Oscar nominee Terrence Howard jumped at the chance to narrate a new TV documentary about modern black culture because it gave him the chance to air his own views. The actor, who played a pimp-turned-rapper in hit movie Hustle and Flow, admits he's appalled with his peers in the rap and hip-hop world and feels it's time someone like him stood up for well-meaning African-Americans. He says, "I've been appalled for a number of years at what we have produced as a people, black people. Our music used to resonate in the soul and the heart and now our music has become something more common to a war theme. "The beating of drums leads to anarchy. We've lost the message in our music and I wanted to speak about that." And Howard's biggest issue is with those who use the 'N' word: "That word 'n**ger' that we've adapted and call ourselves by is evil. No good can come from an evil thing."
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Terrence Howard Blasts Black Stereotype
Oscar nominee Terrence Howard jumped at the chance to narrate a new TV documentary about modern black culture because it gave him the chance to air his own views. The actor, who played a pimp-turned-rapper in hit movie Hustle and Flow, admits he's appalled with his peers in the rap and hip-hop world and feels it's time someone like him stood up for well-meaning African-Americans. He says, "I've been appalled for a number of years at what we have produced as a people, black people. Our music used to resonate in the soul and the heart and now our music has become something more common to a war theme. "The beating of drums leads to anarchy. We've lost the message in our music and I wanted to speak about that." And Howard's biggest issue is with those who use the 'N' word: "That word 'n**ger' that we've adapted and call ourselves by is evil. No good can come from an evil thing."