New Necro album is out today and he issued a statement responding to the controversy surrounding the graphic Human Traffic King video.
Okay, for the record, I will officially say, I DO NOT SUPPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING!
I am not making this statement to censor myself, or to try to make anyone happy. I am doing this to set the record straight, and to address the organization petitioning me, The Barnaba Institute: (Who by the way didn’t even quote the correct lyrics in their petition- get ya facts straight!)
I am a rap artist from the streets and I always speak the truth as I see it. I do not support women being kidnapped and used for prostitution by organized crime. I run a record company and release brutally explicit hip-hop albums for a living. I have a mother and niece I love, as well as female fans all over the world that I love and I would never want to see them in a position where they were victims of human trafficking.
My female fans support me 100%. They understand my sick insane art, and they know it’s just that: art. They are intelligent enough to recognize the difference.
Let me make something else clear: I DO SUPPORT insane explicit brutal art, and everything I record and release is based on reality. Human trafficking is a very real and serious subject that has never been touched on by any hip-hop artist. I am the first, but you shouldn’t crucify me for showing you the brutal truth.
My “Human Traffic King” video is not anti or pro, it’s just art, it just is. It’s viewing reality and brutal like a horror movie. Do we persecute movie directors for making brutal gore films with people being viciously killed? NO, these movies are in movie theatres and retail stores all over the world raking in millions, so why when a musical artist does that same form of art through music should it be judged differently?
I was raised on gore flicks and low budget horror movies, so when I make art it has that exploitational feel to it because that’s how I like to paint pictures. The thing that always made exploitational films so good is that they were more true to life than blockbuster movies; more dark, gritty, and realistic. So yes, my video is fucked up. Why? Because human trafficking is fucked up, plain and simple. Any female watching the video can see what could happen if she isn’t careful in this world.
I DO NOT SUPPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, but I DO SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE RIGHT TO CREATE ART THAT IS TRUE TO LIFE. You have the right not to watch it, or to watch it and learn from it, you can even hate me, but don’t misunderstand the director or writer for his creation or depiction of reality
You heard it from me personally, if you wanna debate my views, fine, but don’t twist my words into what you want them to be.
Sincerely,
Ron Braunstein aka Necro
DIE!
I’m sure he, as someone who is concerned about modern slavery, will make a decent-sized donation to a legit NGO working on this problem. Or not, because he is making the hiphop equivalent of gonzo porn.
Necro is the lovechild of GG Allin and Milton Friedman, he dont give a shit. He is not fooling anyone, he doesnt love no one and he cares only for himself. And art..please, save it.
Necro BEEN rhyming about stuff like this since he came out so i think ya’ll missing the point.
true audio tech but that video was on some other shit. You yourself may be missing the point.
^^ so let me ask u..should a artist like necro that’s always rhymed about a lotta off-the-wall shit like he does censor himself or tone down his lyrics cuz some people dont agree with what he saying? I dont even agree with half the stuff he put out but im’a defend his right to say it is all i’m tryin to say.I think we gotta figure out here in the US if we really for free speech or just limited free speech
You can think and say whatever the fuck you want, whatever music you wanna do, thats fine, do it. Write a novel, paint a picture whatever. But to hurt someone physically and claim it to be free speech, thats kind of fucked up. Violence can only be justified as in selfdefense. You are aware that your and necros notion of what free speech is, must grant the same rights to , say, nazis and pedophiles. Or just people in general, who believe that might is right and whoever has the money has the right to execute that in practice.
problem here is that, although he might claim to have made that video to draw attention to an issue that was somehow “ignored” by rap, he does so in a way that is easily interpreted as glorification and/or shock entertainment. it would be like that rich prick that did the spring break porn videos saying he made them to help parents learn about binge drinking.
there was another song/video that touched on this topic in a less crude way, by that j. medeiros guy, can’t remember his name exactly, but he played the drums and rapped for that band….
^yea i remember that j medeiros joint u talkin about, that was pretty dope..that’s what i mean though, j mederios had his take on it then u have Necro’s more raw view of human trafficking.for me necro comin from the point of view of a human trafficker himself so of course the song is gonna come out the way it does.
” You are aware that your and necros notion of what free speech is, must grant the same rights to , say, nazis and pedophiles. Or just people in general, who believe that might is right and whoever has the money has the right to execute that in practice.”
I get what u saying but i’ll give u an example..kool g rap had some real crazy ass records about ‘beating bitches’ back in the day, so should those records have never seen the light of day? If women started protesting about Akinyele joint ‘put it in your mouth’ should that song also been taken down? All im sayin is if we start censoring certain things then that leads to that slippery slope cuz there’s always gonna be people out there that get offended.We just gotta balance it out, for every Necro track like this there’s a j mederios song to show u how wicked human traffick is… peace
if ur talkin bout censorship, thats different from what i was getting at. im all for freedom of expression. i even posted that video. i just think it kind of sucks and doesnt bring anything interesting to the table. my table that is
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