Public Enemy frontman and former Air America host Chuck D retweeted that question yesterday, and today it seems he found his answer. As Twitchy noted, both Houston Rocket Dwight Howard and singer Rihanna tweeted #FreePalestine this week before deleting their posts.
Howard tweeted later that “he never commented on international politics and never will.” As for Rihanna, a source told TMZ that “she didn’t even realize it was a tweet until she started hearing from her fans.” According to the U.K. Independent, the source “went on to explain that the singer had been reading up on the Middle Eastern conflict online when she ‘clicked a link.'”
Chuck D has a different explanation: slavery.
Stupid sht.USA does its best keepn black celeb artists about as Internationally scared & dumb as a walking paintbrush http://t.co/c7OR2meJ26
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) July 18, 2014
A slave in USA is someone who's agents & managers pimp them into not having an adult opinion. Thank you Rihanna & Dwight.. for nothing wtf??
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) July 18, 2014
@MrChuckD IKR? I was disgusted when I saw those retractions. Pathetic. Looks like someone's Jewish bosses were pissed off.
— Pcofwork (@pcofwork) July 18, 2014
@MrChuckD thanks for keepin it real
— Omar Ranginwala (@OmarRang) July 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/RendeRNoctis808/status/490280944998166528
@mrchuckd Wow….that's one big truth bomb that just went off. Blow them right off the airwaves…..
— Lemonte Burns (@lemburns) July 18, 2014
@MrChuckD nuclear shade sir. Well said .
— Redrum novarum (@RelapsedCath) July 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/PinkCottonMom/status/490281191153868800
@MrChuckD Man…They have so many ears but do absolutely nothing w/ the power!! Shit is sad.
— Marc G (@marcmarc330) July 18, 2014
@MrChuckD speak the truth, Chuck.
— Dele Alli Bomaye (@FQD1911) July 19, 2014
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