CollegeGrad's Rant of the Week-- Horrible Financial Messages in Hip-Hop: Use Your FEMA Check to Invest and Stay out of Jail.
Last month, I briefly addressed the relationship between . Today I was inspired to explore this relationship more after viewing an interview of the New Orlean's hip-hop artist Juvenile, and later watching his new video 'Get Your Hustle On'.
Juvenile actually lost his home to Hurricane Katrina and has since joined the ranks of the many people profiting off of the Hurricane Katrina disaster area (The Red Cross included-- You know that's wrong!)
For the novice or non-listener of hip-hop, Juvenile's lyrics are most popular for subjects touching on making money, making music, and making women back their @$$ up. In case you're wondering why I even listen to such craziness I don't (most of the time though-- occassionally there's a song that's just HOT!
**SnoooooooooooooOp!*** LOL!).
Anywho, I recently came across an interview of Juvenile while downloading MTV's RAW from iTunes. Remember I don't have a television here in Japan. Thus, my media appetite is fed through blogs, online newspapers, and iTunes and lately I have been coming across some CRAZY stuff.
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African-Americans and other groups of Americans.
As I examine my attitude towards money, I realize that my behavior is a combination of learned behavior and simply not knowing how money works.
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