{"id":497094,"date":"2022-09-30T02:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T23:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/akademiks-dusty-comments-prompt-open-letter-from-universal-zulu-nation\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T02:23:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T23:23:34","slug":"akademiks-dusty-comments-prompt-open-letter-from-universal-zulu-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akademiks-dusty-comments-prompt-open-letter-from-universal-zulu-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Akademiks\u2019 \u2018Dusty\u2019 Comments Prompt Open Letter From Universal Zulu Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fa8adc79d5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fa8adc79d5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akademiks-dusty-comments-prompt-open-letter-from-universal-zulu-nation\/#%E2%80%9CAkademiks_%E2%80%98Dusty_Comments_Prompt_Open_Letter_From_Universal_Zulu_Nation%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Akademiks\u2019 \u2018Dusty\u2019 Comments Prompt Open Letter From Universal Zulu Nation&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAkademiks_%E2%80%98Dusty_Comments_Prompt_Open_Letter_From_Universal_Zulu_Nation%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Akademiks\u2019 \u2018Dusty\u2019 Comments Prompt Open Letter From Universal Zulu Nation&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/05\/Akademiks-Headshot1-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Akademiks\u2019 \u2018Dusty\u2019 Comments Prompt Open Letter From Universal Zulu Nation\" class=\"large\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nAkademiks\u2019 disparaging rant about Hip Hop\u2019s pioneers and architects has prompted an open letter from the Universal Zulu Nation.<\/p>\n<p>Addressed to \u201cGossip Blogger Akademiks,\u201d the letter began with a moment of gratitude for those Hip Hop artists who\u2019ve been able to survive the last 50 years, but it quickly got to the point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 48 years, we\u2019ve educated the world about the importance of our Culture\u2019s four spiritual principles: Peace, Unity, Love, and Having Fun,\u201d the letter read. \u201cThose principles were indoctrinated into American culture through positive reinforcement, utilizing four physical elements: Deejaying, Graffiti, Breakdancing, and Emceeing. There is a hidden element, known as \u2018the fifth element,\u2019 which is Knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/Ciyqd-xoq61\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/Ciyqd-xoq61\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">A post shared by LL COOL J (@llcoolj)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It continued: \u201cYoung man, had you been well versed with the fifth element, you would have known that your foul and unreasonably disrespectful rant against pioneers of our Culture was out of line, without merit, and pointless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore importantly, the culture vultures and agents for change are enjoying the fracas you created, as they are, have always been, and continue to be steadfast against what we\u2019ve created from nothing. They don\u2019t want us to succeed, and when we do, they always find an agent to do their dirty work in hopes of dismantling our Culture.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also claimed the \u201cculture vultures and agents of change\u201d have \u201ccreated an atmosphere of disunity, dissension, discontent and hate\u201d and the Zulu Nation believes they\u2019ve influenced Akademiks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubliminally, they have lured you into their trap,\u201d it went on. \u201cTheir plan to bring division among us will always work when they include and involve the gullible. It\u2019s disheartening to see the enemy consume our people and use them to destroy their own. Please always remember that the enemy does not view our Culture favorably. They never will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if they can throw money at you, they will continue to pimp you, your thoughts, your ideals, and your rationale. To them, you are clueless, uncultured, uncouth, and simpleminded. To us, you are a king, but they\u2019ve blindsided you to believe you\u2019re no more than a gossiper, which is the trait of a foolish woman. Again, we all know better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Has DJ Akademiks Done For The Culture?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G1NR__jUYkc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The letter included an allegation that Akademiks wants to be the \u201cmale version of Wendy Williams,\u201d something the Zulu Nation determined he can never be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWendy is an accomplished journalist,\u201d it said. \u201cShe is trained to seek both sides of a story and disseminate factual information to the public. Besides, Wendy is a woman, and you could never be a woman, even though you may gossip like one. Choose a side and work that side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter concluded by addressing the murders of PnB Rock, Pop Smoke and XXXTENTACION and what presumably led to their murders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been attacked by the national police association (Ice -T for his song \u2018Cop Killer,\u2019 N.W.A for their song \u2018F### The Police\u2019); we have been attacked by Black radio (refusing to play songs by Public Enemy, X-Clan and KRS-One); and we are constantly under attack by this new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>. They don\u2019t want blogs, vlogs, or videos that spread the truth about this Culture. They want the gossip, the beef, and talks about \u2018the bag.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me tell you something about that so-called \u2018bag\u2019 many young people brag about. R<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er PnB Rock was shot and killed for \u2018the bag.\u2019 Rapper XXXTentacion was shot and killed for \u2018the bag.\u2019 Rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed for \u201cthe bag.\u201d Be mindful in your quest to secure \u201cthe bag\u201d, young man. Thus far, it has not produced positive results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter was signed by Universal Zulu Nation Minister Of Information\u00a0Quadeer \u201cMC Spice\u201d Shakur. Of course, Akademiks\u2019 comments have caused a cascade of responses from several notable Hip Hop artists, including LL COOL J, Scorpio of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Russell Simmons and MC Sha-Rock. Akademiks has yet to issue an apology for what he said but did agree to sit down with LL COOL J if he\u2019s willing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Until then, find the full open letter <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/opinion\/universal-zulu-nation-writes-open-letter-to-dj-akademiks\/\">here<\/a> via <em>AllHipHop.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Kyle Eustice\"><br \/>\nby Kyle Eustice\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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