That's why Amazon is selling it

And it's shipped all over the world.

Not just US

And it's marketed in very sophisticated ways through social media. This article explains how it works.

This makes a nice tldr:

It also the way our politicians see us

Can't imagine their taste is very good since they arrested both Biggie and Tupac.

Here is the text
tldr the promoters are fucking pussys and antithetical to rap

The inaugural edition of Rolling Loud New York made headlines for reasons far more serious than Travis Scott’s knees: Five hometown artists (Casanova, Sheff G, Don Q, 22Gz, and Pop Smoke) were dropped from the bill due to pressure from the New York Police Department.

A letter signed by Assistant Chief Martin Morales of Queens North claimed that the performers had been “affiliated with acts of violence citywide.” Rolling Loud co-founder Tariq Cherif said on Twitter that the letter was more than a mere suggestion to cancel performances: “If we want RL to return to NYC, we have no choice but to comply.”

“I was disappointed to learn that I can’t perform at Rolling Loud in my own hometown,” Sheff G tells Complex. “I’m earning a living and feeding my family through music. My music reflects my past and how I’ve been changing my life for the better.”

22Gz adds, “I’ve been out of the system for a while and still wasn’t able to perform at Rolling Loud. All of the artists that got banned have put our pain in the booth and in our music. I wasn’t convicted of my charges and I’ve steered clear of any trouble since then.”

In the aftermath of the festival’s decision to accede to police pressure, eyes are once again turned to the relationship between the NYPD and hip-hop. This past May, the New York Post reported on the inner workings of the department’s so-called “Rap Unit” (technically the Enterprise Operations Unit). The primary focus of the unit, the Post explains, is to “draw up weekly entertainment reports about scheduled hip-hop shows at city clubs, and designate each as posing a low, medium, or high risk for violence or other crimes.”

“If you’re going to do it at Rolling Loud, what’s to stop them from saying the same thing at a venue in the city that is much smaller?” - Attorney Kenneth J. Montgomery

While the Enterprise Operations Unit is not mentioned in Morales’ letter, and attempts by Complex to speak with Morales and the NYPD about its involvement in the Rolling Loud situation have not received responses, the letter matches the Enterprise Operations Unit’s way of doing things. And it’s a way of operating that bothers some legal experts.

Kenneth J. Montgomery is an attorney who has represented Bobby Shmurda, Mr. MFN eXquire, Tyson Beckford, the late Sean Price, and more. He questions whether the NYPD’s letter infringes on the artists’ First Amendment rights.

“If I was a constitutional lawyer, I would certainly be interested in sitting down with all of them,” he tells Complex. To Montgomery, the letter is an attempt to punish rappers for things they haven’t even done yet, and may never actually do. “That doesn’t sound too democratic to me,” he says. “You’re criminalizing the potentiality of crime. You're not criminalizing crime. If these people are who you're saying they are, where's the indictment?”

The fallout from the NYPD’s letter seems to be continuing. As recently as the day before Rolling Loud, Casanova tweeted tour dates that included a December stop at S.O.B’s in Manhattan. Now, that concert does not appear on the venue’s calendar. It’s listed as “postponed until further notice” on secondary ticket sale sites.

A Pop Smoke show at Sony Hall, still listed as occurring in February 2020 on Ticketmaster, is now “postponed” on the venue’s website.

While attempts to reach out to both venues to obtain more information were not successful as of press time, sources tell Complex that both shows were canceled in relation to the NYPD’s letter. A source familiar with the cancelations says the venues were not contacted directly by the NYPD. Instead, they were responding to the climate.

“In this situation, I think it was just the writing on the wall,” the source tells Complex. “They saw the [NYPD] letter in The New York Times and that was enough just to say, ‘This is not working for us to do.’”

Montgomery points out that this is exactly the type of fallout that is to be expected from something like the NYPD’s letter. “If you're going to do it at Rolling Loud, what's to stop them from saying the same thing at a venue in the city that is much smaller?” he points out. “They’re basically saying, ‘You guys are not going to be able to perform in this city if we can help it.’”

Even if those artists do have gang ties or associations with violence, Montgomery says, that would hardly make them unique in the music industry.

“Are they saying that these are the first guys in the music business who were associated with seedy characters?” the attorney asks rhetorically. “There was a guy by the name of Frank Sinatra. There were other guys who were rolling with gangsters, mobsters. I've never heard of [the police] saying they’re shutting down their show.”

“I have no convictions and no longer get into trouble. I know that the NYPD’s opinion of me will change once they learn more about me.” - 22Gz

An NYPD spokesperson explained the Rap Unit’s rationale to the New York Post: “The Enterprise Operations Unit focuses on venues or entertainers that have been connected with past acts of violence—regardless of musical genre. The primary goal of EOU is to anticipate, based on past incidents, where there is a significant likelihood of violence, and to take steps to prevent people from being hurt, or worse.”

Police awareness of rap shows has increased in recent years, Alex Damashek of Move Forward Music, a New York area hip-hop promoter, tells Complex.

“Within [a few years], you had the Bobby Shmurda bust and the Troy Ave incident at Irving Plaza. Since then, I think they’ve been a lot more vigilant about what’s been going on, and letting venues know when they have a concern.”

No one—concert promoter, artist, police, or otherwise—wants a repeat of the Irving Plaza incident, which ended with Troy Ave’s bodyguard dead and Taxstone in jail. But people in the New York City hip-hop community—fans, businesspeople, media, and performers alike—need to stay aware and make sure that efforts to police the community don’t continue to turn into efforts to suppress it and prevent artists from earning a living.

“I just wanna live,” Casanova wrote this weekend, sharing the news that his Rolling Loud set had been canceled. “My last felony conviction was 2007. I lost everything I ever loved and I’m still losing. It’s unfair and unfortunate that my past, which I’ve dealt with legally and personally, continues to stigmatize me and my career as a recording artist.”

“I definitely won’t let this stop me from doing what I do,” 22Gz says. “To everybody who was let down and who bought a ticket to see us, I’m sorry. Next Rolling Loud we litty.”

Sheff G tells Complex, “Hopefully through sharing these experiences it will convince kids in similar situations to not pursue that type of lifestyle. Despite this setback, I’m not going to give up and still move forward for my fans. I have no convictions and no longer get into trouble. I know that the NYPD’s opinion of me will change once they learn more about me.”

Additional reporting from Jay Salim.
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I could be wrong but I’m sure the law to carry guns came into action as to kill Indians as white man was expanding in America.?

I don't expect many to understand, and it's not something you can relate to unless you've walked a similar path,but... during my traveling work days, I experienced more than once the need to carry a firearm.
permitted to carry concealed, allowed me the chance to go back home and see my family again.
you are entitled free speech and your freedom of views, just remember, the crime or bad folks don't follow ANY rules and could care less about your politics. take away the good man's right to protect himself, and become their next target, as security is just a word.
(understand that police have NO obigation to protect you or your family, they strictly uphold the law...)

very honest explanation, i disagree with extra respect.

I think this sums it all up

They won't let control guns but they want to stop abortions Ain't we dumb

Because it's the only right the government won't take away and that's cause they don't want to get shot.

I'll go with the penis fixation. I don't own a gun - don't want one - guns are for killing. It's the second amendment in the American Bible, er, "Bill of Rights". Funny thing is that the pro-life people are usually pro-gun. Just doesn't make sense.

I wish the Bill of Rights was viewed as a bible around here.

I simply don't understand how a bunch of dead white men "grant" me my rights.

Would it help if they were live black women?

I'd prefer a struggling algorithm :)

Tremendously.

I am not black but I am a 6'5' 300+ pound white mail. when I get out of my car I have yet seen my public servent have his on his gun when he see's me. I have never been shot , but I have been scared you never know when They might get scared and shoot. I am always as helpful and curtice I can makke cause I want to live and pissing of armed cops is not a healthy way to live. When they start treating you like shit , remember it will you a lot more then it will him.

Not saying you're fat but it's interesting that fat white dudes are credible rappers and also eyed by the police like black dudes.

whoever bought them would bring us to the same situation

14 billion to control an economy worth trillions? These guys aren't prostitutes they're street hookers.

Seriously do they take bitcoin?

i think its a really mega trend. fascism was a reaction to kingdoms turning into modern nations. this time populism is a result of modern nations turning into global pieces.

Yes and there's the industrial revolution and digital revolutions as waves underneath these.

First thing to do is find out what "fascism" is. Most people are clueless about that. One excellent example of a fascist organization is Antifa (what an ironic name). Their goal is to shut down opposing ideas by force, and that's what fascist governments do (again, look up the word in the fucking dictionary). If you're going to accuse someone of being fascist, you need to show examples of fascist behavior. Guess who I'm vaguely referring to here...

When I 1st read this topic I thought it was silly but now Im reading it the New York Times

And what does that tell you about the New York Times? That it's lying about Trump? Or is it just trying to mislead its readers by implying stuff that it has no evidence of... Do the same examination of other rumor-spreading fake news organizations and make your own determination, folks. See which ones allow readers to comment on their "stories" and articles. See which ones never present both sides of an argument. Decide which ones can be relied upon for actual news (all of it) and which ones actually suppress news.

There is no news that can be relied upon this is why the reader needs to take in multiple sources and viewpoints.

Fascism isn't inevitable if people get off their asses and vote.

That's what happened in 2016, and it's a good beginning. More people are finding out that they've been lied to, and the liars are in full panic mode at this point.

Ha this really looks funny now - people have since voted almost exclusively for fascism!

World War I was a fascist nightmare in the United States with Wilson and his cronies using it to attack all of their domestic enemies: African Americans, organized labor and immigrants. It was all documented by the media and no one cared. Helped us get where we are today as much as anything.

What good is voting if the legislature is alfeady bought and sold?

Even Eisenhower, the General who defeated fascism saw what would happen. He became the President of the US and devoted his farewell speech to a warning of the future he correctly saw.

Forget Ike, Benjamin Franklin saw what would happen after helping write the constitution. He saw it as a temporary document that would require re-writing.

"it is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism"

As if it to prove the words they have been suppressed since he wrote them.

What's the source of that Franklin comment? I can't find it.

Its Franklin's Final Speach On The Constitution. What a guy, should be an inspiration for every bigga.

Thanks, seems Paine is stretching the context a bit.

If you want to know who controls the US government, you should investigate its ties to Israel. You should look at how many russian-american dual citizens work in the highest positions of influence in government, and how many israeli-americans do. You should look at how many donors in the political system have ties to Israel, and you should look at where all the wars America has engaged in recently have taken place, and who were most vocal in advocating for those wars, and who owns the news media that sold it to the american people. Once you've done all that, banging the russia drums seems like a faint distraction.

Business acumen is not a Russian thing. How many Russian products have you bought lately.

yes stoli is about it

Putin is an old KGB ploy. Don't worry Trump is here to teach yall.

I just saw the part where he shows there is no correlation between public support and legislation but a strong correlation between financial support and legislation, it's kind of mind blowing even if you're already jaded.

In both countries its a free market economy for small players. Once there is size it changes, in China big firms are controlled by government in the US big firms control the government.

Yeah that's a bigger deal and less click baity than the title.

To be fair most of the Muslim world is attacking itself endlessly

Its funny how govements target certain peoples, in the 90s it was a war against the IRA in the uk. Now they seem to target anything Islam.

Some truth here for sure but conflation too. Japan - started a way against millions of people. Germany - started a war and genocide against millions more. I will grant you the others though, they were countries minding their own business.

True. Before the Americans Islam endured British Colonization and before that the centuries long Crusades. Yeah they have done a some crazy shit especially at the fringes but the score is a fuckin blowout with the Christians scoring way, way more kills and it's still not enough.

And the basis of Christianity is forgiveness!

You're not likely to get any hassles from immigration. As for the police, you should be OK. The precaution you'll have to take with them will be to a) avoid as discreetly as possible and, b) if they do engage you, cooperate at all times and never be argumentative in any way. If you have a legit problem with an American officer, take it up through legal channels AFTER the incident. Never during. That is a sure way to escalate.

Follow the rules above, and you'll be fine. Road trips highly recommended!

Our media does not represent reality. Everyone is welcome over here!

It's not to that degree at all. Some may go out of their way to accommodate you out of shame.

A black person with a novel accent is going to get lots of smiles in the US minimum, you are going to have a great time believe me mate ;0

Yes. This.

You are more than welcome here, please come and enjoy your stay, foreign tourists are welcomed, we need the money!

It's not as bad as it looks on tv! Black people are a hugely important part of American culture and the object of love and admiration across a lot of different sub cultures. The immigration and law enforcement officers you are talking about are very likely to be African American themselves.

Yes there are some places where the inner city conflicts with the suburbs and its surely a racial situation but that's an isolated phenomenon and is unlikely to come up on your trip.

Enjoy the states and if you are going to make it to Chicago hit me up :)

Yes it can be saved and it starts with gratitude. We all stand on the shoulders America has built up from generations of relative freedom.

Well said, there is way to move forward this is it. American values are still all there; it's up to each American to recognize them.

Every time there is a pushback on Trump it shows the system has some life in it, whether its the media, the courts or the crowd.

Yes, if people like the ones at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston become leaders.

Wow, it's hard to remember this is what human beings can be.

No, this country is cursed, theres a lot of bad karma waiting.

k-rino has a nice rap-recap on this

You like this check out vinie paz on this

True mate but that cowboy is still around and he's rollin up a joint these days. Say what you like but the Yanks are way ahead of us with letting him do just that.

Thanks but the fact is that everyday 2,000 more people are arrested for cannabis in the US.

So who is the cool cowboy now?

Iceland!

Rugged, solitary I see where youre going with this.

Skynet of Skynets gets my vote.

Guns are not the problem, they never have been. Why not start laying the blame where it belongs, with the people using a gun to kill and injure other people. A gun doesn’t kill or injure anybody unless a human being is pulling the trigger. Of course, the left wants you to believe everything would be flowers and sunshine if we only got rid of the mean, evil guns. You’re right about one thing, control. People are a lot easier to control if they can’t defend themselves. Of course that kind of logic is taboo for the left. Fear mongering and race baiting are the left’s weapons of choice. The left are the biggest racists on the planet. People forget that if not for the right, the civil rights act never would have made it to Johnson’s desk to sign into law. Who was opposed to it, most of the Democrats. There were active members of the KKK in congress and they were Democrats. Am l saying there are no racists on the right. Of course l am not, but the left would have you believe their shit doesn’t stink. It’s just sad that such a large group of people are fooled by their bullshit.

Totally, if you want gun control invent it.

tldr its a tech problem :). i think that’s right

Yes but some tech, its lasted for centuries you know and thats with lots of R&D money.

Normally, l would respond to your pseudo, new age crap with logic and facts, but there's no point in wasting my time. I'm sure it would send you running to your safe space. Do everybody a favor and stay there. I'll hang on to my arsenal and sleep soundly knowing whoever makes the mistake of confronting me won't be around to do it to someone else.

Dayam, why don't we think past guns, +!

Because it's the only reason we still have a democracy. The country's fore fathers knew this. That's why they put it in the constitution. Fuck the living document bullshit. If you think things would be so great without guns, take a look at what's happened in the past. Stalin killed more of his own people than were killed during the Second World War. The only reason he was able to it was by disarming the population first. Same story with China and Cambodia. Chairman Mao loved committing genocide, to the tune of 40 million. Pol Pot did away with 2 million. What is the common denominator? One and all disarmed. If you think things would be so great if we think past guns, instead of looking at what happened when the people were disarmed. You need to look backwards, or better yet, go talk to some of those people. Oh wait, you can't. Dead men, women and children tell no tales.

Yes, defense against government was the reason and made plenty of sense when the tech was there in the 18th century. But do you think an armed citizenry has even a tiny chance against the American military now? If so let me know who you buy from here cause I want some of that shit :)

It’s expensive. $500 for a grenade. Things like stingers are in the hundreds of thousands dollars range. It’s possible to get anything you want, even tactical nukes are on the table as well. I thought it was bullshit till l saw one. That’s right boys and girls, there are rogue nukes on American soil. You’re talking 10’s of millions of dollars for one of them After seeing it l thought someone would kill me for that very reason. I try to avoid thinking about it otherwise l’ll go off the deep end.

They said the same thing about North Vietnam. Look at how that turned out. The same thing is happening right now in Afghanistan. If you’re fighting for something you believe in, anything is possible. You talked about the revolutionary war. It was the same situation. Our fore fathers believed their cause was just so they took up arms and went to war against the most powerful nation in the world at that time. We didn’t even have a standing professional army, yet we won our freedom when nobody would have thought we had any chance of defeating our foes. You also have to take into account if the army would go to war against the people who they swore to protect. If the order is given, l really doubt they would kill their fellow Americans.

Where is that the money maid by the Police, lawyers, Medical industries, air ambulance is what $4K a trip?

Why don’t you take another English grammar course. My 4 year old niece speaks and writes english better than yourself.

No If Everybody had to ware a gun and soon the dumbest and t, most unrespectful humans will not pass there unwanted gene's on as many as they now do

I am wrong. You’re the end result of inbreeding, that’s the only way to explain why you’re this stupid.

You know you are right the only catch is that the dumbest are little children

I think this would work - and it makes money - so why hasn't this happened?

That's cruel and unusual lasering.

I was cruel and unusually lasered and my bush still aches.

Is it paranoid if I think my remote control was hacked and they're lazering me right now?

I don't mean to be pedantic but this should read "Less Sex with Humans".

But munching also way up. From what I understand.

May one ask how you know that? Lol

Face it: they are too fat to fuck

youre never too fat to fuck darlin

Trump just proves any numptee can be president

I think he likes us

Totally bitch don't talk like that unless she's feeling it for ya.

cum and project your image on me baby

I don't think Americans deserve Trump it's more like they are vulnerable now and he's taking advantage like Hitler.

Trump is Hitler without the silky hair conditioner

Trump is more German

i get what all of you are saying but it's important to remember society is more than government/media/corporotracy. the freedom of america has always been how people treat each other and especially don't judge each other. america is still the most diverse society and people are supportive of you doing whatever you want to. try that in your old country or your parents old country etc. it's always a place that has felt less free than the the us.

I like the fact the DEA has removed all there lies and properganda on cannabis, this seems to be going well there. I still dont agree with alot of the gun laws etc...

By most surveys of freedom at least 15 countries.

By number of people outside of prison every country on earth.

Scotland! Freeedom!

Be careful lad, her Highness doesn't like it when her subjects get out of line.

Not just number its the percent of people living in jail and its not only Number 1, it's 5x that of nearly any country and more than 2x the number 2 prison mill, Russia.

Things are getting better, prison populations in the US peaked in 2008,

Things are not getting better, they are getting worse because the prison industry is embedded into the state.

“if all drug cases were eliminated, the US imprisonment rate would still have quadrupled over the past thirty-five years.”"

How free is a country where 1/3 of the population is considered by its government to be criminals?

At some point any maybe we are there now it's like the lack of a criminal record says something about a person

lol, ya'll really need to be more academic. No disrespect but the man educated over 3,000 medical professions, so if you happen to believe that such information of this quotation exists, it don't cause it ain't real.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Rush#Religious_views_and_vision

Also, this is not the first time Rush has been misquoted and characterized upon his views.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15981368

Also, here's who Rush really was http://www.szasz.com/freeman7.html piece out some qoutes and tell me this conception is consistent with him?

If it involves life and death you can bet your ass that government will control it and yeah a wizzard cult that administers it like fucked up old IT department.

Whoah, how could he see this in 1789?

Medicine men have used their tricks for power since the 1st civilizations. Still a very impressive prediction though.

Definitely a time traveler