10 Rappers Accused Of Promoting Terrorism

justinm — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:27:19 +0000

From Biggie saying “Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade,” to artists like Tragedy Khadafi, Hussein Fatal, and Noreaga> taking the names of ruthless dictators, otherwise harmless rappers have sometimes come across as terror’s advocates.

On the seventh anniversary of the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil (if you don’t count the genocide of Native Americans…) we bring you 10 rappers who were (or could have been) accused of promoting international and domestic terrorism. Check ‘em out below…

JUELZ SANTANA
He's got crew named the Taliban, and on the mixtape version of “I Love You,” he said, “I worship the late prophet, the great Mohamed Atta,” a.k.a. the guy who flew the first plane to strike the World Trade Center. On the Diplomatic Immunity album version he changed it to boxing great and civil rights activist Muhammad Ali, but Atta had already given him a black eye.

PARIS
As if calling his 2003 album Sonic Jihad wasn't controversial enough, this Bay Area firestarter really did it with the cover art, which nodded to 9/11 with a depiction of a plane flying towards the White House. The album was released with a blacked-out censored cover to get in stores. Those who actually listened to it were the real victims.

M.I.A.
The London-born MC of Sri Lankan descent, whose father was once a member of the Tamil Tiger separatist group, has been accused of supporting terrorist violence by using Tiger imagery in album art and stage shows. Recently, fellow Sri Lankan rapper DeLon made a diss track denouncing her. Maya denied supporting terrorism and said his track was merely a cheap publicity stunt. One thing that is clear'she absolutely murders dude on the mic.

DJ KHALED
After 9/11, the Palestinian-American DJ/producer/radio personality dropped his nickname, the “Arab Attack” so as not to offend people. It was a very sensitive and savvy move, but that of course has not stopped him from bombarding the public with buffoonery.

JADAKISS
With DJ Keyz, ‘Kiss put out the Al-Qaeda Jada mixtape, on which he's seen wearing what could be a suicide bomb rigging. Maybe that's cause it's 2008 and his ass is still trying to blow up.

Click “NEXT” to see the final 5…

‘Air Traffic Chaos’ Game Drops On September 11th

donniek — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:52:12 +0000

The 9/11 propaganda video at last week’s RNC made Keith Olbermann maaaad, so wait ’til he gets a load of the newest Nintendo DS game from Japan. Called Air Traffic Chaos (Majesco-Nintendo DS), it continues the Japanese tradition of turning seemingly mundane, uninteresting tasks'in this case, controlling the takeoffs, landings, and gate assignments at a bustling airport'into addictive video games.

Which would all be fine, if it weren’t for ATC’s release date: that’s right, a game called Air Traffic Chaos, in which you can crash planes mid-air, comes out in the U.S.A. on September 11. Uh, Bad Idea Jeans, anyone? See a gameplay trailer below…

Complex Blog » September 11

10 Rappers Accused Of Promoting Terrorism

‘Air Traffic Chaos’ Game Drops On September 11th