I'm new to this forum and know very little of playa2 or his previous positions on other events, so I won't judge. I will say that I don't find this account to be far-fetch'd. Where there is an avenue to make money and maintain the status quo, there will always be those there to exploit it. Music could be a powerful tool in accomplishing both objectives, serving as a means to transform thought (e.g. the peace child movement in the 70's) and change mood/mindset (review any psychology paper on music and affect). And when I look at guys like Ice Cube, formerly of NWA, in children's movies today and Tupac, a profound and conscientious man, with Death Row Record, I can't help but feel there are those willing to exploit talent to serve their own objectives (i.e. reinforcing stereotypes and typecasting minorities).
And for the record, I don't think that the endgame of stuff like this is to vilify/target minorities; it is only a tool. Boss Tweed said it best: "you could always count on one half of the poor to kill the other half" and while we quibble about superficial differences like race, religion, nationality, ecetera, those at the top are able to better insulate themselves and prevent us from investing our energy into understanding real issues; like why the **** is Bill Gates' worth (circa 2007) the equivalent of 120 million Americans. Or, why is it that we invest so much of our public money in the military (without any real threats) when we have so many more pressing needs domestically?
The media plays an incredible role in how we perceive our reality and it is used strategically. I, personally, don't think it is coincidence when certain "themes" play themselves out. Am I the only one that found it interesting that the explosion of interest in Asian culture (particularly Chinese) in film during the 60's onward (e.g. Bruce Lee), coincided with our nation attempting to open their markets? With the Chinese, they were suppose to be our big bad communist enemy and all of a sudden we started establishing diplomatic ties with them during the Nixon administration onward. Before these films and these friendlies, how many American factories do you think were in communist China? Now, most of our factory jobs are there. You think that could've happened if we maintained the status quo of them as an alien culture (domestically) and communist (internationally)?