NEWBOS

<div class="image_block"><img src="http://hiphoptruth.com/media/blogs/Firstblog/Newbos.jpg" alt="" title="" width="200" height="200" /></div> Well it looked like we would finally get a bit of re-education going on in the hip hop community!

 

Thursday February 26th on CNBC Lee Hawkins profiled the true life aspects of being young black and a millionaire in America.

 

We are most impressed with Kirk Franklin's message about how our young rich actually have enough fortune among them to affect our communities - hopefully we will see more of our community embracing our ability to S.O.S. - to "Save Our Selves" and also hopefully it will not take a hurricane catastrophe to make it happen.

 

Unfortunately this profile did not "press" some of the more "pressing" topics affecting our culture when it came to interviews with the Cash Money crew leaders. The profile showed a lot of what we already know - that they have more bling in their mouth than most of their beloved New Orleans would need to upgrade an entire school, (over $500,000) the question that wasn't raised to Lil' Wayne and his cohorts is - "why don't we see them teaching more young people how to get out like they did?" 

 

This documentary does however introduce an exciting focus on how our "black overclass" chooses to live, the excitement for us at Hip Hop Truth is that future efforts might focus more on harnessing that status to teach our young people how to fish instead of just bragging to them about how much fish YOU have and how good YOU'RE eating.<!--more-->

 

More information at the link above and purchase information is below!

 

You can purchase this documentary where CNBC takes viewers inside the growing class of young, self-made black multimillionaires – mostly under 40 – who have built wealth and influence in the sports, entertainment, and media industries. The journey to the black overclass, black America's new financial elite, is often filled with vast opportunity, but even greater pressure to help family and community. In one-on-one interviews with the celebrities, called 'NEWBOs,' Lee Hawkins takes us inside the experience of high-profile athletes and entertainers, discussing the implications of their sudden wealth and fame and their transition from the underclass or working class to wealthy class in a matter of a few years.

 

Features interviews with NBA superstar LeBron James, Major League All-Star Torii Hunter, The Williams brothers of Cash Money Records, Dallas Cowboy star Terrell Owens, billionaire entrepreneur and NEWBO pioneer Bob Johnson, multiplatinum gospel star Kirk Franklin, and television network owner Wyclef Jean.