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MC Shan defends Eminem against “Culture Vulture” narrative

MC Shan has recently chopped it up with PANDA CHOP! News where the legendary Queensbridge-born rapper trashed Dr. Umar Jonson again and defended Eminem against culture-vulture narrative.

“And now, what I would ask these people, that motherf–kers say ‘Uh, I’m black and I support you.’ How many of you black motherf–kers pulled up the same? That n-gga Eminem had three of my s–t. Eminem has three of my motherf–kin’ cassette. He ain’t just have one. How many people from my own mother–kin’ culture came back and said ‘I’ve got this to match Eminem’s’ F–k y’all n-ggas talking about? Now I can start questioning all the folks to say they f–k with me. How come y’all dogging Eminem as a white boy but he could show me three of my cassettes and not I can’t put three of you mother–kers together that could show me you got one. So, f–k y’all n-ggas. And that’s that Dr. Umar matherf–kin message that you don’t deal with reality. You just look at the color.” said MC Shan.

Then he continued talking about people who spread culture-vulture narrative on Eminem: “That’s Vlad, Vlad is a culture-vulture. Eminem was in trenches. F–k that! Ain’t nothing else to say about this question. That motherf–ker was in the trenches. Now, I wanna ask Black people this s–t, when Charlotte’s Zeal was going on, did you bring your solo black a-s into Charlottesville when they were doing all that mothef–kin’ white people s–t? No, you didn’t! But let me tell you where Eminem was very different, it was not even Charlottesville motherf–ka. Detroit was full of black motherf–kers. And when he went to them f–kin’ hip-hop shows, you know who was it full of? Black motherf–kers. So, he felt like the only white boy as a black man going to Charlottesville mothef–ker, by goddamn self. In the heat of danger! So, let’s just talk about how Eminem was THAT motherf–ker. In the heat of danger, Eminem in the streets of Detroit! People don’t understand that. You have to look at Eminem as that one white individual that went amongst the f–king wolves. I ain’t seen none of you gang busters with AKs in Charlottesville, I ain’t seen none of you bustin’ your guns. You would have been against the same odds that this white boy from Detroit that didn’t grow up as Mark Zuckerberg with a college f–king education. So, how you gonna f–king talk about this man when he did things that you don’t even have a heart to do on the simplest levels. Yeah, he may have some black friends but those few black friends might not have been able to save him from those many black people who wanted to bust his motherf–kin’ a-s. So, don’t tell me Eminem was not in the trenches.”

MC Shan has previously defended Eminem against Pan-Africanist Dr. Umar Jonson who said that Eminem can’t be considered as one of the greatest rappers of all time because he’s white. Em even responded MC Shan with an epic tweet on X. Check out MC Shan’s new interview below:

Dr. Umar responds Ed Lover, MC Shan & DJ Akademiks for defending Eminem

Dr. Umar is back as MC Shan, Ed Lover and DJ Akademiks defended Eminem against Umar’s comments that Slim Shady can’t be considered one of the greatest rappers of all time because he’s white. Umar responded both hip-hop icons on social media.

“My Dear Brother Ed, are you serious? You question my credentials and as to where I earned my doctoral degree because I stand, unapologetically, in defense of Afrikan culture against co-optation, usurpation and colonization by outsiders. I’m not the expert on hip-hop but I am an expert on the exploitation of Black culture by non-Afrikans. I said what I said and I meant every word of it. I’m pretty sure Mr. Mathers can speak for himself. He doesn’t need Negro Gate Keepers voluntarily playing defense attorney without being asked to do so. I never questioned the man’s talent, I rejected any attempt to anoint him as the G.O.A.T. I never personally insulted him. Your comments about Fat Joe and Big Pun make absolutely no sense as being Puerto Rican is a nationality, and being Latino is an ethnicity. Being Afrikan is a Race, and most Latinos are genetically of Afrikan origin.” Dr. Umar said.

Then he continued: “As far as your comments that “Hip-Hop is for everybody,” and that you “consider Eminem a friend,” and that you “know how hard he works,” sounds like some of that same old colorblind rhetoric that has allowed Black culture and community to be exploited by outsiders as far back as we can remember. Perhaps, you should have been as vocal when Eminem was exposed years ago for putting out racist lyrics about our Black Women. Where was all this passion then, Mr. Lover?”

Ed Lover then responded in the comments: “The culture of hip-hop music was not meant to belong to any one ethnicity. Many people contributed to the existence and popularity of the music that gave most of a chance to be something we could never have imagined being. Matter of fact two white boys gave us Yo! MTV Raps! The late Ted Demme and the late Peter Dougherty. Rick Rubin contributed greatly to the evolution of hip-hop and so did the Beastie Boys! I will disagree with you respectfully Dr Umar. But I will always protect everyone’s rights to be great at hip-hop!

Umar also addressed MC Shan: “To my dear elder MC Shan, I grew up listening to you, just as I spent my high school years listening to Ed Lover on “Yo! MTV Raps.” Unfortunately, I must respectfully disagree with both of you elders. And I must admit that it hurts my heart to see two icons rush to the defense of a non-Afrikan without him needing to utter a single word. Your comments that, “Eminem got in this culture because he was as ghetto as the rest of them mother*******,” and that “Snow is as ghetto as I am,” clearly show that we as a people still haven’t grasped a true understanding of White Privilege and how it operates in America. Additionally, “He mentioned me on the Grammy’s,” is a personal issue that has nothing to do with the protection of our culture. Your comments, “Dr. Umar I know you’re on this Black culture thing but you jumpin’ on the wrong thing,” “Eminem was no Mark Zuckerberg,” “his plight was just as f***** up as some of in the Black community,” were absolutely ridiculous and clearly shows that slave plantation protectionism politics still thrives within the hearts of the descendants of the enslaved.”

Dr. Umar also replied to DJ Akademiks: “You can’t compare rap to golf Akademiks because the latter has a clearly defined criteria for a championship and is not a cherished aspect of Afrikan culture. Yes, we certainly did invent the golf tee and if you’ve ever read a history book you might know that. Bunnyhoppin’ for the white Jesus of rap isn’t a good look on my Jamaican Afrikan family so please cut it out ninja. You come from the land of The Most Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey so please start acting like it.”

Eminem shows love to MC Shan for defending him against Dr. Umar comments

In the latest episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, Dr. Umar “Ifatunde” Johnson, a staunch Pan-Africanist, motivational speaker, psychologist, activist and social media personality, said that Eminem can’t be considered as one of the greatest rappers of all time because of his skin color: “No non-African can ever be the best of anything African. It is an insult to the ancestors. It’s an insult to the race and it is an insult to every Black person. Do you think I can go to Palestine and be the best of anything of Palestinian culture? You never see that. You think I can go to Israel and be the best of anything in Israel whether it be a cook, an instrumentalist, a dancer? Hell no. We have to stop naming non-African people as being the best of any aspect in our cultural product because it’s an insult. I can acknowledge Eminem’s talent but for you to put him at the top, that’s white supremacy bro. I don’t see Eminem building schools and hospitals.”

MC Shan defended Eminem against Dr. Umar comments during one of his recent Instagram livestreams. ” You pick on a wrong guy. Eminem deserves respect. You can’t look at Eminem as if he was Mark Zuckerberg and he came into our culture and he just robbed our culture. How do you think Eminem got into this culture? Because he was as ghetto as the rest of the motherf–kers, regardless to his skin.” he said.

Then he continued: “Eminem is part of our culture Dr. Umar! I love Eminem. Eminem loves me. He has mentioned me on the Grammys or wherever he was. He didn’t have to say nothing about me. I’m not saying that about him because he said that. I’m saying it because he’s part of our culture… Em deserves a motherf–king slot in this game. Em was no rich motherf–ker to just come and rob rap game. He had more problems than any black. Eminem had f–king pill problems son. He had f–king white boy problems. Em gets his respect from us. So, if you don’t want to respect him, you do what you do, we don’t f–k with you anyway like that. We talk hip-hop sh–t, you talk Black Culturism. Em is down with us son. Don’t f–k with Eminem. Motherf–ker, you know Em is nice. And why is he an innovator as far as hip-hop motherf–kers like myself are concerned? Because the style Eminem got! He got his own lane son. You can talk all the s–t that you want but you leave Eminem, MC Serch and Snow out of your sentences for the simple fact that these are people that were down in the trenches with us when we were in the f–king trenches… Eminem made money… I don’t see you talk about all this black motherf–kers that made money ain’t putting nothing back to community.”

It seems Eminem has already heard MC Shan’s livestream and decided to show love on social media by posting picture of him playing classic MC Shan cassettes, which are very rare thing to find in this world: “Down By Law,” “Play It Again, Shan” and “Born To Be Wild.” Check the post below:

MC Shan goes off on Dr. Umar after his comments about Eminem

During the latest episode of Joe Budden’s The Joe Budden Podcast Dr. Umar “Ifatunde” Johnson, a staunch Pan-Africanist, motivational speaker, psychologist, activist and social media personality, talked about Eminem‘s status in hip-hop culture and said: “Let me say something to you. And this is going to my African fundamentalism. No non-African can ever be the best of anything African. It is an insult to the ancestors. It’s an insult to the race and it is an insult to every Black person. Do you think I can go to Palestine and be the best of anything of Palestinian culture? You never see that. You think I can go to Israel and be the best of anything in Israel whether it be a cook, an instrumentalist, a dancer? Hell no. We have to stop naming non-African people as being the best of any aspect in our cultural product because it’s an insult. I can acknowledge Eminem’s talent but for you to put him at the top, that’s white supremacy bro. I don’t see Eminem building schools and hospitals. I don’t see DJ Khaled building schools and hospitals,” and it seems MC Shan does not agree.

During one of his recent Instagram lives, hip-hop pioneer MC Shan, who was included in Eminem’s Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame speech showing admiration to hip-hop icons, defended Eminem against Dr. Umar comments.

“I got something to say to Dr. Umar. You pick on a wrong guy. Eminem deserves respect. You can’t look at Eminem as if he was Mark Zuckerberg and he came into our culture and he just robbed our culture. How do you think Eminem got into this culture? Because he was as ghetto as the rest of the motherf–kers, regardless to his skin. I wouldn’t be the biggest hip-hop producer who produced biggest reggae song [“Informer“] ever. Bigger than Bob Marley, the Guinness World Records say so and so who am I to sit here like ‘Snow was not as ghetto as I am’? I would go anywhere with Snow in the ghetto before I’d go with some people that I grew up with. Because that’s in him. They may be white and can do what they do but don’t be jealous of that. I’m not jealous cause Snow could do whole bunch of things that I could not. Snow was talking me to the mountains of Whistler where I was the only black person there. But he was part of our f–king culture.” said MC Serch.

He then continued: “Eminem is part of our culture Dr. Umar! I love Eminem. Eminem loves me. He has mentioned me on the Grammys or wherever he was. He didn’t have to say nothing about me. I’m not saying that about him because he said that. I’m saying it because he’s part of our culture! What about Serch? Serch was the first one. He made his way through this game. He picked up Pete Nice later on. Serch was real authentic individual. Back then, only MC Serch and Aaron Fuchs were allowed to the projects being Jew or white or whatever the f–k they were. If you was not Aaron Fuchs or MC Serch, they wasn’t letting you nowhere near the projects. If you wanna say MC Serch is about money and culture vulture , f–k you ni–a. Serch ma man! Anywhere you go, whatever was popping Serch was there! White boy!”

MC Shan did not stop there: “Dr. Umar, I understand you want this Black Culture thing but you are jumping on a wrong thing. That’s their magazines! We don’t own their magazines. Do you read it? You probably must do. I don’t read that s–t that says Eminem is number one. I never even hear that s–t until I heard you say it. Because you read their f–king propaganda. But, Em deserves a motherf–king slot in this game. Em was no rich motherf–ker to just come and rob rap game. He had more problems than any black. Eminem had f–king pill problems son. He had f–king white boy problems. He had problems overcoming drugs. Look at me! I was biggest f–king drug addict in hip-hop history, so they say. But look at me and look at Em. He had his own problems. I’m no doctor but you can’t sit there and tell me certain things. Ain’t nobody robbing us son. Em gets his respect from us. So, if you don’t want to respect him, you do what you do, we don’t f–k with you anyway like that. We talk hip-hop sh–t, you talk Black Culturism. Em is down with us son. Snow is down with us son. Serch is down with us son. So all of that, that you talking, you read in their books. Stop reading their s–t. Don’t f–k with Eminem. Do not f–k with Serch. And do not f–k with Snow. Stop with that propaganda. You just make everything a f–king race thing.”

“Motherf–ker, you know Em is nice. And why is he an innovator as far as hip-hop motherf–kers like myself are concerned? Because the style Eminem got! He got his own lane son. And you see Twista and him going back and forth but that’s within our culture. I think I’m better than Chris. Chris thinks he’s better than me. That’s what the f–k we do. You can talk all the s–t that you want but you leave Eminem, MC Serch and Snow out of your sentences for the simple fact that these are people that were down in the trenches with us when we were in the f–king trenches… Eminem made money… I don’t see you talk about all this black motherf–kers that made money ain’t putting nothing back to community.” he added.

You can watch MC Shan ‘s livestream below:

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