Is Tha Row In Its Final Hour???
Like My Friend Tmac says Love me or Hate me it's mandatory that you respect me…
Marion Suge Knight is one of the most successful visionaries and business leaders in U.S. music industry history...Yet his largesse and excess both literally and metaphorically seems to also embody a true tragedy of institutional racism and the pitfalls of American capitalism and greed....
Nonetheless the man's (known in intimate circles as Sugar Bear) life ascension from the hood to American splendour still would make for a great read and best seller…Who would have thought that a boy from one of the most fabled and infamous neighborhoods in Amerikkka (Compton,Ca) could rise to one day create and control one of the most successful Black owned music and money making institutions since the heyday of Berry Gordy owned MoTown Records with a legendary and talented roster to match ( in my opinion Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, The Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes are equally as great and timeless as Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 2Pac, D.O.C., Tha Dogg Pound circa 1996, Nate Dogg at his best)…
To me what made Suge Knight a threat in my mind wasn't his alleged acts of intimidation and violence towards rap artists like Vanilla Ice and other music execs like Eazy E but the fact that he was proud and unapologetic about who he was and where he came from…Another reason why he was feared and respected in the music biz and beyond was the fact that unlike so many Black brothers in the industry in particular and Amerikkka in general he was one of the few Black men that actually controlled his own destiny because he controlled his "masters", meaning that no matter what The Man try to do to him that Suge possessed the resources and the drive that political, financial, sports and family dynasties are built upon and excel (Think Kennedy Family, Bush Family, WalMart, Microsoft, Lakers, Yankees, etc.)…
What is ironic about Suge's situation is that he is basically being penalized and railroaded by the system for allegedly doing the same thing that so many of the above mentioned organizations and/or families did to build their wealth, which is take illegal or blood money and turned it into a legitmate inheritance and/or business institution…Think about it the Kennedy Patriarch Joe Kennedy built his financial and political empire by being a bank president (financier) and a bootlegger by importing booze for gangsters like Al Capone, Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky…Kennedy was also guilty of insider trading (on a way grander scale than Martha Stewart) because he was alerted to sell his stock unlike so many millions of other folks before the Great Stock Market crash of 1929 which lead to the Great Depression of the 1930s…Ironically when Pres. Roosevelt formed the SEC( Stock Exchange Commission) to get rid of corruption on Wall Street he appointed Joe Kennedy as a powerful figurehead to run the organization…Many people in the know were shocked and disgusted to find out that Roosevelt would appoint such a man who had questionable character when it came to the management of finances but Pres. Roosevelt replied without missing a step that it takes a crook to catch a crook...I am sure if you look honestly at the history of American capitalism and the history of many reputable business institutions that you would find more than your fair share of corruption and questionable ethical behavior…
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Posted By: C H
Tuesday, March 20th 2007 at 3:41AM
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