they feel that they ve got to e coolest, the hippest, the latest trendy thing, and i just think they re a bunch of deposit. i really do. i could see these guys in the dumb boardroom, making a decision, and trump would fire them in five seconds for being dumb. they think they re being cool, because they hire cool people that young people like, and this is an edgy ad, and they think it s funny, and all of a sudden it backfires on them. is that part of it? yeah. i don t even understand how it sells mountain dew. sean: me either. the goat if he was drinking it maybe. i don t know. well, it is part of that criminal chic they were trying to tap into. there s a very serious point here. and that is in the black and the brown community, not just exclusively there, but predominantly there, you ve got a negative social pathology that the hip-hop industry and the big hollywood entertainment industrial complex has promoted for 40 years. look at the results.
sean: i don t like the ad. i think it s offensive. corporate execs think we want to reach the youngest generation. this is how we ll reach out to him. they hire a hip-hop artist, tyler the creator, members of his band. it is. sean: we ll do this ad, young will love it. they don t even know what they re doing. they think by hiring him but, sean, the commercial is the symptom. the disease is what i was talking about, which is big, who the entertainment industrial complex, large parts of the hip-hop industry promoting this image of young black men as thugs and young black women, and white women for that matter, as hos, h-o-s. sean: and nobody seems to care. buddy of obama, that s a good point.
e coolest, the hippest, the latest trendy thing, and i just think they re a bunch of deposit. i really do. i could see these guys in the dumb boardroom, making a decision, and trump would fire them in five seconds for being dumb. they think they re being cool, because they hire cool people that young people like, and this is an edgy ad, and they think it s funny, and all of a sudden it backfires on them. is that part of it? yeah. i don t even understand how it sells mountain dew. sean: me either. the goat if he was drinking it maybe. i don t know. well, it is part of that criminal chic they were trying to tap into. there s a very serious point here. and that is in the black and the brown community, not just exclusively there, but predominantly there, you ve got a negative social pathology that the hip-hop industry and the big hollywood entertainment industrial complex has promoted for 40 years. look at the results.
russell simmons is also an ambassador for world peace. he does it all. earlier i talked to him this year about his trip to israel as part of a program to promote peace through spiritual dialogue. take a look. here s what he said. a pioneer in the hip hop industry, simmons has been actively involved in resolving what he has described as rap beefs between artists for 30 years. the conflict in the middle east he suggests could be handled in a similar fashion. you work out something that s fair. you start making the saudi plan work. you have all of the support systems from all these arab nations. you feel somewhat more comfortable in your space. you isolate hamas. you create relationship, a good dialogue with abbas. possible. it s possible. i don t have to be a genius or political analyst or expert. russell simmons joins us here in atlanta. good to see you. nice to see you. as always. tell us why this is so important
michael bloomberg. today we have michael mcdonagh the new chief of staff of the white house. we ll get his take on the reports out of syria. we also have republican marco rubio and i know you are a big ncaa brackets person so i want you to know nate silver, the genius nerd statician who predicted the election, we ll look at his picks and he ll look at mine and we ll see who comes out ahead. i like you, jake, but my money may be on that guy. you re a wise woman. very wise thank you. the lead in a matter of minutes. now soda and cough syrup, a dangerous combination and is becoming big in the hip hop industry. see the scars that remain. i see wayne. i m looking at him. rapper lil wayne out of the