21 Savage has elaborated on his perspective regarding hip-hop lyrics and gun violence, after his own were brought up when calling for an end to gun violence in Atlanta earlier this week.“Atlanta we have to do better[,] put the f****** guns down,” tweeted the rapper, who grew up in Georgia, on Monday (August 8). While many were supportive of 21’s comments, one fan brought up lyrics from his recent Drake collaboration ‘Jimmy Crooks’, quoting the rapper’s line: “Spin a block twice/Like it ain’t nowhere to park.”Replying to the fan directly, Savage defended his work, arguing that a song “is for an entertainment” and is “not an instruction manual on how to live life.” He continued: “In real life I give away a lot of money and spread financial literacy to my community.
Pat Benatar Drops ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’ From Concerts in Deference to Gun Violence Victims
22.07.2022 - 00:47 / variety.com
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticOn her current tour, impending Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Pat Benatar is singing what she calls “the holy 14 — songs that if we don’t play them,” the audience will rebel. But not among those 14, surprisingly, is one of her best-known hits, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.” And Benatar allows that she has gotten some fan pushback on that, but she’s not giving in.Her reason for dropping it from the show? Any possible literal connotations of the metaphoric lyrics in the strictly-for-fun classic rock tune, which she feels are inappropriate to sing in public in a time of multiple mass shootings.“We’re not doing ‘Hit Me With Your Best shot,’ and fans are having a heart attack,” she said in a new interview with USA Today.
“And I’m like, ‘I’m sorry, in deference to the victims of the families of these mass shootings, I’m not singing it.’ I tell them, ‘If you want to hear the song, go home and listen to it.'” While she concedes the title “is tongue in cheek, you have to draw the line. I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t.
I’m not going to go on stage and soapbox — I go to my legislators — but that’s my small contribution to protesting. I’m not going to sing it.
21 Savage defends song lyrics after calling for an end to gun violence in Atlanta
21 Savage has defended his own lyrics after he called for an end to gun violence in Atlanta.The rapper, who grew up in the Georgia city, tweeted yesterday (August 8): “Atlanta We Have To Do Better. Put The F****** Guns Down !!!!!”While many Twitter users supported his comments, one fan highlighted Savage’s own lyrics about gun violence by quoting the rapper’s line “spin a block twice like it ain’t nowhere to park” from his recent Drake collaboration ‘Jimmy Crooks’.Replying to the fan, Savage countered: “A song is for entertainment it’s not an instruction manual on how to live life.“In real life I give away a lot of money and spread financial literacy to my community.
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Pat Carroll, actress who voiced Ursula in Disney's 'The Little Mermaid,' dead at 95
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Pat Carroll, Voice of Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid,' Dead at 95
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Pat Benatar won't sing 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' in wake of mass shootings
Pat Benatar is taking a stand. The rock singer, 69, shared in a new interview that she will no longer be performing her hit song, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," on her current tour with husband Neil Giraldo. "If we don’t play them, you’ll give us (a hard time)," she told USA Today.
Pat Benatar refusing to sing most popular song in wake of mass shootings
USA Today. "And I'm like, I'm sorry, in deference to the victims of the families of these mass shootings, I'm not singing it."Although the song doesn't encourage gunplay, the 69-year-old said, "You have to draw the line."An unapologetic Pat said fans can "go home and listen to [the song]" if they really want to hear it. "I can't say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can't.
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