AllHipHop.com: It’s really good to hear somebody like yourself say these things. It’s good for us to be able to talk like this and really be real and let people know that it’s not a joke. Rick: But you know what? It’s just that Black people are just taking the stance that they just don’t care. And, it’s scary. AllHipHop.com: I don’t understand how people can’t just care. My parents grew up really poor… Rick: People don’t know what they are about. There’s no more SNCC [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee] and no more H. Rap Brown and no revolutionaries anymore. There are no people that will stand up anymore. AllHipHop.com: I couldn’t believe that Al Sharpton signed on for a reality show. Rick: Oh that freaks you out? AllHipHop.com: [Laughs] Rick: That freaks you out? Jesse Jackson will sign on for one. Come on lets talk about the Uncle Toms of the world. AllHipHop.com: I guess I’m and idealist. Rick: I’m an idealist, but I’m a realist too. I’m getting ready to do one of those reality shows too. Me and Jamie Fox. It’s going to be about getting Rick James back in shape, going out again. So, I’m going to be able to talk some good s**t and let people hear it. It’s not like music; I can say things and motherf***ers have to listen. AllHipHop.com: Is this in development now? Rick: Yeah, matter of fact; I have to call Jamie today. AllHipHop.com: I’m happy for you. Rick: Allah is blessing me. He ain’t blessing me to keep my mouth shut because I ain’t never did that. AllHipHop.com: Most people are scared to talk. Rick: They ain’t scared to talk, they ain’t got nothing to say! They are a bunch of knuckleheads. AllHipHop.com: I’m a tell you because it’s true, but it’s not true. I interviewed Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent’s boy, and he had a lot to say… Rick: All I know about 50 Cent’s is he got more bullets in him than Al Capone. He’s a player hater. He’s the only ni**a I saw sitting down at the f***in’ [BET] awards show not giving props. To say something, you have to have something to back it up. You better have knowledge. I don’t care what you talk about, whether its politics, theology or whatever. You better have your times and your dates together. When dealing with these fake a** people or these politicians, and I f**kin’ be blowing their minds [and they are like] “So, you never even finished high school?” No, but I did something else, I read and I studied – So lets talk motherf***er! AllHipHop.com: I think artists are scared. As much as gangsta rap is hardcore, they rarely upset the powers that be like Ice-T or somebody did. Rick: That’s their problem. I ain’t afraid of s**t. I’ll take a bullet for what I believe is right. I’ll die in the name of Allah at anytime. AllHipHop.com: That’s the thing with the war…it’s like they are fighting for their God. Rick: Muslims are fighting in the name of God; [the U.S.] is fighting in the name of dollars and cents. AllHipHop.com: When somebody is fighting in the name of God… Rick: …you can’t win, you cannot lose. AllHipHop.com: Wow. Rick, thanks a lot. I don’t really have anything else to say. Rick: Much love to you. I have a feeling that you will be blessed greatly. You have an open-heart and an open mind and you are willing to just talk about it. I can wait until one day we can meet eye-to-eye and just talk more. AllHipHop.com: I hope to meet you and your daughter. Rick: You all get together and you take care of her. Please look out for her. AllHipHop.com: It was such a pleasure. By the way, one thing about Hip-Hop is that, even though it’s based on sampling, it really allows some of us to appreciate people that they don’t promote anymore. AllHipHop.com: Rick: Nobody is trying to stop us from your memory. They’re trying to stop us from going forward. They are not even thinking about us much, so we have to give them something to think about. [Muhammad] Ali tells me, “Rick, keep saying what you are saying and keep it real.” I love him and he’s like my mentor. And I’m not going to stop.
AllHipHop.com: It’s
really good to hear somebody like yourself say these things. It’s good for
us to be able to talk like this and really be real and let people know that it’s
not a joke.
Rick: But you know
what? It’s just that Black people are just taking the stance that they
just don’t care. And, it’s scary.
AllHipHop.com:
I don’t understand how people can’t just care. My parents grew up
really poor…
Rick: People don’t
know what they are about. There’s no more SNCC [Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee] and no more H. Rap Brown and no revolutionaries anymore. There are
no people that will stand up anymore.
AllHipHop.com:
I couldn’t believe that Al Sharpton signed on for a reality show.
Rick: Oh that freaks
you out?
AllHipHop.com:
[Laughs]
Rick: That freaks
you out? Jesse Jackson will sign on for one. Come on lets talk about the Uncle
Toms of the world.
AllHipHop.com:
I guess I’m and idealist.
Rick: I’m
an idealist, but I’m a realist too. I’m getting ready to do one
of those reality shows too. Me and Jamie Fox. It’s going to be about getting
Rick James back in shape, going out again. So, I’m going to be able to
talk some good s**t and let people hear it. It’s not like music; I can
say things and motherf***ers have to listen.
AllHipHop.com:
Is this in development now?
Rick: Yeah, matter
of fact; I have to call Jamie today.
AllHipHop.com:
I’m happy for you.
Rick: Allah is
blessing me. He ain’t blessing me to keep my mouth shut because I ain’t
never did that.
AllHipHop.com:
Most people are scared to talk.
Rick: They ain’t
scared to talk, they ain’t got nothing to say! They are a bunch of knuckleheads.
AllHipHop.com:
I’m a tell you because it’s true, but it’s not true. I interviewed
Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent’s boy, and he had a lot to say…
Rick: All I know
about 50 Cent’s is he got more bullets in him than Al Capone. He’s
a player hater. He’s the only ni**a I saw sitting down at the f***in’
[BET] awards show not giving props. To say something, you have to have something
to back it up. You better have knowledge. I don’t care what you talk about,
whether its politics, theology or whatever. You better have your times and your
dates together. When dealing with these fake a** people or these politicians,
and I f**kin’ be blowing their minds [and they are like] “So, you
never even finished high school?” No, but I did something else, I read
and I studied – So lets talk motherf***er!
AllHipHop.com:
I think artists are scared. As much as gangsta rap is hardcore, they rarely
upset the powers that be like Ice-T or somebody did.
Rick: That’s
their problem. I ain’t afraid of s**t. I’ll take a bullet for what
I believe is right. I’ll die in the name of Allah at anytime.
AllHipHop.com:
That’s the thing with the war…it’s like they are fighting
for their God.
Rick: Muslims are
fighting in the name of God; [the U.S.] is fighting in the name of dollars and
cents.
AllHipHop.com:
When somebody is fighting in the name of God…
Rick: …you
can’t win, you cannot lose.
AllHipHop.com:
Wow. Rick, thanks a lot. I don’t really have anything else to say.
Rick: Much love
to you. I have a feeling that you will be blessed greatly. You have an open-heart
and an open mind and you are willing to just talk about it. I can wait until
one day we can meet eye-to-eye and just talk more.
AllHipHop.com:
I hope to meet you and your daughter.
Rick: You all get
together and you take care of her. Please look out for her.
AllHipHop.com:
It was such a pleasure. By the way, one thing about Hip-Hop is that, even though
it’s based on sampling, it really allows some of us to appreciate people
that they don’t promote anymore.
AllHipHop.com:
Rick: Nobody is
trying to stop us from your memory. They’re trying to stop us from going
forward. They are not even thinking about us much, so we have to give them something
to think about. [Muhammad] Ali tells me, “Rick, keep saying what you are
saying and keep it real.” I love him and he’s like my mentor. And
I’m not going to stop.
