Jay-Z is not pulling a race card, Frederic Rouzaud statements WERE racist and HIGHLY offensive. The hip-hop community is BY FAR dominated and a direct extension of the black community. They are basically synonymous. Other cultures may have roles in it now, but it originated from and is dominated by the black community. Anyone that would think that this is a race card must be racist themselves. Or is an ignorant white person who can not put themselves into other people's shoes. Racist white people make comments, like those of Frederic Rouzaud and some of the comments above, because of stereotyping, ignorance, arrogance and lack of understanding.

Do you really think that every black person calls women b**ches? Do you really think every rapper does? All blacks are all not drug dealers, even though realistically a drug dealer is nothing more than a business man who didn't have the same opportunities as some people. People make generalized statements and judgments about people when having no idea about their past. You have no idea why someone choose the path they did. Do you think a prostitute's dream when a little girl was to sell her body for money? Highly unlikely; something happened that pushed her back to the wall and made her feel that it was the ONLY means to survive. Leave a hard life of poverty and see what you may get into. Please, I beg of you, rent the moving Trading Places with Eddie Murphy and you may have your eyes opened slightly!!

Morally conscious statement? Please! Do you understand when, why and how hip-hip started? No, because you like to speak on things you don't know. Nowadays some hip-hop does degrade women, but so does ROCK, HEAVY METAL, other music genres, the entertainment industry & media, society and mainly (GASP!) - guess what - WOMEN themselves (I am a woman, by the way who does not disrespect herself). A woman controls the nature of the relationship; by and far even the most disrespectful man will shut up if a woman stands up for herself.

Is hip-hop money not good enough for Cristal? They get free advertising and have probably gotten boat loads of money because of the references in hip-hop songs.

I am a very open minded person and I respect other people’s opinions, but no one here (including myself) has a right to tell Jay-Z how he felt when he heard/read the comments. I 100% agree with him, am part of the boycott and I felt EXACLTY the same as he did when I read the comments. And by the way I am black, part of the hip-hop community and I am not a “drug dealer, faux thug, stabber, rapper, etc.” or any of the other derogatory and judgmental things made about Jay-Z and his character. You forgot to mention that he pulled himself from a life of crime, has donates MILLIONS to help others that come from rough environments so they don’t have to turn to a life of crime, is an extraordinary & talented artist, humble, he never gave up, pursued his dreams, remarkably intelligent and stands up for what he believes in. People are not defined by what they did on their worst day or their best day – you have to look at someone’s complete story to understand their actions and to make an accurate judgment. That is why only God can judge.

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