been a second since I hit y’all with a journal and I do apologize. I've been extremely busy making preparations to move out West permanently (sob sob). My friends are acting like they're gonna miss me so much when none of their stinkin' asses visit me in the {oconos...lol..,They all say it's too cold up here so I gotta come to da hood. Come to think of it, isn't Newark always the hottest f**k**g city on the weather channel? They might have a point.
It saddens me to say that this will be my last journal entry for awhile. I've written to you guys time and time again about how much I'm really focused on the acting when all I get in return is how much the world just wants to hear another album. It's not fair to y’all so I'm falling back for a sec with these.
You are gonna get another album, I promise, it just may not be what you're expecting. I've changed, my music's changed and my whole outlook on life has changed. I cannot pretend I'm running around the hood thuggin’ it in my rhymes anymore so don't look for me on any mixtapes. My buzz will resurface from a movie soundtrack or some shit like that and then spiral to an album. An album that will not suffer the generic protocol of albums nowadays with the bullshit of setup and pushbacks and not enough buzz and first week sales mania blah blah, but a real conscious outlook from someone whose lived both sides of the tracks and is just puttin’ it out for your listening pleasure. Every now and then I'll toss out a thug record just to remind niggaz I'll still put one in ya, but for the most part, I'm too grown for all that other kid shit. I'm already arguin’ with my kid about what's hot. She thinks Nas is wack but loves the Pack?? Need I say more??
So everyone's calling me up and asking me whose side am I on, 50 or Cam? Neither. Truth of the matter is I think the rap game is SO FUCKED UP right now you would be surprised how many of your heroes are looking for a way out. Rap has turned into such a gimmick that now only drama makes you hot. People are actually happy that a new beef has stirred to the point where I'm even reading that this is what is gonna bring Hip-Hop back to the East?? That is the most perverse ideology I've ever heard and it is certainly not the Hip-Hop I fell in love with. While it is exciting, it should only be a piece of news. It should not be what Hip-Hop is.
Maybe watching an innocent bystander at a video shoot get gunned down right before my eyes and his children become fatherless has changed me. Rap USED to be the way out of the streets and a way to lead others out. Nowadays being a rapper is just as dangerous as being in a gang. I cannot partake in something that glorifies the destruction of a race and culture while corporate tycoons who know nothing about the ‘hood reap the benefits while the rappers are left broke and still doin’ street shit to survive. Even worse is when you're rich and gotta do destructive shit to survive.
I'm heading out now but I wanna thank all my fans and non-fans for letting me know how much you miss me...or don't. Sorry if I'm that hero that's letting you down ‘cause I hate when it happens to me. But until law and order is restored back to the music game, I don't know if that's the game I wanna play. You can log onto myspace.com/rahdigga1 and it will direct you to links to hear my music in the meantime. There's also a contest that begins March 1st to submit a demo song to me. The winner (best song of course) will win a free verse from me on the joint so make sure you guys check in frequently. The site can also be accessed though HipHopGame so don't be a stranger.
Luv to all, keep eyes on the prize and heed these words: "In order for a person to go somewhere they've never gone they must do something they've never done!" Make those changes you need to make to better your lives and your spirits. Lord knows I am!
myspace.com/rahdigga1
Don't forget to log on to rahdiggamusic.com
