Why did Kendrick play it safe with " We hate Po Po" line in Grammy performance?

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[Versa]

People really defending K Dot leaving one of the most powerful and important lines of the song out of the most important performance of his career

Ya'll gotta stop it. You can love Kendrick and tell the truth at the same time brehs. We grown men and women here.

 

[HoldThisL]

Kendrick still got his point across, and there is still blacklash by people. Really wouldnt have made a difference. Them Cacs at the awards would still be mad either way.

But I'm still wondering which lyrics of the song did CBS actually censor

 

[TheRtist]

Well go quote THOSE people. I've had discussions before on pac's double standard.

dont respond to that loser, he obviously had an agenda and is blindly avenging his cause. Check out the Most Daps of this thread to see the two people who make the most sense.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Kendrick is the nikka y'all love to hate

 

[SunZoo]

Well go quote THOSE people.

Maybe you missed the edit so I'll repost what I should have specifically addressed to you.

Kendrick wants to be just pro-black and "conscious" enough but still wants to be safe enough and get the love from white media and do songs with taylor swift.

Blacker the berry is a perfect example its all fukk cacs for most of the song but he still throws in the "what about black on black crime?" at the end.

That's a perfectly valid question/argument to make, especially from someone who grew up around gang culture. You making it seem like he said it to appease white folk when the truth is addressing systemic Racism ain't gonna turn back the clock...getting nikkas to stop pulling triggers on each other should take priority over trying to get racists whites to act accordingly. You seem like an intelligent cat but if you think you can reduce him adding that perspective to that song to him trying to stay in good grace rather than have a real conversation with his listeners...I may be overestimating your intelligence.

 

[Ms. Elaine]

Kendrick's sales don't match the hype though. That's the problem. He can't even out sell J.Cole.

 

[SunZoo]

dont respond to that loser, he obviously had an agenda and is blindly avenging his cause. Check out the Most Daps of this thread to see the two people who make the most sense.

You're a fukking moron breh, real shyt. Talmbout a song released after Pac's death like what he said was somehow pieced together or invalid just because he got shot shortly after it came out....shut the fukk up. Stop being a bandwagon know nothing ass nikka. If you gonna throw the man's name around actually listen to his music.

 

[dtownreppin214]

kenny just put on a great performance, and this is what y'all got to say?

This thread is so single hoodratish... give a bytch the world, and she'll complain about a damn missing cloud.
u fukk nikkas are fatherless.

 

[King Jove]

Maybe you missed the edit so I'll repost what I should have specifically addressed to you.



That's a perfectly valid question/argument to make, especially from someone who grew up around gang culture. You making it seem like he said it to appease white folk when the truth is addressing systemic Racism ain't gonna turn back the clock...getting nikkas to stop pulling triggers on each other should take priority over trying to get racists whites to act accordingly. You seem like an intelligent cat but if you think you can reduce him adding that perspective to that song to him trying to stay in good grace rather than have a real conversation with his listeners...I may be overestimating your intelligence.

Yet you completely glossed over the fact that I agree with opening the dialogue on black on black crime, just not in that particular song? Like you can't have 2 separate songs on those issues.

 

[TheRtist]

You're a fukking moron breh, real shyt. Talmbout a song released after Pac's death like what he said was somehow pieced together or invalid just because he got shot shortly after it came out....shut the fukk up. Stop being a bandwagon know nothing ass nikka. If you gonna throw the man's name around actually listen to his music.

I know plenty about Pac's music to know that enough of his verse have been copied and pasted to the point that I don't accept anything released after his death.

 

[TheRtist]

Yet you completely glossed over the fact that I agree with opening the dialogue on black on black crime, just not in that particular song?

AGENDA

dude read the thread title and already know what he was going to post. You were just an innocent bystander.

 

[y que]

lol @ the "controversial" performance being self-censored by such a "genuine"/"conscious" artist

and all you fake militants fell for it and tuned in

smh

 

[JustCKing]

Here's my thoughts. I don't think Kendrick editing out "we hate po po" was an act of cowardice, it was him censoring himself for the sake of not distracting from the big picture (his perfomance). They just said that Beyonce's "Formation" was about killing cops (which it wasn't) and that it was anti-cop (and again, it wasn't) and were all up in arms about it. Now that Kendrick line isn't something you could twist or misconstrue because "we hate po po" is a part of the lyrics. It's definitely something that could be considered "anti-cop".

Personally, as an artist, I wouldn't edit or censor anything that I wrote. If I wrote it and it was released, then I'm performing it as is. People will have an opinion either way. If people get offended, then it's on them. Being an artist, you're supposed to inspire whether it's motivating people, making them dance, making them think, or even offending them or making them feel uncomfortable. You have to take the heat along with the admiration.

 

[iliketurtles]

How much did aftermath pay the Grammys