Joel Madden, best known for being in the band Good Charlotte and as the fiance of Nicole Ritchie, was spotted in West Hollywood on Monday afternoon rocking this dope 90s style Malcolm X t-shirt. Um, can someone hook me up…
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For those of you youngin’s on here, the shirt is actually vintage. This shirt along with many others were rocked hard in the early 90′s along with the Africa symbol shaped hats, necklace/neck gear etc….The shirts came in many colors/styles. Joel and Benji are from Calvert County, MD (DC in the house) which has more black folks living there than you can shake a stick. When you are from a metropolitan area such as MD/DC/VA, you are just culturally in tune. This is nothing for him to rock the MX shirt, not just cuz he is with Nicole. Hint: She is not the first African-American/Latino chick he has been with. There are a lot of “rockers” who have seen what brown can do for them.
@51
Let me ask you something. Do you think that the doctrine of the Nation of Islam attracted Malcolm X because they wore bow ties? You cannot teach someone that the white man is the devil. They have to already be imbued and inclined to see these type of things. To the average negro, it’s ignorance to even think something like that. This is why I said that if you’re going to discuss the man, it’s a two-tiered argument. You first have to address the differences between two false doctrines, the Nation of Islam and actual Islam. Then you have to address the climate surrounding Malcolm X after he left the Nation of Islam. Furthermore it bears noting that Malcolm X’s biographer, Alex Haley, fabricated his “Roots” story and was affiliated with the F.B.I. Once again, you don’t teach that the white man is the devil for 10 plus years and then come back and actually believe that he is not because of a pilgrimmage. Malcolm X knew that his time was short after he left the Nation, he knew that Elijah Muhammad was a government agent and a pedophile who’s doctrine was formulated to deceive black people, and he was looking for a message to teach that was disparate from what he had been propagating. I gurantee that if Malcolm X could’ve foresaw what black people would become 40 plus years after his death, he would’ve scrapped everything and started from scratch. His message was based off of spiritual and mental discipline which black people have NONE of today, so spare me please. Our generation is a generation that associates clothing with making a statement (Prov 30:12,13).
@ Judah First off who you doing sir,
Second I completely agree with your comment. Nobody change there views like that in one day. It’s next to impossible. It took him a long time to get the Muslim religion thing down, there’s no way after one trip he had a “change of heart”. Good comment.
OMG! I had that shirt like 15 years ago! ha!
I guess growing up in a majority “black” neighborhood equates being able to identify with us and there is no way you could ever become a racist . That’s a very weak argument . I’ve seen it tie and time again .
@53 & 59
There are also entire Italian communities that will beat a negro with a baseball bat if they see one walking through. They will then go back home and listen to Jay-Z or DMX. I’ve seen it numerous times in Howard Beach, Crown Heights, and Bensonhurst here in NY. Don’t act so damn incredulous because of what #41 said. What the hell does a caucasian injecting semen into a black woman have to do with his feelings about black people? There are white men and women that will sleep with and even marry a choice negro and still have hatred in their heart. Do you know how many caucasian men are having “illicit affairs” with these simple-minded black women in corporate America and despise black people? Many white women will cry rape to this day if found to be in a sexual relationship with a black man. Many of them, especially the younger ones, get their babies aborted and use rape as an excuse at the clinic if the father is black rather than bring that child home to her parents. All that being said, Joel Madden can at least know that he has his “ghetto pass”, lol. I see it in Harlem all the time. Negroes will usher the white man in right before he ushers them out.
@58
Thank you. Someone with some sense.
so, the only way malcolm can get a mention on this site is if some cornball whiteboy wears a shirt with his likeness on it? It’s interesting how his birthday was may 19th and there hasn’t been one mention of it on here but because joel madden wears a t-shirt with his likeness on it, concreteloop finds the time to mention malcolm as a side note.
thank you #66!
@66 &67 Agree
Damn, I’m learning alot more than I thought I knew. Thanks Judah
@67
Thank you brother. I found that interesting also but we’re heading into an age where everything and everyone must be open and accepting of everything and everyone. The most ridiculous thing that black people believe is that the brother came back from Mecca not believing that the white man was the devil. There’s no way in hell that you can teach that for 10 plus years and then stop believing it.
@67
I’ve mentioned Malcolm X on this site numerous times. So you need to stop tripping and start using the search engine. I’m happy some people took the post as it is, a post about a t-shirt that I thought was dope. But y’all can debate it out if you like.
I had that exact same tee in the 90s when i was a good 11 or 12 years old. hope he’s not just perpetrating with it on though.
@ 35 (embark) you must have some serious anger issues…where is all the hateful language coming from (“shut the f up”)..and no where in my post did i say that it had anything to do with him being WHITE…and this isn’t just about race…as it was pointed out the same thing happens with the images of Marley (which could be excused to certain extent because he was an artist and an activist) and I think we’ve all seen that classic image of Che Guevara wearing the beret plastered on everything from T-shirs to various ads too….
I just think it’s ironic that people who stood against the supremacist capitalistic patriachy establishment (as bell hooks would say, embark you clearly need to read one of her books) are now being used to sell stuff..thus being exploited in death and image by the same system that they fought so hard against.
And thanks Divainva for getting the point, i hope i clarified a little more what I was trying to say for embark (who clearly misunderstood what i was saying and tied it back to race out of nowhere).
That being said it is a cool shirt…i would not wear it however because I view a man like Malcolm X as a modern prophet and it’s just disrespectful to me to plaster the image of a prophet on a tshirt to sell or wear.
@ 66/Judah Dang, dude you on role today.LOL!!! I was just having this conversation on the phone with my mother the other day. She was telling me how there’s this white woman she work with that say a lot of racist things about black people all the time. Once somebody get tried of hearing it and tell her about herself, she gets mad and say she isn’t a racist. You know what her excuse is? My mother tells me that she says: “I ain’t a racist because my kids are half black and I love my kids!” What does that mean? Just because your kids are half black doesn’t mean you can’t be a racist. SMH. She probably don’t even see her children half black subconsciously so that she can love her kids. Everything you said on your last post is the truth for a lot of people and it’s sad. SMH.
@ ANGEL
I was just about to say that too….. people on here like to strech things and make a big deal about nothing, smh
#41
That flag is Irish not Italian….
i want this shirt so bad… please angel find out where this shirt came from!
#24- great post. I never really thought of it but thanks for the wake-up call. To #26 – totally agree but mofos always gotta bitch about something. #35 – What are you smoking? How many white ppl listen to rap? How about the marjority and that’s why its fucked up now. They might not get the message but the marjority of RAP SONGS today don’t have a message to get. Also when is it okay for anyone to capitalize off the history of another’s culture. Unless that shirt was made by a BLACK PERSON to spread the good word of Malcolm (which I doubt it was), #24 hit the spot. Excuse them for looking past that brainwashing education you received and hold dear. To Judah… wow thanks for the additional lesson. Seriously, you’ve really taught me something new today!
Not a Malcolm fan by any means, but I’m digging that shirt(just not enough to want to wear it).
BTW: Joel Madden is the shiznit,.
High Five #3!!
oh i like that tshirt and i like his rasta tatoo…the red gold and green on his arm,luvs it.
The shirt is Hot and I like good charlotte!
My mom has the sweater version of that shirt in one of our spare closets. I should throw that ish on ebay and see how much it goes for now that he has just upped the value 1000%!!! LOL appreciate it Joel!
I love to see sumbody reppin Malcom X…especially sumbody who aint black!!! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!
i agree that there is a lot of hate – we’re quick to befriend people, regardless of their color, then turn around and talk about them. who is not guilty of this? it’s not about sex and injecting semen, it’s about the fact that they have a family and it’s real love, you should check it out. i know racism is alive, but don’t act like it’s so INCRDULOUS that people of different nationalities and ethnicities can find a common bond and love each other.
@53 CHILE PLEASE. FIRST OF ALL NICOLE IS STILL ENGAGED . SECONDLY FOR THE MASSES OF COURSE NICOLE WILL SAY SHE IDENTIFY WITH HER AFRICAN AMERICAN ROOTS . NOW, TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT NICOLE SHE LOOKS LIKE A WHITE WOMEN ! SO PLEASE WITH THE “HE’S DATING A AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ” IT WOULD BE ANOTHERE STORY IF SHE LOOKED BLACK . I HAVE SEEN WHITE WOMEN DATE BLACK MEN EVEN HAVE CHILDREN WITH THEM , TIME THE GET MAD THE FIRST THING OUTTA THERE MOUTH IS YOU “N****!! I HAVE SEEN IT MANY TIMES . I THINK IT IS POSSILBE FOR DIFFERENT RACES TO LOVE EACH OTHER BUT IT’S ALSO POSSIBLE TO LOVE OR DEAL WITH A PERSON AND HATE EVERYTHING THEY CAME FROM .
I AGREE MALCOM WOULD HAVE CALLED HIM A DAMN DEVIL ! THAT WHAT HE IS !!!
I had that shirt too! I was 15.. I’m 30 now. Damn I’m old. lol
I had that same T-shirt when I was like 11 or 12
I had that same shirt back in the day and loved it!1
@ ANGEL
i was going to say the same thing. ppl are really taking it to the head lol. well i am one of the people who took the post as it is, a post about a t-shirt.
damn some ppl over think things too much and have too much time on their hands. angel saw a picture of a band member wearing a shirt she thought was dope and posted it. it wasnt meant to stir up debate or be anything controversial. we dnt know what message he was trying to send or if he was trying to send one at all. maybe he doesnt even know anything about malcolm x and just thought it was a cool shirt. geez its just a damn shirt!
THANK YOU BROTHER JUDAH . X WOULD HAVE TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO . PERSONAL QUESTION JUDAH .:ARE YOU MARRIED ? HAVE KIDS? JUST WONEDERING
It’s an Irish flag on his arm….Good Charlotte Fan. He is Irish not Italian.
Love the shirt. On Side note I always loved good charlotte…punk rock period. And yes I’m black. Punk rock has alot of different culture influences. Not surprised to see him wearing it either.
To All the IIIIIIIgnant azz hatas, ya’ll some racists azz hoes.
I come to concrete loop for the simple fact that it contains all the latest of the black celebs, and I think that it’s nice to see a brother of a nother color on here every once in a while….dam. So stop hatin’!!!
his girlfriend is ashamed of the fact that she’s black…that’s a fact. So, if he’s in to her it’s safe to assume he’s riding the trend of Obama tees…his is just Malcolm X. It’s like choosing something hot in another color…this shirt could have been a pink roach if insect tees were in style.
Love him and his t-shirt!
SO I GUESS HE’S NOT WITH PARIS ANYMORE!!
@83
LMAO @ him having a rasta tatoo. I think that takes the cake.
the best girls are mixed between black and italian
@Angel
No disrespect to you sis, but the brother is right. There was no commemoration or tribute thread to Malcolm X when his birthday passed. I wasn’t expecting one, nor is it your responsiblity to create one on an entertainment website, but the truth is the truth. There has never been a thread dedicated to Malcolm X that I can remember. If there was, please correct me.
that shirt is madddddddddd old
clearly the concrete loop readers and creators are intellegent people,..,..
this is why i check this site daily
and i love it…….
look at what another blog site had to say about maddens shirt….
http://idontwantyourlife.com/?p=7659
jus for the record, i had to slaughter them….. check the comment by vanessa
love you concreteloop
I really don’t see what the hoopla is about just because Joel Madden is WHITE? C’mon people get over yourselves, it is HIS perogative to wear what he wants to wear. IMO the shirt is dope and I do believe it is vintage. I had a smilar shirt to that in the 90′s. There are people who just wear things because it’s cool and “trendy” but don’t know sqaut about what that item represents. Being a Jamaican-Canadian it really irks me when people of all backgrounds wear Red/gold/green colours and rock Bob Marley shirts or JA hats, shirts, etc and don’t even comprehend the background of what those three colours represent to the African/Carribbean culture, they just think it’s cool. However, I just don’t see Joel Madden as that type of person, he semms to be a really cool and intelligent person and his fiance IS half-black and half-mexican so I am sure she knows her history. I commend him for having the balls to wear a shirt like that knowing that he will receive backlash. Say someone like Pharrell or Diddy were to walk around wearing an JFK or shirt with Nixon on it would they get the same type of response?
@ 24 and 29 yeah …. omg ya’ll don’t get me started on the people rockin’ Che sh-t. smh lol
I have never seen the shirt before but it looks good.
I thought she was Black, White and mixed PR. And about Diddy or Pharell wearing a JFK shirt maybe not since well didn’t he have a good rep with blacks/ Now Nixon hmmmmmmm lol might be some talk about that.
Judah, you ALWAYS amuse me with how much credit you give yourself. I’d love to know how you can speak for Malcolm’s mindset, pre- or post-pilgrimage.
Until I understand that, I’d be embarrassed to argue anything further with you.
Oh please, the Tee is just a symbol of mockery.
JUDAH there have been stories posted on here concerning martin luther king commemorating his birthday. In fact, i’ve seen other posts where the people at concreteloop will readily pay tribute to supposedly great men like Carl Rowan yet for some reason Malcolm X can’t get some kind of love from them on his birthday? So, while this may primarily be an entertainment/gossip site, it is important to remember that they have done similar things for lesser people. It’s bad enough he wasn’t mentioned on any news station, i’m not naive enough to expect that, but why wasn’t he mentioned on here?
GOSH! ITS A NICE SHIRT ITS NOT THAT SERIOUS TO BE HAVING A “ARGUMENT” ABOUT IT. A WHITE MAN GOES OUT IN A MALCOM X SHIRT AND LOOK WHAT CONTROVERSY GOT STARTED HERE. LET IT GO
LOL @ #18
WOW i still have my actual shirt like that FROM the 90′s….his is all bright and stuff…I need that in a baby tee and its so funny cuz i refuse to get rid of my old shirt thinking WHEN will I ever see one again!!!
@108
First off, who are you that I should give a damn about your opinion, much less whether I “amuse you”, lol? Are you delusional? For you to argue something “further” with someone, they must have first engaged in an argument. I’ve never spoken to you, nor read any of your commentary so you must have me confused with someone else. Either that, or you’ve argued with me in what you call a mind after my commetns incited what you believe to be thoughts. If at any time you can conjure up the courage to debate me on what I believe to be true, please do so. Now if you think that Joel Madden looks nice in his Malcolm X tee, I feel good for you and him. Ok, lol?
@110
Brother, I already referred to why. It should be considered the times that we are living in. There is no recognition for strong black male thought patterns unless the black woman and white man feel comfortable with said thought patterns. Simple as that. You will often find that white people, particularly the caucasian sponsored Afrocentric curriculums taught in “black colleges” often concentrate on the socialist civil rights movement figures as the preferred protagonists in the black struggle. Malcolm’s “salvation” is alleged by certain integrationist blacks and whites to have been that he “saw the light” after he came back from Mecca, that being that he learned to love the caucasians. I would advise you to do your own research and to be EXTREMELY skeptical about all black people that receive praise and commemoration in this society, especially historically.
You know whats wrong with awhite guy wearing the shirt, it shows Malcom did great things… even if not everyone remembers n leaerns from his story, everyone one single person that does and keep the dream alive is a acheivement. stop moaning..
hi joel its me lulwa again I love u so much but you haveto split nicole richie and get back with hilary diff hilary is really a great girl and you are a cute and cool hot guy just like your daughter wait you know that I am 11 years old and I live qatar right and a have a stater its when I talk its a sick thing i am a qatary girl i really really hope you get back with hilary mybe i will visit this summer amarica and I will tell you i am lulwa okay because I dont look like I am a qatary but I swear of good I am qatary girl reaaly bye joel