O.J. Simpson Talks 'Bad Rap,' Foxy Brown, Juvenile Perform
Yahoo! Music, Mar 4, 2002 4:00 pm PST
(3/4/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Former football star O.J. Simpson lived up to his promise to host a Cincinnati hip-hop concert on Saturday (March 2). Simpson hosted the Return Of Hip-Hop concert at Cincinnati's Music Hall, which featured performances by Foxy Brown, Juvenile, and others.
During the show, Simpson tossed footballs into the audience as he discussed rap music and the recent racial unrest in the city. Simpson said, "Rap has gotten a bad rap, and I know about bad raps. We are trying to bring back hip-hop to Cincinnati. Let's not do anything to spoil it."
Cincinnati has been the site of racial tension for several months due to charges that the city's police department uses excessive force during the arrests of African-Americans. The city endured three days of violent protests last April following the death of an unarmed African-American shot by a white police officer. The Coalition For A Just Cincinnati has called for an economic boycott of the city, which has been honored by singer Smokey Robinson and comedian Bill Cosby.
In 1994, Simpson was charged with the slashing deaths of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Brown. He was acquitted after a lengthy criminal trial, but was later found liable for their deaths in a civil case and was ordered to pay $33.5 million to the victims' families.
-- Anna Maria Gibson and Yves Salomon
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