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It's like that's what they expect and what they want. On top of that, when you do have events, the police patrol a little bit different than when white kids have events. They don't want to deal with what makes things happen they just really want to convict and deal with the aftermath of the situation.īanner: They don't have nothing to do in Jackson. That's what bothers me the most, not only about local government but about American government. He'll probably have to resort to crime to live a mediocre life. Even if he gets out, because of things he went through in jail, he'll never get a job that's worth anything. They don't think that it affects somebody's life forever once a kid goes to jail, life will never be the same. It's something like the Medieval sacrifices all they really want is a sacrificial lamb. If a person perceives the fact that the person is caught,that satisfies their psyche. I learned in one of my psychology classes that in most cases with human beings, it's not really about what's right or wrong.
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What do you think of all the hysteria surrounding crime in Jackson right now?īanner: Perception is the key.
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JFP: Police have just arrested a 16-year-old for a series of armed robberies in Fondren, and announced that he would be tried as an adult. The day after the national media cleared out, Banner and his mother came by my office to answer tough questions about the crossroads our community is at, and what needs to happen next in the battle for a safe, inviting and inclusive city.
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"Either we take responsibility, or we reap repercussions," a shirtless Banner warned the frenzied crowd. Then during a sizzling performance at a packed Freelon's, he stopped the music long enough to warn his audience about a long, hot summer ahead with a lot of attention from people calling for "zero tolerance" aimed directly at them. I watched as he appeared at the Boys and Girls' Club on West Capitol to tell kids to stay in school and to start thinking about voting. In the laid-back song, "Cadillac on 22s" on the new album, he voices the confusion: "God I know that we pimp, God I know that we wrong, God I know I should talk about more in all of my songs, I know these kids are listening, I know I'm here for a mission, but it's so hard to get 'em when 22 rims are glistening."ĭuring the press junket, Banner stole a few minutes every chance he could to talk to me about his obsession: the challenges facing young black Mississippians. He is a Mississippian, like so many, straddled with the burden of re-tilling his home soil even as he celebrates it, of looking for fame to help bolster his efforts back home. His new video for his current hit, "Like a Pimp," is an unsettling mixture of happy dancing and rapping in Jackson's Battlefield Park intercut with images of Banner running from angry white supremacists. On the road to fame, Banner is writing lyrics that mix the requisite hardcore street language with coded messages-pleas, almost-about his state, poverty, voting and civil rights. But there's a little more to this story, as I've learned the last several days after spending a great deal of time with Banner during a press junket he hosted here in his hometown and in Vicksburg for national journalists. His new CD, "Mississippi: The Album," his first with the backing of Universal/SRC, hits the stores May 20, and is expected to catapult the man formerly known as Lavell Crump to rap superstardom. Rapper David Banner is likely about to put Mississippi on the map again, but in a way we have not yet seen. A Jackson rap star talks frankly about young criminals and crime hysteria in Jackson.