{"id":5107,"date":"2008-04-12T13:35:10","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T13:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/04\/alicia-keys-gangsta-rap-was-a.html"},"modified":"2008-04-12T13:35:10","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T13:35:10","slug":"alicia-keys-gangsta-rap-was-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/04\/alicia-keys-gangsta-rap-was-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Alicia Keys: “‘Gangsta rap’ was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other”"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’m confused. Is she accusing 50 cent and the other rappers of being dupes or part of the conspiracy<\/a>?<\/p>\n

There’s another side to Alicia Keys: conspiracy theorist. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter tells Blender magazine: “‘Gangsta rap’ was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. ‘Gangsta rap’ didn’t exist.”
\nKeys, 27, said she’s read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck “to symbolize strength, power and killing ’em dead,” according to an interview in the magazine’s May issue, on newsstands Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But what about the cop killing aspect of the songs? Isn’t that counter productive?
\n(via<\/a>)
\nBTW, none of the pictures of her on their website<\/a> show her wearing a necklace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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