Bol on the radio

Well, Sort Of
Yesterday, WNYC New York Public Radio had Jesse "Flavor of Love" Jackson, Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal and New York Times music critic Kelefa Sanneh on to discuss the dreaded n-word, minstrel rap and what have you in light of the KKKramer incident.

I wasn't actually on it, but my name was brought up. In fact, I about fell out of my chair last night when I heard myself mentioned. Of course nobody actually told me there was going to be a radio show about me or, god forbid, invited me to call in so that I could have my say on the matter.

Which is too bad, really. It would've been cool to be on the same radio show as Jesse Jackson and, um, Kelefa Sanneh. I wouldn't have said anything too offensive!

Also, I did sorta kinda write the story they were discussing anyway. Sanneh mentioned the bit about "Chain Hang Low" interpolating "Zip Coon" in some story he did in the Times. But I was the one who brought it together with the rest of that crap and gave it its title.

Since I did my story on Minstrel Rap back in September, it's been ripped off all over the place, from the New York Daily News and the Baltimore Sun to rival hip-hop mag the Source. There was even a story in the Chicago Reader that noted this phenomenon.

The article is a loose rewrite of a month-old article in the New York Daily News, which itself was not much more than a paper port of an XXL.com post by blogger Byron Crawford.
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The Sun and NYDN pieces both cite the same three primary offenders, all of which were mentioned in Crawford's original post.

It's worth noting though that at least the NYDN storying cited my post as a source. Who knows about the one in the Sun, but I found the Source's ripping off of my work especially egregious. If I ever get a chance, I might have to Dee Barnes the chick that wrote it on GP.

Anyway, if you can get it to work, you can stream the entire show using the audio player below. The part having to do with yours truly doesn't begin until about 25 minutes in, but the rest of it's pretty interesting as well.

Comments

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[NoMamesBuey]

damn son. Outsourcing to India isn't cheap enough for teh corporate greedy bastards, so they gotta roll with outright plagarism.

[St.Louis BK]

Bol, dude you're going places (nhjic).

[I Fux]

Yo that is fucked when people just take something that you made and run with it, at the same time never acknowledging the creater i.e. Rock & Roll. Bol not that you got jacked on that level but you catch my drift, fuck swagger jackers(I hate that term but it applies here). Motherfuckers with Journalism degrees and whatnot need to put their Journalistic integrity first and their paycheck 2nd if they want to last and eventually be respected, fuckers.

[rar]

does jesse jackson call kanye carnelle? about about the 7:50 mark.

[rar]

haha, Im an idiot. Cornell West. oops, sleep deprived.

[rar]

That was pretty interesting, but they dismissed what you said too quickly. It would have been much better if you had been on and been able to articulate what you meant cuz he speakers didn't really seem to give it much thought, or know what you meant when it seemed pretty clear to me as a reader of this site.

[-MW]

Seems to me these thieves think your work is free game because you don't have a publisher, an editor, advertisement or any distribution (other then yourself and the internet). Obviously they're getting away with it. Sucks for you.

In regards to the radio show, I would have liked to hear your rebuttal (NH). Possible future post?

[washington]

re: Poll

Isn't it telling that not one of those are worth paying 15-20 bucks for?

[NoMamesBuey]

Yo Bol,

you should start having a weekly or monthly podcast radio show. Then you can interview cats, & lambast those that are taking your Bol Talking Points TM.

Damn if "rap journalists" are taking talking points as if they were a Gee Dubbz weed carrier like mAnn Coulter (no W. Fa-go Baby)

[Bibble]

Lol Jesse listens to rap. Why did I just get a visual of him chilling in his south shore jump off apartment, smoking the sticky icky, grooving to the Blue Carpet lol.

[Bibble]

The whole conversation on Goldigger had me thinking, did they ever pay the guy who wrote that song?Did they settle out of court? I bet he's pissed as hell if not, especially if he hasn't been paid off cause its getting hella exposure.

[RedZepprin]

That Wikipedia article on you is awesome. Didn't you'd blown up so huge, Bol.