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CHAOS
KID WRITES A LETTER TO THE SOURCE MAGAZINE
I
don't know where to begin... to sum it up, this
article is partly good, but the longer I think
about it, it's mostly bad. You were concerned
as to whether or not I feel you're article to
be unbiased. Well, thank you for not portraying
ME in a bad light but as far as maintaining
an unbiased stance, you certainly failed. As
a matter of fact, I am forced at this point
to recognize that there are obviously some ulterior
motives/personal hang-ups/political/racial agendas
going on behind the scenes at The Source and
this is making it impossible for you to present
the issue of these tapes in a true light that
would give a full spectrum of perspective. I
am presenting a solution to this problem:
I
will write a 'letter to the editor' which you
will agree to print in the next issue of The
Source which will present the most vital facts
surrounding the issue of these tapes. I will
do this as to give you an opportunity to present
the WHOLE truth of the story BEFORE I go to
other, larger publications and media sources,
some of which, are bound to print the WHOLE
truth. If you agree to print my 'letter to the
editor' and I am satisfied with the way you
print it (in other words, unedited) then I agree
NOT to go to other publications with the truth.
Let's review these facts I'm talking about and
I'm sure you will agree that the most vital
part of what I said was left out and how this
could possibly damage the Source's credibility
as being an unbiased, fair and accurate source
of information:
1:
Most importantly: YOU DID NOT GIVE THE BACKGROUND
OF THE TAPE. Here are the facts which I specifically
remember telling you REPEATEDLY in the interview
as being the MOST IMPORTANT FACTS and REASON
WHY I did the interview in the first place:
1) these songs were NOT WRITTEN - They were
FREESTYLES. 2) This freestyle is one of the
HUNDREDS OF FREESTYLES we did over the years.
3) The NAME of these freestyle sessions we called:
SUCKERIN' RHYMES. 4) The WHOLE PURPOSE of Suckerin'
Rhymes was to be as goofy/stupid/ignorant/wack
as possible - to be a 'sucker M.C.' - hence
the title: SUCKERIN' RHYMES. 5) The REASON WHY
we did these freestyle sessions was so we could
1: TO HAVE A FUN TIME 2: TO LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS
AFTER WE WERE FINISHED AND LAUGH AT OURSELVES
3: TO WARM UP AND GET READY TO HAVE A REAL RECORDING
SESSION WITH SONGS WE ACTUALLY HAD WRITTEN AND
INTENDED TO RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC.
As
you can see, if you were to present the tapes
in THIS LIGHT, THE WAY I INTENDED IT TO BE,
people would have a much more accurate and broader
perspective by which to judge for themselves
the motives and sentiments of Marshall Mathers
when he recorded these songs. Here are some
other CRUCIAL FACTS you left out:
2)
Based on the above information, it is my BEST
OPINION THAT MARSHALL MATHERS IS NOT A RACIST.
ALTHOUGH THE SONGS WERE IN BAD TASTE, THEY WERE
NOT INTENDED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY OR EVEN HEARD
AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE TRUE SENTIMENTS OF
EMINEM.
3)
Although you did mention that it was a 'joke',
without the above information, this does nothing
to put things in their proper perspective. Everone
knows that someone can tell a racist joke and
most likely the reason they're telling it in
the first place is because they are racist!!
BUT - when you take ALL of the information into
consideration - the fact that these were: SUCKERIN'
RHYMES AND THE PURPOSE WAS TO REPRESENT WACKNESS
and my personal testimony that WE WERE THE VICTIMS
OF BEING CALLED RACIST NAMES - '******', ETC..
FOR BEING INVOLVED IN HIP-HOP MUSIC BY IGNORANT-ASS
WHITE PEOPLE AROUND US AND THAT THESE RECORDINGS
IN MY OPINION WERE REPRESENTING THAT IGNORANT
MENTALITY FROM A FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW
BUT WAS SARCASTIC - NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY
AS THE OPINIONS OF MARSHALL MATHERS, it puts
things in a much different perspective. Example:
an actor can play a racist character in a movie
about, say, the horror of the Klan, but in real
life that does not make him a racist. In fact,
the reason WHY he probably did the movie in
the first place is because he hated racism and
wanted to expose the inhumanity and devastating
effects of racist behavior!!
4)
As we know however, these songs were freestyles,
not written and did not have that kind of serious
intention behind them as they were never meant
to be heard in the first place. So, based on
the above information, it is my BEST CONCLUSION
THAT THESE SONGS WERE DONE OUT OF ANGER FROM
EXPERIENCING WHITE RACISM AND UNDERSTANDING
HOW IRRATIONAL, IGNORANT AND WACK IT IS AND
SPEWING SOME OF THE VENOM BACK HE'S HEARD OVER
THE YEARS - SOME OF IT DIRECTED AT HIM - ONTO
THE MICROPHONE.
Another
point I made in my interview which you neglected
to report is:
5)
In my personal experience with Marshall, during
the time these recordings were made, HE NEVER
USED THE WORD '******' OR ANY OTHER DEROGATORY
NAMES OR MADE ANY DEROGATORY REMARKS ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICANS
IN CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH ME. In fact, we
personally had conversations talking about how
we hated racism and racists and both had REAL
songs denouncing racism!!
Now,
regarding some of the other 'facts' you got
wrong:
6)
Marshall did not move to Warren in his early
teens. He lived in the city of Detroit. The
Northeast side between 7 and 8 mile which is
still predominantly black. He never lived in
Warren. He would, however, frequently get kicked
out by his crazy mom and would sometimes spend
a few nights at a time in Warren between 8 and
9 mile at Manix and Buttafingaz' house. His
girlfriend also lived in that area, so I assume
he would spend some nights over there as well.
However, most of the time his girlfriend would
spend the night at HIS house in Detroit where
he had his own room. He first went to a Detroit
High School where he had some problems so for
awhile he went to Lincoln High School between
8 and 9 mile in Warren. He did this by giving
the school a false address within the school
district. This is where he met Manix and D.J.
Buttafingaz who were also attending Lincoln
at the time. After awhile Lincoln High School
found out that he wasn't a Warren resident however
and he had to go back to Detroit schools where
he attended once again for a period of time
before being kicked out or dropping out (I don't
remember which). All the music was recorded
in Warren during this time over at Manix and
Butta's house but Marshall DID live in Detroit.
7)
MARSHALL DID NOT FORM BASSMINT PRODUCTIONS.
IT WAS MANIX WHO CAME UP WITH THE NAME AND HE
IS THE MAIN FOUNDER.
8)
Going back to the tapes, I think it is important
also to mention that THE FIRST VERSE OF 'FOOLISH
PRIDE' IS ABOUT RACIAL UNITY!! Neglecting to
report this fact is very shameful and again,
shows a biased ulterior motive in presenting
the story. You are not presenting the whole
truth.
9)
OK, as I'm looking at the article here, you
did mention that they were freestyles, but without
giving the history of the SUCKERIN' RHYME, this
does nothing to put things in their proper perspective.
10)
Some of the 'quotes' you used of mine seem pieced
together. If it's not a direct quote from beginning
to end, you should make your readers aware of
that.
Overall,
as I have said, a much better job could have
been done. I don't know what kind of internal
politics is going on at The Source which is
forcing you to present things in this manner.
However, as I have said, I will give you the
opportunity to correct things. I would like
to write a 'letter to the editor' which you
will agree to print in the next issue of The
Source clearing things up. If you do not agree
to print it, I will be forced out of concern
for THE TRUTH to go to other mainstream publications.
I will also be forced to site as one of my reasons
for going to them the irresponsible fashion
in which The Source has 'reported' the issue.
This is not a threat. This is the inevitable,
natural consequence of irresponsible journalism.
If you wish to correct the situation, please
let me know within the week so I can make a
responsible decision regarding my next course
of action.
peAce,
anarchy, equality, justice -
snAfu
aka
chAos Kid.
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