George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People

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Name = George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People


Artist = The Legendary K.O.
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Released = September 6, 2005
Format = Digital download
Recorded = Houston, Texas
Genre = Remix, Rap
Length = 3:48
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Writer = Big Mon and Damien aka Dem Knock-Out Boyz
Producer = Kanye West & Jon Brion
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"George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" is a protest song by hip-hop duo The Legendary K.O. It was released [ [http://www.rappersiknow.com/?p=35 FWMJ’s Rappers I Know » Blog Archive » Day #24: Myone “Hands Up” featuring Kay, produced by Symbolyc One b/w The Legendary K.O. “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People”, produced by Kanye West ] ] on September 6, 2005, just days after Hurricane Katrina. The song is available for free on the Internet. The song was a single first made available from FWMJ's Rappers I Know website. It was released using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license [ [http://www.ourmedia.org/node/53964 Ourmedia: George Bush Doesn't Like Black People ] ] .

History

The politically charged song is a response to the Bush administration's heavily criticized response to Hurricane Katrina.

It is a mash-up which gets its beat from Kanye West's song "Gold Digger". The first line in the song is a quote from West speaking at A Concert for Hurricane Relief. [ [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/08/katrina_kanye_remixe.html Katrina: Kanye remixed, "George Bush Don't Like Black People" - Boing Boing ] ]

The song specifically criticized George W. Bush for his slow reaction to the plight of New Orleans. It spread widely over the Internet for several weeks after the catastrophe, in some cases backing video mash-ups with photo montages from the hurricane.

The refrain of the song asserts that "George Bush ain't a gold digger, but he ain't messin with no broke niggas", and implores, "come down, Bush, come on, come down" to New Orleans. Similar themes, including the characterization of black victims of the hurricane as looters, were covered by Public Enemy in a contemporaneous single, "Hell No We Ain't All Right!"

External links

* [http://www.ourmedia.org/node/53964 George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People Download]
* [http://www.ourmedia.org/node/54476 George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People (Radio Edit) Download]
* [http://www.rappersiknow.com/ FWMJ's Rappers I Know]
* [http://www.k-otix.com/ The Legendary K.O.]

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