Hip Hop Legend Bun B Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

[JoethePleb]

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/31433/breaking-hip-hop-legend-bun-b-endorses-bernie-sanders-for-president
It’s been tough holding back the news for over a week, but Bernard Freeman better known by his stage name Bun B, endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the first episode of a new podcast by promoter Matt Sonzala called “Hip Hop for Bernie Sanders.”

[Renew Deal]

1. Legend? Name one song of his without looking it up.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. Hip hop legend? Okay. n/t

[MADem]

8. That was my take, too...............

[1StrongBlackMan]

13. But what do I know ...

I've only been following Hip Hop since it was called "Rap".

[procon]

2. What's supposed to be the take away here?

I'd like to see Sanders getting the more important party endorsements from Dem superdelegates who will actually select the nominee. Even a top tier celebrity "endorsement" doesn't exactly move the needle or get a candidate any closer to the nomination. Assuming this person must have some fans, maybe it's newsworthy if he's going to be actively working to convince them to vote for Sanders now.

[NurseJackie]

3. Who? (Honestly, I've never heard of him before today.)

But, I can understand how Bernie's fans would be overjoyed with an endorsement from this "legend". Heaven knows, when you consider how dismal his current list of endorsements is looking, he definitely needs SOMETHING to crow about, even if it's just a celebrity endorsement.

[berni_mccoy]

14. Wow that is a FUCKED UP response... but go ahead, feel free to alienate those who appreciate HipHop

you might want to check his discography before DISSING him as an unknown.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bun_B_discography

Two of his albums were #1 in R&B and Rap and all of them have been in top 5. Overall in US, he had his first 3 albums were in the top 10.

[oasis]

5. Good way for a "promoter" to get publicity for a fading "legend".

[bobbobbins01]

6. Trill OG is the shit.

Every hip hop collection should have that album.

[LexVegas]

7. ...

[Truprogressive85]

9. Yes Bun B is legend not nonly that but he has helped so many people in Houston

to the naysayers, sorry if you never heard of him!
if you dont know something its better to admit you dont know than trying to dismiss

[1StrongBlackMan]

16. No Bun B is not a legend ...

Well, I guess that title might vary; but, he's not in my top 30 of socially conscious/activist Hip Hop artists ... and not in my top 50, in terms of his body of work.

[Truprogressive85]

19. That is your opinion

Bun B is in my top 50 and he is legend to the game to me

[1StrongBlackMan]

20. Okay ...

As I said, the Legend title, varies.

But for me, it has nothing to do with a political endorsement.

[WillyT]

10. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Congratulations

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Who's Bun B?

I listen to hip hop and I've never heard of the guy.

[berni_mccoy]

15. Shows what you know about Hip Hop

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=888861

[Cali_Democrat]

17. So he's member of UGK

I've heard some of their songs.

Sorry for not knowing that Bun B. is a member of UGK.

Can you forgive me?

[berni_mccoy]

18. Of course I can.

Peace and love.

[Number23]

21. I don't even know if this is a joke or not but hysterically, I predicted that this kind of

stuff would become a thing here about a week or two after the first polls came out that showed that Hillary had somewhere along the lines of 80% support from black voters. Yep, I posted about this in July

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=18529
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=18545

I noted that folks better get ready for a DELUGE of "endorsements" from every black or brown person that endorsed Sanders. That no endorsement would be too small or insignificant. And that folks here would say that the 6 black endorsements for Sanders would somehow hold the same weight if not, somehow actually MORE weight than the God only knows how many endorsements Hillary has gotten from minorities.

And GDP has certainly not let me down in that regard.