I think this would be an ideal setting to get the F.T.I. Movement in full gear. You guys at T9hq or whoever runs this board should get ahold of Tech's management and have them contact the organizers.....number is at the bottom.
Bob Law, of the National Leadership Alliance announced today that on Tuesday, January 14th, Chuck D of the rap group Public Enemy, R&B stars Ray Goodman and Brown, and Gerald Alston are among the Rappers, R&B and Pop Music stars, are lining up to appear before a Community Tribunal charging that New York radio stations, as well as BET and MTV, are deliberately censoring Black Music by refusing to play music that they say is too Black, not raw enough, too positive, or that the performers are too old!
To date, a growing number of Rap Artists, as well as R&B and Pop Music stars, are lining up to appear before a panel of City Council members, Educators and Ministers, to expose a record industry practice and a radio programming policy that literally forces performers to do lurid, negative, and even violent lyrics, or have their music ignored by New York, as well as national program directors.
"This policy has a devastating effect on the Black community that goes well beyond the selling of music," says Law, whose National Leadership Alliance, along with the December 12th Movement & The Code Foundation, are the driving forces behind the community tribunal. "We are dealing with people, Law continues, who have decided to own our intellectual property, and thereby control the ideas that inform and influence so many in our community, particularly Black Youth."
Many of the cites Black organizations have been asked to send representatives to the hearing to learn first hand why there is so much negativity on the air waves, and to hearings will take place, and Rev. Clinton Miller of Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Brooklyn.
The public hearing is set for Tuesday, January 14, at 6pm, at the Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church. 126th Street & Madison Avenue, Harlem, New York.
For More info Contact: Maxine Hunter 212 862-9120
Sistas' Place 718 398-1766
--From Davey D.com
Bob Law, of the National Leadership Alliance announced today that on Tuesday, January 14th, Chuck D of the rap group Public Enemy, R&B stars Ray Goodman and Brown, and Gerald Alston are among the Rappers, R&B and Pop Music stars, are lining up to appear before a Community Tribunal charging that New York radio stations, as well as BET and MTV, are deliberately censoring Black Music by refusing to play music that they say is too Black, not raw enough, too positive, or that the performers are too old!
To date, a growing number of Rap Artists, as well as R&B and Pop Music stars, are lining up to appear before a panel of City Council members, Educators and Ministers, to expose a record industry practice and a radio programming policy that literally forces performers to do lurid, negative, and even violent lyrics, or have their music ignored by New York, as well as national program directors.
"This policy has a devastating effect on the Black community that goes well beyond the selling of music," says Law, whose National Leadership Alliance, along with the December 12th Movement & The Code Foundation, are the driving forces behind the community tribunal. "We are dealing with people, Law continues, who have decided to own our intellectual property, and thereby control the ideas that inform and influence so many in our community, particularly Black Youth."
Many of the cites Black organizations have been asked to send representatives to the hearing to learn first hand why there is so much negativity on the air waves, and to hearings will take place, and Rev. Clinton Miller of Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Brooklyn.
The public hearing is set for Tuesday, January 14, at 6pm, at the Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church. 126th Street & Madison Avenue, Harlem, New York.
For More info Contact: Maxine Hunter 212 862-9120
Sistas' Place 718 398-1766
--From Davey D.com
