Rappers and Financial Responsibility - strange bedfellows indeed

In an interesting little twist some fairly popular hip-hop and R&B stars got together to urge their fans to be financially responsible. The Hip Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment brought together people like LL Cool J, Alicia Keys and Nas with financial experts. Oddly enough - maybe it's not so odd, but it seems that way to me - some of the advice from the hip-hoppers was pretty good:

"Give 10 percent to the church, give 10 percent to your house. That's a good start," urged rapper LL Cool J.

It does seem odd to hear the stars of the "bling-bling" world telling their fans that they should be responsible with their money - I mean that 5 pound diamond encrusted gold chain sure doesn't say financial responsibility to me - but hey, what do I know. The very nice thing about this is that it's about time that minorities stop blaming the white world for their status and start taking some responsibility for their own futures. Lets hope more events like this happen and that the stars that appear can actually live out what they're teaching.