Camden Police Pressure Swizz Beatz; Rapper Clarifies 'Snitching' Stance 
Published Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:44 AM
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    By Rudy West

    Police in Camden, NJ have threatened to pull their support for a "Peace on the Streets" featuring hit producer Swizz Beatz, because of the lyrics contained in his song "It's Me Snitches."

     

    Camden Police issued a statement on Tuesday (July 24) calling for Swizz Beatz to renounce his "anti-snitching" statements, claiming the song, and others like it make it hard for authorities to solve crimes.

     

    Swizz Beatz defended the song, saying that he used the word "snitch" as a radio edit to replace an a curse word in the uncensored version.

     

    "The use of the word 'snitches' in the song was just an edit for radio," Swizz Beatz said in a statement. "If I supported violence or the 'Stop Snitching' campaign, I wouldn't have agreed to be a part of the event."

     

    The rally is slated to take place today (July 26) without incident.

     

    The rally is sponsored by the local government and school board. According to Camden Police, they will drop their sponsorship of the rally if Swizz Beatz, born Kasseem Dean, failed to meet their demands of renouncing his lyrics.

     

    Camden, is rated one of the most dangerous cities in the nation, coming in second to Detroit, but ahead of Memphis and Baltimore, two cities also suffering from a plague of crime and violence.

     

    Organizers of the rally said that Swizz Beatz would be performing two songs that would have a positive message to the youth in attendance.

     

    The Peace on the Streets rally will distribute over $4,000 to local children for the upcoming school year and is being promoted by Philadelphia radio station Power 99 FM.


    Comments

     

    Grumpy said:

    Why not ask him what his lyrics meant BEFORE making a public threat? Ask a teenager, the kids out here that are fans, somebody...Jackass
    July 26, 2007 10:36 AM
     

    dirtybalance said:

    Chillin in my Beemer, listening to Ether! That song is contagious. My wife got tired of me playing that joint. This article just makes me want to go play it again and wake her up. It's me Snitches!
    July 26, 2007 10:55 AM
     

    babesblingandbooze said:

    i think its a good call...these rappers spew ignorant messages and then turn around to act like they're tryna help out
    July 26, 2007 11:00 AM
     

    Boss Up said:

    to that braud who says its ignorant listen to the lyrics, ain't no music he ever put out was ever that negative...its a radio edit, besides the unedited track sounds better

    people on this site try and b so conscience thinkin for 10 minutes how they can come up with an intelligent answer...don't matter shut the fuck up
    July 26, 2007 11:13 AM
     

    DwayneTheDreamPsychic said:

    Dam Swiss, they trying to make you dictate a their policy.  

    Tell them to renounce the " blue wall of silence".

    Some cops are good and some are crooked.

    Any cops out there, if you want a Reading I will give you a discount today.

    Dont worry I wont snitch info about your Readings, thats my policy.

    http://www.myspace.com/DwayneTheDreamPsychic
    July 26, 2007 11:14 AM
     

    K_ShreveportLA318 said:

    More proof that they don't even listen to the music they just judge what they dont know.

    Remember the Outkast, Rosa Parks incident.  They accused Outkast of being gangsta rappers using Ms. Parks name wrong and the song wasn't even about that.  And you know ya boy Sharpton was in on it.
    July 26, 2007 11:22 AM
     

    Deshawn_44108 said:

    lol @ Boss Up callin homegirl a BRAUD!!! LOL
    July 26, 2007 11:47 AM
     

    AMGDISTRIBUTION said:

    Is Big Lou involved?

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    July 26, 2007 12:02 PM
     

    FRE$H 2 DEF said:

    so are the police saying there is no such thing as a snitch? Or should rappers just not be able to say the word?  Should he have used 'rat' instead?? Or how about 'whistleblower'... that's what they use in corporate america...
    July 26, 2007 12:10 PM
     

    Sinistah aka Sin Piffcaso said:

    some cops are self-righteous retards wit a badge, good shit Swizz........they worryin about this nigga rhymes and shit.....maybe thats why their crime rate so fuckin high down there....shut da fuck up and do ya job...the dude agreed to be a part of an "anti-crime" event, thats probably why we so fucked up as a whole, we choose to focus on miniscule shit while the bigger picture remains unseen to those who should be seein it.....
    July 26, 2007 12:35 PM
     

    Grumpy said:

    Camden has been bad way before rap...It's places like that that breed the niggas that run up in your house and bang and slang. If folks are in a negative situation and scraping for everything and the Gub'ment allows the schools to deteriorate, no jobs and all the other socioeconomic ills, what do you expect?

    The Scheme: Industrial Prison Complex

    Take young Black boys around 3rd grade and mislabel their energy as a 'behaviorial problem' and ship them off to Special Ed. where they are warehoused, not educated and since labeled as 'BAD', act out. This leads to truancy, disrespect and violence which then makes them a target of the public school systems 'ADMINISTRATION' which can't wait to suspend, expel, or otherwise banish these boys out of the school system and out of their hair. That leads to crime which leads to being put in the 'SYSTEM' either thru 'Human Services' or the POLICE.

    The IPC creates an environment which ensures that a high number will be incarcerated (Read: Indoctrinated) into the IPC's twisted culture all the while stripping felons of the right to vote, removing the Father/Father Figure from the home, and destroying the Black/Brown/Poor Family structure.

    It's all a part of the scheme to remove Black and Brown men from their families and communities and put them into 'legalized slavery'. This system is funded by the GOVERNMENT and subsists off of the poor and disenfranchised. As long as Black babies are produced in poverty, the system will have a never ending supply of 'slaves'.

    Our very survival is at stake...
    July 26, 2007 1:55 PM
     

    Sholuvsta said:

    Word up man...Sinistah aka Sin Piffcaso..your right.

    This man trying to do something for the town, trying to put on a show and entertain them kids..and these bitchass piglets are trying to defame Swiss and bring up some straight bullshit man.

    Let the man put on his show..it's music man...

    DAMN!
    July 26, 2007 2:02 PM
     

    The Great State of Texas said:

    Camden, NJ hate'n, tell them police to get off their fat jelly donut eating stop a go quick shake eating ass and solve some crimes on their own.  The last time I checked its their job.

    July 26, 2007 2:34 PM
     

    KingKareem said:

    babesblingandbooze IS an ass. I hate 'self-righteous' types who KNOW that they stay bumpin' "Pop, Lock and Drop It" and doin' the dance with their 5 year-old daughters. Bitch or nigga, you're still ignorant.
    July 26, 2007 4:05 PM
     

    CRISIS187 said:

    Like "DwayneTheDreamPsychic Said", Tell Them To Renounce The "Blue Wall Of Silence" Before They Tell People Anything. Let A Pig Tell On A Nother Pig. They'll Give Him So Much Hell That He Mite Have To Transfer Or Even Retire Early. And Even Then, He's Going To Be Labeld A Snitch Or A Trader In There Eyes. Them Pesky Porkers Need To Stop Contradicting Them Selves.
    July 26, 2007 5:03 PM
     

    K.A.K. DEUCE said:

    FUKK THE POLICE, FUCK SNITCHES. WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ENUFF SAID.

    KEEP ROKKIN SWIZZ!
    July 26, 2007 5:04 PM
     

    MostHated1911 said:

    So this means Swizz condones snitching...
    July 26, 2007 5:09 PM
     

    GraffStar718 said:

    The PD need to do they job and stop listenin to rap music.  That's not what we pay you for. Yea, the job is hard but what can you do. It's the ghetto.  Swizz is tryin to help and y'all tryin to be proud while y'all city is the second most dangerous city in the country, rising to the top slowly.  I seen Camden, it's no joke.  Plus, the only thing about the song that says anything about snitching is the hook and that's the edited version, so the PD should fall back and let Swizzy pacify the streets.  
    July 26, 2007 6:49 PM
     

    jaeda said:

    If i was swizz i would do a show and donate all the money from that show to the school system in camden. Then challenge the police to top that!
    July 26, 2007 9:09 PM
     

    Ochoa said:

    thats what he gets for fuckin' with police in the first place.....
    July 26, 2007 10:43 PM
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