{"id":948876,"date":"2021-11-01T09:59:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T13:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=948876"},"modified":"2021-11-01T09:59:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T13:59:25","slug":"they-only-want-rappers-to-succeed-by-promoting-sex-drugs-and-murder-lets-go-brandon-rapper-speaks-on-big-tech-censoring-his-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-only-want-rappers-to-succeed-by-promoting-sex-drugs-and-murder-lets-go-brandon-rapper-speaks-on-big-tech-censoring-his-song\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Only Want Rappers To Succeed By Promoting Sex, Drugs And Murder\u2019: \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 Rapper Speaks On Big Tech Censoring His Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthey-only-want-rappers-to-succeed-by-promoting-sex-drugs-and-murder-lets-go-brandon-rapper-speaks-on-big-tech-censoring-his-song%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=948876&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>According to YouTube, Bryson Gray is a purveyor of \u201cmedical misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a pretty strange accusation given his profession \u2014 rapper \u2014 isn\u2019t one people generally turns to for therapeutic advice. It\u2019s also odd because, with the exception of a single line, Gray\u2019s hit song, \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon,\u201d has little to do with Covid.<\/p>\n<p>The title of the single, as nearly everyone knows by now, is a euphemism for \u201cF*** Joe Biden,\u201d an organic movement sparked when an NBC reporter wrongly claimed fans at a NASCAR event were actually cheering for a driver named Brandon. The moment perfectly captured the media\u2019s dishonest covering for the Biden administration, inspiring a fed-up public to launch the viral slogan that, in turn, launched Gray\u2019s hit.<\/p>\n<p>How big a hit? \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d has topped the iTunes chart for days running, beating out a new song from Grammy-winner, Adele.<\/p>\n<p>But the tech giant was apparently afraid that seven words from a single lyric, \u201cPandemic ain\u2019t real, they just planned it,\u201d would persuade fans to do\u2026what, exactly? YouTube hasn\u2019t told Gray. They\u2019ve only sent him a notification saying the platform, \u201cdoesn\u2019t allow claims about COVID-19 vaccinations that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re wondering when YouTube\u2019s standards on musicians mentioning medical issues was implemented, it was apparently after Kanye rapped about the drug <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=kanye+fml+lyrics&amp;rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS947US947&amp;ei=Iw17Yf35NYmTwbkPmZup2A4&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi9l4Pq_e3zAhWJSTABHZlNCusQ4dUDCA4&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=kanye+fml+lyrics&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjoECAAQQzoECC4QQzoICC4QgAQQsQM6BQguEIAEOggILhCxAxCDAToOCC4QgAQQsQMQxwEQowI6BQgAEJECOgoILhDHARDRAxBDOgcILhCxAxBDOggIABCABBCxAzoICC4QgAQQkwJKBAhBGABQ2oIEWMzHBGC2yARoAXACeACAAY4CiAHJDZIBBjEzLjMuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\">Lexapro<\/a> in the song \u201cFML\u201d and Jay-Z spit lyrics about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=jay+z+smile+lyrics&amp;rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS947US947&amp;oq=jay+z+smile+lyrics&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512j0i22i30l2.4372j0j15&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\">codeine<\/a> in \u201cSmile.\u201d Both videos are still on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous Snoop Dogg songs recommend marijuana for dubious medical purposes (in fact his hit \u201cMy Medicine\u201d praises it for virtually <em>all<\/em> purposes, despite the fact any doctor will tell you advocating a constant state of intoxication isn\u2019t good medical advice). Yet you can still find dozens of videos showcasing the song on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>So why, exactly, Gray wonders, has the platform suddenly decided it needs to police rappers who might drop a line related to medical issues?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018It\u2019s all about protecting Biden\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Gray predicted his video would be removed in the song, rapping, \u201cIf you ask questions \u2019bout the vax, then they gonna ban us.\u201d In an interview with The Daily Wire, he points out that actual, targeted threats of violence are pervasive in rap music, yet Big Tech has little problem with those videos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGang bangers will talk about each other in these songs. And they brag about killing each other. These are real people, with real names. Sometimes they even include<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to YouTube, Bryson Gray is a purveyor of \u201cmedical misinformation.\u201dIt\u2019s a pretty strange accusation given his profession \u2014 rapper \u2014 isn\u2019t one people generally turns to for therapeutic advice. It\u2019s also odd because, with the exception of a single line, Gray\u2019s hit song, \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon,\u201d has little to do with Covid.The title of the single, as nearly everyone knows by now, is a euphemism for \u201cF*** Joe Biden,\u201d an organic movement sparked when an NBC reporter wrongly claimed fans at a NASCAR event were actually cheering for a driver named Brandon. The moment perfectly captured the media\u2019s dishonest covering for the Biden administration, inspiring a fed-up public to launch the viral slogan that, in turn, launched Gray\u2019s hit.How big a hit? \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d has topped the iTunes chart for days running, beating out a new song from Grammy-winner, Adele.But the tech giant was apparently afraid that seven words from a single lyric, \u201cPandemic ain\u2019t real, they just planned it,\u201d would persuade fans to do\u2026what, exactly? YouTube hasn\u2019t told Gray. They\u2019ve only sent him a notification saying the platform, \u201cdoesn\u2019t allow claims about COVID-19 vaccinations that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization.\u201dIf you\u2019re wondering when YouTube\u2019s standards on musicians mentioning medical issues was implemented, it was apparently after Kanye rapped about the drug Lexapro in the song \u201cFML\u201d and Jay-Z spit lyrics about codeine in \u201cSmile.\u201d Both videos are still on the platform.Numerous Snoop Dogg songs recommend marijuana for dubious medical purposes (in fact his hit \u201cMy Medicine\u201d praises it for virtually all purposes, despite the fact any doctor will tell you advocating a constant state of intoxication isn\u2019t good medical advice). Yet you can still find dozens of videos showcasing the song on YouTube.So why, exactly, Gray wonders, has the platform suddenly decided it needs to police rappers who might drop a line related to medical issues?\u2018It\u2019s all about protecting Biden\u2019Ironically, Gray predicted his video would be removed in the song, rapping, \u201cIf you ask questions \u2019bout the vax, then they gonna ban us.\u201d In an interview with The Daily Wire, he points out that actual, targeted threats of violence are pervasive in rap music, yet Big Tech has little problem with those videos.\u201cGang bangers will talk about each other in these songs. And they brag about killing each other. These are real people, with real names. Sometimes they even include fake news segments and articles in the videos, announcing the deaths. And that doesn\u2019t get banned,\u201d he says, \u201cIt\u2019s almost as if they only want rappers to succeed by promoting sex, drugs, gangbanging, and murder. What they don\u2019t want you to do is even question the narrative a little bit.\u201dPart of the narrative the social media giants don\u2019t want you to question, he believes, is the performance of Joe Biden.\u201cLook, [\u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019] had like 70,000 views in one day and [Big Tech] can\u2019t have that. So, I mean, their move was basically, \u2018Let\u2019s just get it out of here.\u201dGray says it\u2019s clear to him that YouTube isn\u2019t really worried about what influence he might have over the public\u2019s medical decisions, they\u2019re trying to keep a song that embarrasses the President by highlighting his terrible record on a number of issues from spreading.\u00a0 \u201cI think they\u2019re trying to protect the Biden administration,\u201d Gray says. \u201cIt\u2019s all about a coordinated attack.\u201dA political evolutionThough he\u2019s always been socially conservative, in his younger years, Gray believed he was a Democrat. But taking a deep look at the economic policies on the Right finally changed his mind.\u201cI used to be identified as a Democrat, but obviously that\u2019s because I\u2019m black and 90% of black people are,\u201d he says. \u201cI just didn\u2019t know anything about economics. But even then, I was naturally economically conservative. And really, that\u2019s common for the black community. We want to see people start businesses and go from nothing to something.\u201dHe points out that rap music often celebrates capitalistic pursuits and rising to the top through hustle and hard work. Around 2015, he started to realize that his party affiliation didn\u2019t match his ideology and started to seriously consider Republican policies. Now he\u2019s a registered Independent because the Republican part isn\u2019t conservative enough for him.James believes part of the reason the Right has a difficult time making in-roads with black voters is because they don\u2019t appreciate the power of pop culture enough.\u201cThe issue is just the Democrats have always been better at marketing Republicans,\u201d he says. \u201cNot only do Republicans suck at getting themselves into culture, but they tend to alienate and or cast out those who are involved in culture.\u201dInstead, he believes conservatives have to get more involved in making pop-culture, and that includes hit rap songs like \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon.\u201d Many new listeners who downloaded the song liked it enough to start looking for Gray\u2019s other releases, like his Christian-themed album, \u201cLetters to the Church.\u201d\u201cI have so many supporters who tell me I was the first rapper they\u2019ve ever bought something from,\u201d he shares. \u201cThey hated rap until they heard my music. But there\u2019s a lot of conservative rappers that make great music, not talking about killing people, not talking about sex. And it\u2019s pretty dope.\u201dThe fight for free speechYouTube wasn\u2019t the only platform to ban \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d though. Instagram deplatformed the video as well. Based on his experience, Gray says he has no doubt that \u201cpeople on the right don\u2019t really have true free speech anymore.\u201dBut like the hard-charging capitalist he is, he says he isn\u2019t interested in just complaining about it. \u201cWe have to find ways around it,\u201d he tells me.\u201cLook, I\u2019m gonna let people know what happened [in his song being banned],\u201d he says. \u201cBut I don\u2019t have time to be like droopy and crying. No, I\u2019m gonna [get] around it. I\u2019m gonna hit the charts anyway just to piss them off.\u201dFor that reason he\u2019s exploring options like text sign ups so that he can reach out to fans directly when he\u2019s releases new material and apps .One thing he\u2019s certain of though\u2014he\u2019s not going to be silenced.\u201cI\u2019m [gonna] just keep doing what I\u2019ve been doing,\u201d he says. \u201cMake my music. Say what I want. I have no record label, I\u2019m as free as a bird.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-948876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}