Mos Def insults U2 for allegedly not helping Katrina victims

[Webslinger]

Mos Def slams U2 for not supporting Katrina victims


""It's enough to make you holler out/Like where the f**k is Sir Bono and his famous friends now?/Don't get it twisted, man, I dig U2/But if you ain't about the ghetto, than f**k you too/Who cares about rock and roll when babies can't eat food?""

Umm . . .

I guess showing the Redcross contact information on the screens during U2's concert in Toronto on Monday means U2 doesn't care?

How about participating in two charity broadcasts (for Katrina victims/Redcross)?

1. http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...d.php?t=197359

2. http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...d.php?t=197069


What is this guy's problem?

[Wildfire]

What is this guy's problem?

George Bush hates black people.

[Headhunter]

Mos Def is wrong on this one, I think...he should be slamming Sean Penn and his PR fueled trip to New Orleans if anything.

[bluetroll]

he's an idiot.

[Montague]

Mos Def dun like white people.

[Yaowsers]

They're so poor, and so black.

[Beradon]

*sigh* mos def is just perpetuating the stereotype of black people making every issue about race.

[fuhreal]

Met the dude, had a conversation with him, very respectable person.

I'm behind him....

[hyperion]

rap artist mentality - gotta sell ma recordz by bashing random peoplez and looking charitable

[ClubberLang]

that line is hardly a diss at all. he's simply saying that typical celeb philanthopists (in this case U2) better step up to the plate when it comes to assisting Katrina victims. You are all blowing his comments out of proportion.

[TheTik]

Mos def is cool but.....dissin bono is NOT cool !

[Webslinger]

that line is hardly a diss at all. he's simply saying that typical celeb philanthopists (in this case U2) better step up to the plate when it comes to assisting Katrina victims. You are all blowing his comments out of proportion.

The point is they (U2) already have "stepped up to the plate". Mos Def is barking up the wrong tree--and is, obviously, clueless. A lot of people behind the MakePovertyHistory campaign also helped Katrina victims/the Redcross.

[ClubberLang]

The point is they (U2) already have "stepped up to the plate". Mos Def is barking up the wrong tree--and is, obviously, clueless. A lot of people behind the MakePovertyHistory campaign also helped Katrina victims/the Redcross.

this song was recorded and released ona mixtape days after katrina hit, before U2 was holding benefit concerts. the song is supposed to be a cathartic angry rant. if he really had beef with u2, he wouldn't have included the line "i dig u2". you're over reacting.

[ClubberLang]

another thing of note is that he begins the line by saying "it's enough to make you holler" which implys that the following statement is extreme and almost unreasonable. on top of that you have to determine whether Mos def is saying "f- u2" or is describing someone who is frustrated enough to say f-u2. i think people are sensationalizing and looking for a story where one doesn't exist.

[Webslinger]

this song was recorded and released ona mixtape days after katrina hit, before U2 was holding benefit concerts. the song is supposed to be a cathartic angry rant. if he really had beef with u2, he wouldn't have included the line "i dig u2". you're over reacting.

No. If you analyze those lines properly he is saying, while "I dig u2", where the hell is Bono now that Katrina victims need help? Mos Def is clueless and should have contacted Bono to find out whether he wasn't going to do anything before spouting off.