Dr. Umar Johnson he is known for his strong opinions and ability to both enlighten and infuriate those who choose to debate him. In a recent appearance on a popular podcast, Dr. Umar Johnson shared his thoughts on Hip-Hop and how he feels the music and culture has not helped the wider black community.
Dr. Umar Johnson was a guest on Hustle Over Everything with host Alex Whitfield and the pair started a heated discussion about Hip-Hop that has since gone viral. In the chat, Johnson claims that hip-hop music has “betrayed Black America” after his colleague Mouse Jones locked horns with the renowned Pan-African psychologist and educator.
Jones asked Johnson if he felt that hip-hop as a culture or the industry in which it thrives was what fueled his harsh criticism. Johnson said that culture and industry are both responsible for what he described as betrayal.
“You are still selling death and destruction to my children while your children attend privileged white schools for $30,000 a year. that's what you call a traitor,” Johnson said. “The hip-hop community has betrayed Black America.”
Despite Hip-Hop's existence for half a century, Johnson doesn't see that the music or the culture has added any real value to black culture as a whole.
“You've been around for 50 years, the most popular genre of music in the world, billions and billions of dollars, and all you can tell me is that few people can get a job,” Johnson shared. “That's funny when you look at the cost the black community had to pay for Hip-Hop. Whole two or three generations of black kids growing up thinking the best thing to do is be a gangster.”
With the clip with Dr. With Umar Johnson and Mouse Jones debating the best points of Hip-Hop going viral, fans on X, ex-Twitter, offered their thoughts on the debate and even posted some examples to counter Johnson's arguments. We've got those reactions below, along with his episode Hustle Over Everything mentioned above.
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