HOWARD BLASTS BLACK STEREOTYPE

Last updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2007

HOWARD BLASTS BLACK STEREOTYPE

Oscar nominee TERRENCE HOWARD jumped at the chance to narrate a new US TV documentary about modern black culture because it gave him the chance to air his own views.

Terrence Howard in 'Hustle + Flow'

The actor, who played a pimp-turned-rapper in hit movie HUSTLE + FLOW, admits he's appalled with his peers in the rap and hip-hop world and feels it's time someone like him stood up for well meaning African-Americans.

He says, "I've been appalled for a number of years at what we have produced as a people, black people. Our music used to resonate in the soul and the heart and now our music has become something more common to a war theme.

"The beating of drums leads to anarchy. We've lost the message in our music and I wanted to speak about that."

And Howard's biggest issue is with those who use the 'N' word: "That word 'n**ger' that we've adapted and call ourselves by is evil. No good can come from an evil thing."

Source: WENN

| Tuesday, March 6, 2007

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