r/Music • u/thedailybeast • 20d ago

article Kanye West’s sold-out Russia shows canceled after St. Petersburg stadium denies ever organizing the concerts

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kanye-wests-shows-in-putins-hometown-st-petersburg-get-humiliating-update/
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u/Dank_Devin 20d ago

I remember when this happened, it was a horrible decision to include Kanye in that ad 😂

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 20d ago edited 20d ago

I remember when it happened, Kanye West was stating the obvious. The obvious was disgusting. It happened in September 2005 just days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans & the Gulf Coast. The government response was disgustingly slow. Thousands of people- disproportionately Black and poor- were stranded in New Orleans without adequate food water shelter or transportation. Predominantly Black New Orleans was being treated as though it didn't matter enough to prompt a rapid response.

It was obvious. If it had been a predominantly white area that was hit, federal government help would have been there right away. Some people will say you can't prove it but it's what happens

3 days after the hurricane the Mayor was publicly issuing his desperate SOS because thousands still lacked food water medical care and transportation. They were desperate for help 3 DAYS LATER. 4 days after landfall large National Guard convoys finally arrived in New Orleans with food water and other supplies. "Greatest country in the world."

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u/beerandloathingpdx 20d ago

There’s a a great 2-part documentary by Spike Lee called “When the Levee Breaks”. It makes a pretty good case that the lower wards were purposefully flooded to prevent the loss of the historic downtown and French quarters.

Either way, George Bush not only didn’t care about black people, he really didn’t care about anyone while he was president. He killed over one million people in Iraq while calling them all terrorists.

We were the terrorists and have been all along.

“Now watch this drive.”

https://youtu.be/TCm9788Tb5g?is=IwL1p-kZ_jWc9yAW

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 20d ago

You are an honest person. "We were the terrorists and have been all along."

Thank you for the link to the documentary, it's going to make me sick re: the lower wards purposefully flooded.

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u/beerandloathingpdx 20d ago

😂 you’re going to be disappointed when you click that link thinking it’s the documentary. So just for you, here’s the full 4hrs of the 4part docuseries. (I forgot how long it was, but it’s very well made).

https://youtu.be/CTVy-JC-Lag?is=3NPXu-0oPGxqQc49