Among a crowd of artists that included Herbie Hancock, Armani White, BRELAND, Denyce Graves, Grace Bowers, Jelly Roll, Justin Tranter, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, and Teddy Swims, the Public Enemy frontman was centerstage, standing directly on Blinken’s right-hand side, and was the first artist in the room mentioned by the Secretary of State, earning a round of applause from the journalists and dignitaries assembled. “I would like to thank everybody in the U.S. State Department and also YouTube for having me being invited to being a United States global music ambassador,” he said.

The US regime has a long history of policing and exploiting black culture at home while using it as soft power abroad.

Throughout the press conference announcing the project’s inauguration, both Blinken and YouTube’s global music head, Lyor Cohen, constantly mentioned the CIA’s secret Cold War program to use music and the arts as weapons for regime change. Referencing sending Louis Armstrong to play behind the Iron Curtain, Blinken stated, “America’s secret weapon is a blue note and a minor chord. Music is such a powerful diplomatic force because, I think, it taps into something fundamental, universal.” “In Berlin, just before the wall came down, Bruce Springsteen played to the adoration of countless fans,” he added.

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How you sell soul to a soulless nation when you’ve sold your soul

Cia involvement with hip hop isnt new but the older i get the more i believe that narrative that they purposely pushed for and still push for murder and d**** and the labels give out deals etc even tho i do consume 90% street rap if i take a step back and really look at things it isnt too hard to believe

I skimmed thru the article and it seems like they trying to get artists to make songs about the conflict overseas not inner city conditions

FBI too

Mentioning Louis Armstrong but leaving out how they used him as a trojan horse in the Congo to spy on Patrice Lumumba is why these niggas is and will always be hoes. Chuck D a str8 hoe.

RT @ChiraqPalestine

I miss when niggas hated the American regime

2007 pre Obama I wish we never had a black president and pray we never do again

The same people starting the same arguments on twitter too

the amalgamation of capital

That’s disgusting

State Dept?

Nasty work

Chuck D isn’t doing this to sell out. He definitely believes that there’s a net positive here even if he’s wrong.

This is absolutely insane, how shameful and flagrant

For Herbie Hancock too, what the f***

Miserable

Try reading the article

hate that its op that made this thread

hate the news even more im sick

You know Lupe broke down and cried when they didn't pick him

I’ve said Lupe wanting to work for the cia was weird to me what you want from me

Only person I fully co-sign is me and even I be wyling

Lol.

Music isn’t politics

these people realized mainstream music is not having the same anchor it once did and reassembled… whatever the change is next i’m keeping eyes open