(AllHipHop News) In between promoting his new critically acclaimed album, DROGAS Light, Hip-Hop star Lupe Fiasco weighed in on the controversy over immigration over the weekend.
On Friday (January 27th), President Trump signed an executive order barring the citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.
Airports around the country were forced to roundup nationals from Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen.
Dozens of people were detained at airports around the country, sparking protests in cities like Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Denver and other major U.S. cities including Lupe’s hometown of Chicago.
“The 1st refugee/immigrants who sought safe haven in America & then committed terrorist acts against the indigenous citizens were white people,” Lupe Fiasco tweeted.
The rapper offered up some stats to prove that a bigger threat was already inside of most American’s homes.
“In regards to being killed, Americans should be more afraid of what’s in your own refrigerators than the religion of your nextdoor neighbor,” Lupe Fiasco said.
In regards to being killed, Americans should be more afraid of what's in your own refrigerators than the religion of your next door neighbor pic.twitter.com/o8Xukzu5pb
— CHECKIN’ Out Now! #APTMC (@LupeFiasco) January 28, 2017
Then the Chicago offered up a number of solutions for black Americans, in particular.
According to Lupe, the most important things are voting in the 2018 election, a greater focus on education, and the mastery of religion.
Check out Lupe’s tweets below:
On the social, cultural & economic fronts:
Black Americans should seriously reconsider our role in this society for the next generation.— CHECKIN’ Out Now! #APTMC (@LupeFiasco) January 29, 2017
Grand goals. Example: ALL Black American students should seek 2 exceed international standards 4 education, Such as The Chinese Gao Kao exam https://t.co/y3FRenvdCY
— CHECKIN’ Out Now! #APTMC (@LupeFiasco) January 29, 2017
Black Americans should seek to master and investigate all the religions of the world: spiritually, historically & technically https://t.co/y3FRenvdCY
— CHECKIN’ Out Now! #APTMC (@LupeFiasco) January 29, 2017
To a degree. In some areas resistance to conditioning is not a good thing for longevity and some ancestral lessons are obsolete for today. https://t.co/I7M8YCG6pi
— CHECKIN’ Out Now! #APTMC (@LupeFiasco) January 29, 2017
Also resist the urge to "simplify" complex arrangements. Short cutting has its downsides, sometimes the long way home is the most secure. https://t.co/I7M8YCG6pi
— CHECKIN’ Out Now! #APTMC (@LupeFiasco) January 29, 2017