Ice T - "Cam'ron made a bad move"

Ice T recently spoke to SOHH.com over the "Stop Snitching" controversy which has been sparked again by rapper Cam'ron.

Cam'ron was asked on "60 Mintues" whether he would tell the police if a serial killer lived next to him; he replied no.

Ice T has this to say:

"Cam'ron made a bad move. I mean, Cam'ron applied the rules to the streets, to the rules of hip-hop. Everybody in hip-hop ain't affiliated with the streets on that level, So when they asked him that big question, if a serial killer lived next to him would he tell and he said, no; Cam'ron went out. And I love you Cam'ron, but that was a bad call. If you know somebody's in the neighborhood and he's raping little girls, you supposed to tell the police about that sucker. That's not snitching."

Ice T also gave his opinion on the recent topic of censorship in rap, in particularly to the use of the "n-word".

"I'ma say 'n**ga' til the wheels fall off. My daddy used to say it. I believe that, if it doesn't apply to you, don't say it. If you ain't from the hood, don't say n**ga. That's where it lies. It's an inside word. Jewish people can say it to each other. Black people say certain things to each other. It's ok," Ice explained. "I think a lot of black people are too overly concerned with what white people think about them. I understand that word carries a lot of pain, but not the way it's been translated."

"The way we throw the word n**ga around now...I grew up listening to Red Foxx, Ronaldo Ray and Richard Pryor, all these kinds of people," he continued. "If the intention is not there, then the word has no power."

Source: SOHH.com

Posted by chrisbell on 06 May 2007

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