What is this mess? It amazes us how many rap stars from back in the day have allegedly sold out, if they are not dead already. In our opinion, 'Ice T' is a totally different person from back in the day. Yes, we know he has always revealed seductive women, but he just seems so universal now as if he goes out of the way to let the world know 'CoCo' is his idol.
'Ice T' used to focus on issues that negatively effected himself as a black man. If he ever gets down and out, he will have to choose if he will serve God or the Devil, because 'CoCo' cannot save his soul. Now, do you recall when Ice T used to rap about politics, when blacks had a much harder way to go in America? Where will 'Coco' be if things get much harder for him as a black man and if our society changes for the worse?
In this era, a lot of rappers seem very afraid to touch on the subject of politics and the unfair treatment against African Americans, but you know, that's the world for you. If they do not have God, they change, they become different people. Now that many of them have become Hollywood celebrities, it seems like certain issues they used to rap about are now irrelevant. Sex and gangster rap seem like that is what's bringing in the money and since things seem much easier for blacks in this nation, political rap is a closed chapter to many rappers of today. This was to be expected after the death of 2 Pac Shakur, even the legendary black rappers whom stood up to racial discrimination and how they were being harassed by police officers have made those issues obsolete, especially now they are on the big screen.
Now, usually we do not like to discuss racial issues, but really, we expected the majority of rappers to avoid sex and gangster rap after the death of Trayvon Martin. What can we expect? If they do not know Jesus Christ, money is important to them. Mark 8:36, it says: 'For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own life?' Hopefully, Ice-T (including Co-Co) will find Christ and avoid worldly pleasures.
Source and Photo: http://www.eonline.com/shows/ice_loves_coco
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