Jason Whitlock Hosting Jim Rome Show

Finally I got to hear what Kansas City had for a few years on the radio. J-Whit took over the vines of the Jungle and hosted for a vacationing Jim Rome. Whitlock from the beginning expressed that he was going to be the Paul Revere of radio. He had issues on his mind and wanted to address some items that occurred to him while he was defending his position in regard to the Don Imus fiasco and his criticism of self elected to the poor only and misinformed, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Whitlock also addressed the gangsta mentality and acceptance of today's athletes. Whitlock has been critical of today black athletes adopting the hip hip culture and not recognizing that what they do in regard to representing a team, a certain league and in all cases a city. Whereas the gangsta rapper is representing himself and giving love to the game in which he got lucky and wasn't counted out in a grave yard.

Now some defenders of the hip hop culture are saying criticism of their genre is unwarranted and that dissenters are either "toms" or "ignorant" of their lifestyle. They refuse to see that a rapper rapping about cars, money and women (only that he doesn't say women) are eye candy to a young man. Rapper rapping about the gangsta life is eye candy for a young man and if, there are no men in the home, no discipline of any kind the rapper has become the role model and the kid is goint to want to emulate that lifestyle. Now, I'm not going to go on some tangent about Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, about not doing enough or nothing at all, because it wouldn't be true and besides, it ain't up to these two clowns to eradicate a certain genre. Does anyone remember a certain African saying, "It takes a village.." It takes monitoring and a little reality check for these kids.. We got to break down the real life story of a certain acceptable life-style. Meaning, we as a community, need to get a rein on our youths. And if athletes want to participate, and if rappers want to participate then with open arms and dialogue they should be welcomed too....because they know the truth, they know the lifestyle and they know or knew what it took to get where they were or are at. And let me tell you, hard work is going to come out their mouth.

If you would have asked me about rap, I probably would have told you I miss the good 'ol days of rap, cause it ain't the same, but I'm just as guilty as today's kids who listen to and enjoy today. Cause as a listener, I bumped to "F the police" by NWA, I bumped "Too Short" and still today Ice Cube is one of my favorite rappers and the bad thing is I criticized Hammer for commercializing to the white man with his taco bell and pepsi commercials....I'm just as responsible cause we should have rejected gangsta rap, we should have rejected rap lyrics with bitches and ho's in it, but no we got blinded by the Rumpshaker video....So we let it slide.

But we can't anymore, after hundreds and probably thousands of young men dying in the street for a blue or red rag or for a crack cocaine corner. You would think that folk would know right for wrong, but apparently not.....