Well I know I’m in the minority here, but I don’t agree with two of the Jena 6 young men being invited to an awards show and being treated like celebrities, Even though it’s apparent that racism exists within the town and school, assault is assault. It’s like they’re being rewarded for beating up a White student. I support the Jena 6 because I want them to receive fair treatment within the legal system, to be treated as juveniles and not as adults. However, I do not advocate the idea that resorting to violence is an acceptable way to deal with racism, it’s not right for either side to do it and it shouldn’t be rewarded when it happens.

Congrats to TP and the rest of the WDIGM cast for a very successful opening weekend! It’s great to see a movie do so well that doesn’t depict African Americans in a narrow-minded, stereotypical manner.

cosign with #151

loved it……Tyler perry makes great movies bc they make you laugh make you cry and in the end there is ALWAYS some spiritual concept that he manages to incorporate into the film. ALWAYS a fan and this one did not disappoint!!!!

LOVED LOVED LOVED the part at the dinner table!!!! OMGoodness!!!

oh….and i cosign with whoever just said that why did i get married is like the updated waiting to exhale….it is…except it shows both the men and the womens side of things… I DRAGGED my BF to go see it and he liked it….i saw him wipe a tear even though he will NEVER admit it.

@ #151 and #152 (for cosigning)-Who says that the two “Jena 6″ boys were treated like celebrities? Did you see them arrive in a limo? NO!!! Did you see the hotel that they stayed in? NO!!! Did you see them going to after parties? NO!!! Did you even see them chatting it up with the “celebrities”? NO!!! All that we were shown was them taking pictures (as did the other presenters) and the caption states that they briefly spoke on their situation. I’m glad that BET invited them; it shows that BET stands behind the people that they claim is their target aidience, “BLACK” Entertainment Television/”BLACK” STAR POWER!!!

I think the whole thing with the Jena 6 boys was completely stupid…These boys are not free from their charges yet. I don’t care if they were there to present and say a lil somethin…Instead of showing all those stupid shows on Bet like they do they should have a forum for the Jena 6 boys not have them taking stunna pics on the red carpet. People talking bout its good they are out having fun…they need to sit down somewhere, do some home studying, grow some common sense, and respect the people who walked out of school, traveled for hours, and took off work to walk for their dumbasses. Yeh they are not being charged fairly but they still jumped someone 6 to 1. As far as nas and the title…very stupid…he could find millions of other word with deep meaning….on a better note I love Tyler Perry’s movie and congrats to all of them on their success.

@ Sexy Black:

Just because we didn’t see them hanging out with celebrities or riding in a limo doesn’t mean that those things didn’t happen. Also, again regardless of the context in which the assault occurred, (racism) what they did was wrong and they shouldn’t have been given the opportunity to walk the red carpet at an entertainment award show or present an award like they’re heroes for what they did. Again, I support fair treatment, not the beating of another person.

#157 I co-sign with you. I agree they should get fair treatment in the legal system that is all but what they did was WRONG. I have a brother who was beat up by 2 other black guys and he is brain damaged today. So they need to stay at home and thank God that the legal system worked for them and then lead quiet lives. Who knows that the boy they beat up will start showing signs of brain damage later on- which is what happened to my brother.

@ #147-Read my statement #135: The boys picture Carwyn and Bryant were said not to have been involved in the actual “jumping” but they were guilty by assiciation!!! Carwyn had a scholarship to college to play football but because of all of this nonsense his life plans have been put on hold and he is working on an oil rig, so yes I think he deserves a little relief!!! While the others (WHITES) have gone on and are living their life. And while everyone is defending Justin Barker he was later suspended from school for bringing a loaded gun to school, do you want to know what happened to him? NOTHING HAPPENED TO HIM, and I saw the pictures from the “jumoing” and all he had was a black eyed!!! Who get years in jail for giving someone a black eye? DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS FAIR?

“jumping” not “jumoing”

WDIGM WAS A GOOD MOVIE. THE WHOLE CAST WAS GREAT, WELL DONE. THIS IS JANETS BEST PERFORMANCE ON SCREEN…I REALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS A THERAPIST…..JILL SCOTT, TASHA AND HER HUSBAND.. REALLY FUNNY!!! GOOD TO SEE A POSITIVE BLACK MOVIE.
CONGRATS, MR. PERRY!!!!

Tyler’s movie was on point. I’m excited for him and what he’s doing, a black man as a major media mogul is a great thing. This movie evoked different reactions from it’s audience and I haven’t seen that in the theater since Dreamgirls ‘And I am Telling You’ scene when everyone clapped loudly. Gone Black Hollywood keep doing your thing!

Most of you seem twisted.They were there to shed light on the Jena 6 not to mingle with everyone.I think BET did that because they know how many people from the young generation watches BET and help them give them insight of the story (if they haven’t heard about it) You people find the smallest things wrong about everything.Just be happy for them that they got a chance to speak.

I wanted to see Tyler Perry’s new movie but movies was booked all weekend!

I seen the movie Friday and it was really good.

I hope that Nas album is a rumor. Hell, how is he going to promote that? My new album is called [beep] in stores November 15th, go get that!”

lol

HOLLA JANET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to Tyler, Janet & Jill—-the movie is excellent and very deserving!!!!

You couldn’t pay me to sit and watch the Hip-Hop Awards….sh*t looks STUPID!

I hope it’s fake, too. Once you hop on the tats bandwagon, it’s hard to get off.

Thanks #163!!!

Just wanna give my 2 cent$:

JANET JACKSON ACTED HER @$$ IN THE KITCHEN SCENE WITH MALIK YOBA

RIHANNA HAS A TAT OF A GUITAR? ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS SHE THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN’T KNOW SHE’S TALENTLESS?

WHAT’S NEXT? BRITNEY’S GOING TO GET A MIC ON HER ARM - LMAO.

NAS CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS BECAUSE HE IS THAT N*GGA. HE’S LYRICALLY CORECT TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS.

To the stupid cunts: To answer your questions, they are not praising the Jena 6 boys. They are rejoicing over the fact that those racist mofo’s in the town of Jena were about to take these young boys life away over a school yard fight but the black community came together for a change to fight for justice for all.

Congrats Tyler!!! I will make plans to go see this movie this weekend.

I hope that is not a real tatt on Rih.

Jazz, you’re…nevermind.

Tyler Perry isn’t exactly my fave filmmaker, but I’m happy for the brother.

Why Did I Get Married was a GOOD movie. I loved it! Go out and see it if you hadn’t.

@ Foxxy380:

Calling those who don’t agree with you “stupid cunts” is a reflection of your own ignorance, so much for having an intelligent conversation, wait I forgot that BOTH people have to be intelligent in order to have an intelligent conversation, not just one of them…

Looks like Rihanna’s tat might be a
Trident like the Barbados Flag??

Congrats to Tyler Perry!!! I can’t say that I’m a fan of most of his productions, but he sold me on Daddy’s Little Girls, and I’m hearing nothing but good reviews with this movie. It’s homecoming season, so I don’t know when I’ll see it, but I have to!!

Sad thing is, sites that report the box office totals every Monday somehow skipped their movie posts today. I guess there hasn’t been a strong enough ORIGINAL Black movie to take that #1 spot in a while….. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come!!!

Why Did I get Married? is excellent!!! Everyone should go see it….

Rihanna’s tat? Wacc…..

#171….
u sound very ignorant calling people cunts like you have nothing else remaining in your vocabulary….You need to check your facts because last time I checked no charges have been dropped towards the other 5 of the jena 6….The only thing that has been changed is that Mychel Bell being charged as an adult. All the others are just awaiting their trials…so what is there to celebrate?….And I don’t understand if BET want to shed some light on the situation then cancel a night of hell date or 106 n park and have the jena 6 boys in a forum.

All y’all in here bitchin’ about Nas.
Fuck that, I love it.
Can’t wait to see what he has cookin’.

I have a question for Nas…If a white person goes to buy the cd, is it ok can for them to say to a back clerk…”CAN I GET THAT NAS CD…NIGGA??” LOL…i thought Nas was to intellectually for the coonin and the stunts.

BTW. Tyler Perrys new movie is great!!

WDIGM is now one of my favorite movies ever!!! i saw the movie twice (w/ my man then mom) and i cannot wait until the DVD comes out! this movie was entertaining from beginning to end…there was no boring spot. tasha smith is a trip…i loved her in the movie. she’s a really good because she gets into character very well. i HATED her character in Daddy’s Little Girls. i’m very proud of Tyler Perry. it’s good to have movies out there that men and women can enjoy. whoever does the casting has wonderful taste in men cuz there’s always eye candy in his movies!!!

The movie was GREAT!!! I would see it again.

Nas, why?

I agree Rihanna is a LAME and if thats a real tat ten its horrible like her live performances, record sales, her music sometimes, and her voice and dance skills and videos so yea I think that she needs to sit down and the rest who really cares

By your name alone you are as smart as a bag of rocks!

Ciara is the Quen of R&B…….Itch Please! Mary J maybe, Whitney when she ain’t crazy…..Fantasia is the Future of Soul and R&B…..Ciara’s ass is just a Black Pop Star like Beyonce…..just cuz they black don’t mean they Soul or R&B! The Rihanna thing…She is doin her and doin it well! So please hate on her!
P.S. If Ciara couldn’t dance she wouldn’t be shit..just another Aaliyah wanna be Who can’t sing! Sh can’t sing live you do know this talkin bout Rihanna…shoot Rihanna sounds better live than Ciara. Yet she still ain’t in the running for Queen of R&B title either!

The movie was definitely on point - I think his best yet, and Tasha Smith was excellent in her role.

Why are the brothers from Jena 6 on the red carpet at the Hip Hop awards? This is not a good look, for a lot of reasons.

All I can say is, Im still down with Jena 6. I have written a million essays and had some real heated arguements of why I dig what these boys did. I been following them since this past summer. I refuse to go there seeing that I cant muster up the energy.

Sexy Black, girl dont debate with these fools. Let them face such a situation, lets see if there asses will be talking the same ish then. Then if they do, whheeewwww… please dont let them ask for the help or support of us black people you know especially if they up against the racist caucasians that will pull all the stops and works into making sure there asses go down.

AAANNNND Foxy380, girl you funny as hell. I dig you though. Some black people cant understand situations until they actually face them.

186.

ThinkAboutIt
Monday, October 15, 2007

Why are the brothers from Jena 6 on the red carpet at the Hip Hop awards? This is not a good look, for a lot of reasons.
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I stand corrected — I read some more detail on their appearance and participation - I better understand….

There has to be a reason Nas chose this name, I’m waiting for him to break it down

That’s Neyo and R. Kelly. Or am i buggin??

I DON’T LIKE THESE JENA 6 BOYS GOING TO THE HIP HOP AWARDS AND THROWING UP “6″ LIKE IT’S A GANG SIGN OR SOMETHING!!! I’m very well aware of the situation and i believe that they are mychal bell and the rest of them are being unfairly punished but those boys being at the show and taking pictures like that takes away from everything that sharpton, jesse jackson, and tom joyner as well as everybody that’s been supporting them. i understand they were there to present an award and talk briefly about the situation but if BET wanted them to do this then they need to give 30 minutes slot on there to talk about it, not have them up at the BET Hip Hop Awards that T.I was supposed to perform but got arrested for trying to “allegedly” buy illegal firearms. This is just not a good look, but I guess this is how the CURRENT Hip Hop generation is going to represent black people and mind you i’m only 25. just shaking my head at this bullsh1t right here.

Ok so what we are saying is Michael has anger issue so it is ok for him to just jump on anybody he pleases. His own coach said he had nothing to do with it until he put himself in it. Yea that’s real noble and civilrights like. And YES it is right. He and his buddies jumped on this white boy because he was talking. The Barn party was the the black boys fault. They were not invited to that party and were asked to leave. Did they leave private property? No they did not. After that they left and got into another fight (two different events). And why didnt he go to the ER when he was hit with the bottle. The Grown White man to a plea, which they tried to offer Michael and his crew, but they wanted to fight the good fight. GET THE STORY RIGHT. None of these events had anything to do with the boy they jumped on. And answer me this, WHY IN THE HELL DIDNT ANY OF THE BLACK FOLKS SHOW UP FOR JURY DUTY. THEY KNEW WHAT WAS UP, BUT i GUESS THAT WAS THE WHITE MANS FAULT TOO. Please send me the link to where it reads that Justin Barker brought a gun to the school. Hadn’t read that ANYWHERE. Please inform me. I like to know all the facts. BUT AS I ALWAYS SAY BETTER HOME TRAINING COULD HAVE STOPPED ALL THIS.

This isn’t a painting in some gallery or an intellectually stimulating book. This is an album that better be extremely political and completely non-commercial; if not it’s sad, stupid and ironically miseducated. I’m 33, Male, of African decent, immersed & raised in hip hop culture. I respect the creative rights of any artist but if this is publicity at the expense of a younger generation who could benefit from a different message, I’m done with NAS. While he can call his album what he likes, I hope younger hip hop fans continue voicing their concerns. Additionally, I hope he doesn’t see this as some “consciences” empowering sh*t. This may be worse than calling yourself Escobar, or better yet any of those Italian mob luminaries. I hope most of you know what they think of us; if not just listen to some of the morning radio shows. I heard some very interesting comments about Denzel Washington’s upcoming “American Gangster”.

One would think that as our more polished rappers mature the content and lyrics would also mature and topics would continue to expand. I’m not sure what the content on this album will be, perhaps it’s a slave narrative…surely it must be. If not, in my opinion the title is a deliberate slap in the face of our elders. Many of whom have previously voiced their concerns about using words that defamed our ancestors for financial gain. It also defames those who died during slavery and more recently during the civil rights movement; too often to the chat of “N*gger”. While many of us may use this word in our inner circles and some may still use in songs; congratulations NAS you trumped us all. Spell it however you choose but don’t forget our elders and ancestors; cause as you may have noticed it appears to be open season in 2007(Vick, M. Jones, Bonds, OJ again, T.I….) stay tuned, the list seems to be expanding everyday.

This only proves that in hip hop the cream doesn’t necessarily rise but sh*t certainly floats. So go ahead call it “Nigga” and empower us all by giving us the freedom to walk in Best Buy and ask the teller for the new NAS album to which she can reply “What Nigga?”

The Black race can’t afford you no more!

No Love

The movie was very good. This is Tyler’s best movie to date. This Christmas, another movie that’s coming out looks like it will also be a must see. If you haven’t Why Did I Get Married, go see it, you definitely will not be disappointed.

NAS is a disgrace to his race. It’s like he’s doing all this for publicity and to sell records. First, Hip Hop is Dead, and now this. He and his wife need to step their games up or just retire already…start a family. This is ridiculous. I hope it’s not true.

Ok, those Jena 6 boys are really HOTT!!!! Damn, didn’t even realize until now!LOL… I’m so ever Rihanna, white-washed *beep*, get your shit straight!!! I ain’t never heard an album title like that before, now ya know that’ll be “parental advisory”!LOL

I hope that “JA” is reading this she asked for information about Justin Barker (the “White” Boy that was allegedly jumped by the 6 boys from Jena) bringing a loaded gun on school property and not being charged. http://www.thetowntalk.co...D=/99999999/NEWS/70916031

For those of you that had problems with two of The Jena 6 Boys being at The BET Hip-hop awards; I live in Houston, TX and our Hip-Hop radio station 97.9 The Box interviewed them briefly about their appearance and they said that they accepted BET’s invitation because it gave them another opportunity to shed light on what was going on in their case and they also wanted to say thanks to all of the people that supported them (in a mass form) for all of their support.

SO ALL OF YOU THAT WERE DOWNING THEM SHOULD FEEL SILLY BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO SAY THANK YOU!!!

wat the hell was Rihanna thinkn gettn that ugly tattoo??..her dog is sooo cutee…

It seems like my comment is in moderation b/c it hasn’t posted yet. Oh well. I ain’t typing all that over.

Thanks @ Sexy Black for that link.

The movie was excellent. Wonderfully written. There is only one thing I have to say. I did not , did not like Janet’s hair. Wuz up with that?

black folks get sum Spotlight and look how they act

Does anyone notice that her tat looks more like a lambda (the sign of lesbians), than a guitar…just wondering if i was the only one that noticed?….

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Jena 6 boys= FINE

Rihanna= Tired….she switching over to pop in my opinion and that tatto looks hella fake

Why did I get married= I’ll wait til it get on DVD

Nas= Good rapper…but radio joints are wack and i say we ignore him

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@ sexyblack

I read that website and I went on to find the newspaper story. I have a problem. The gun was in his car. Not in the school as so many blogs that I saw this on would have you believe. He went to jail just like the jena 6 boys, he didnt try to claim the beat down made him bring the gun to school. His mommy kept her ass off the TV cause she already know her son was wrong. But not us black people. We cant ever say we messed up or maybe we shouldn’t have done that. Thats the difference. And I’m willing to bet money that white boy was bringing that gun to school before this happen, just like those boys been jumping people long before we even thought about the tree. Dont get me wrong I do think that hanging the nooses was in itself a race related act, but the fight has nothing to do with that act. Bottem line They Were Wrong for Jumping This Boy. What could they possibly tell anybody about that. What are they bringing light to. The Jessie said, There’s a Jena in every state. We have that in Dallas, Tx but we are not down here jumping on white folks cause we angry. That’s foolishness. Paris, Texas Jasper, Texas. You people needed to learn to fight with your knowledege and not your hands. Peace people Peace

that tatoo is ugly not feminine at all!!!!!!!!

Jena 6: There is so much controversy over whether these dudes should have been on BET handing out awards. I say so the fuck what. If Louisiana dumb ass justice system wasn’t on straight bull, they wouldn’t be so damn famous. I hope they blow up from this and get hella rich! Ha! Shid, why not?

Tyler Perry: #1, Duh! It’s Tyler Perry talented ass, what you thought??? He should do a movie on the Jena 6 events.

Rihanna: Who the fuck cares?

NAS: My nigga! lol! I will be coping the album and blasting it in my Charger with the windows dooooooooooooown!

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Them Jena 6 lookinn good.