“The discussions that have been sparked after my performance of ‘Georgia’ at the 2005 VIBE Awards is my exact reason for wearing a depiction of the Confederate Flag,” he wrote. He subsequently issued a statement explaining what the performance was supposed to mean. At the end of the performance, he tore off his outfit to reveal an Afrocentric red, black, and green version underneath, and then stomped on the Confederate suit. In 2005, Atlanta hip-hop star Ludacris performed his hit “Georgia” at the VIBE Awards wearing a Confederate flag outfit. Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz’s Put Yo Hood Upalbum cover-in addition to the somewhat tongue-in-cheek title-featured the rapper draped in a Confederate flag with two more burning flags draped in the background. Jackson.” Crunk rapper Pastor Troy had the flag prominently featured in his “This Tha City” video that same year. In 2000, OutKast’s Andre 3000 wore a Confederate flag emblem on his belt buckle in the video for their hit single “Ms. Whether or not you were offended by those artists depends solely on point of view, but rappers are supposed to push similar buttons. In the mid-’70s, British punks like Sid Vicious and Siouxsie Sioux began wearing swastikas in what they believed was an affront to British elders who’d fought Germany and would chide rebellious youth with, “I fought the war for your sort.” Nirvana’s 1993 video for “Heart-Shaped Box” featured a young white girl in KKK garb, innocently reaching for a fetus in a tree. Pop artists using offensive symbolism isn’t anything new. Hip-hop artists have been vocal in discussing Charleston and its aftermath, but some have been taken to task for their own use of the Confederate flag in their art. Politicians and pundits from around the country have all weighed in, with many voicing opposition to any official state usage of the flag. Specifically, the fact that the South Carolina state capitol flies a Confederate battle flag-long considered an emblem of racism because of the Confederacy’s desire to maintain chattel slavery in the United States-became a point of contention.
The killer, 21-year-old white supremacist Dylann Roof, directly stated that he was at the church’s Wednesday night prayer meeting to kill black people because “you rape our women, you’re taking over our country.” The aftermath has been filled with discussions about racism and white supremacy in America, and certain aspects of white Southern culture have drawn criticism. and what needs to happen to address the culture of hate that creates these kinds of killers. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, has left a lingering wound on the American consciousness, as the country attempts to sort through what the heinous act means for race relations in the U.S. The hateful killing of nine black churchgoers at Emanuel A.M.E.
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