(CelebNMusic247) Kendrick Lamar‘s Anti-Voting Statements Draws Criticism!
Yesterday, Kendrick Lamar announced that he was NOT going to vote.
Welp, Lamar has drawn criticism from Rob “Biko” Baker, the executive director of the League of Young Voters for his anti-voting statements.
Lamar’s remarks, which come off blatenly ignorant to CNM247 is getting some backlash now. LYV director, Baker offered his take on Lamar’s comments, empathized with the young rapper’s position. However, Baker wants to inform him about the realities of voting and political involvement.
Rob “Biko” Baker speaks on Kendrick Lamars statements:
“I respect Kendrick Lamar’s opinion. He isn’t the only young leader frustrated with the state of the political process. But by not participating in this, and future elections, Kendrick Lamar is giving the very people he is frustrated with the more free reign to continue to pull the levers they way they want to.”
“This [past] weekend, I hung out with my family members who live in Kendrick’s home town, Compton, California. If Kendrick inspired his neighbors to think seriously about the strength of their vote, we could begin to alter the popular discourse, and more importantly the economic policy of local and statewide government. I’ve seen it happen before, and I believe poor people in Compton can be mobilized to improve their living conditions. We have to stop thinking about ourselves as individual actors, and take our collective strength more seriously. I would love to chop it up with him.”
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