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Hip Hop Community Reacting To Shooting Death of Michael Brown in Ferguson

teen Michael Brown killed by cop in St Louis

Ever since news broke of the shooting of St. Louis teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, people abroad have been reacting with mixed reactions.

Rappers and others in the hip hop community are now speaking out as well as honoring the teenager whose life was taken by a police officer in a tragic shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, a city in St. Louis County, Missouri which, as of 2013 census, has an estimated population of a little over 21,000 while 2010 census data put the black population at around 68% and the white population at around 30%. While the city of Ferguson has a large black population, the state of Missouri’s 2010 census put the white population at around 83% with around 12% percent being black.

As reported on MemphisRap.com, Michael Brown was allegedly gunned down by a police officer with his hands in the air as the officer shot him multiple times, according to witnesses.

Hip Hop Artists React To The Death of Ferguson Teen Michael Brown

A number of artists in the hip hop community have took to social media to voice their thoughts and condolences as well as Atlanta rapper Big Boi of OutKast, St. Louis, Missouri native Nelly, Mississippi rapper David Banner, Chuck D. of Public Enemy and others.

Wiz Khalifa and Jeezy also honored Michael Brown in a concert on Tuesday night on the “Under The Influence Music” tour.

Jeezy wore a black t-shirt with the words “R.I.P. Michael Brown” while Wiz Khalifa wore a white t-shirt with the words “Don’t Shoot” across the front and “R.I.P. Michael Brown” across the back.

Rapper Nelly shared his post on Instagram sending blessings to the family of Michael Brown while stating there are a lot of questions to be answered hinting also that the rapper may plan to say more or do more after ending his post with the words “to be continued.”

Check out some of the tweets shared by the hip hop community including Memphis rappers Gangsta Boo and Yo Gotti who also shared their own posts over the death of St. Louis teen Michael Brown.

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  1. This is WHY Black people continue to get shot at such a high rate. Nelly had the opportunity to stand up for Blacks when he was racially profiled at a mall, like all the other rappers in similar situations-he chose lining his pockets with MORE $ instead. The same is true for Jay Z, Beyonce, Russell Simmons, Spike Lee, and on and on-all heavily documented. This is what he is doing in Ferguson making money off of a dead Black kid as Jay Z and Beyoncé did off of Trayvon Martin's death.

    What's going on in the BLACK community that is causing these shootings:

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/motowns-road-to-ruin/story-e6frezz0-1226426121204?nk=85951bb00ab8b8e2968cc86350438a15

    IT'S MLK vs AL SHARPTON, JESSE JACKSON, AND JAY Z

    This is what happens to a people STUPID enough to follow Al Sharpton, Jay Z, Jesse Jackson etc. Yesterday Trayvon Martin, today Mike Brown, tomorrow YOUR KID-simple as that and you deserve it for being so SORRY. Did Dr. King behave as the Black leaders you follow today? He behaved exactly OPPOSITE of them-look at what MLK got us and what these con-men got THEMSELVES (rich off of YOUR money and misery).
    400 YEAR AGO THESE "LEADERS" WOULD HAVE BEEN SELLING BLACKS INTO SLAVERY FOR BAGS OF SALT AND BUCKETS OF SWEETS.

    When do we Blacks learn? http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2do767/black_leadership_is_responsible_for_mike_browns/

    https://twitter.com/THENEWBLACKWAY

    SOME PEOPLE ARE TOO STUPID TO BE SAVED

    • Yeah it was. 6 times is too many. The focus should be on why things of this nature keep occurring. I thought thats what training was about. They don’t need training as an officer if they going to do the same that a person with no training would do. Just start shooting… but that’s another convo. But officers look like they are going to need better training oppose to using deadly force — shooting to kill.

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