Rap star Paul Wall, along with music artists Tego Calderon and Raekwon, were recently featured on the VH1 Roc Docs special “Bling’d: Blood, Diamonds, and Hip-Hop,” in which they traveled to Sierra Leone, Africa, to witness first-hand the place where thousands were enslaved and killed over wealth brought on by the country’s diamonds.
Wall is well-known for his custom-made “iced-out” grills. He said diamonds and jewelry mean success, so he’s always been a fan of the two.
Their purpose for visiting Africa, I’m sure, was to educate them about what they do not see and what they fail to realize when their flossing around on stage with their shining mouth jewelry. They do not think about the damage people are doing to Africans, only cash and gluttony occupy their minds.
Wall said he loved the opportunity of seeing the diamond mines in Sierra Leone, but at the same time, “felt a lot of compassion” in his heart.
He felt compassion?
Wall uses many, many diamonds in his grill business!
Speaking like a jewelry maker, Wall said, “We have a responsibility to do our research to make sure we're buying diamonds that the miners weren't enslaved to mine. If you buy diamonds, you have a responsibility to ask questions and make sure you buy them from someone legitimate.”
It does not matter where the diamonds come from because someone, somewhere, is risking his life in a mine, working to make someone else rich.
Wall is not helping Africa. I hope his visit changed the meaning of diamonds to him.
4 comments:
I agree that Paul Wall is not helping Africa and the situation. However, I think his visit will make him think twice about his decisions. Sometimes it takes someone to experience something first hand.
i really hope that his visit will make him seriously think about the consequences and deaths happening in africa because of diamonds and i sincerly hope he does ask questions and realize that these diamonds which cost us money are costing thousands their lives.
Paul Wall does sport a lot of diamonds and though these diamonds may have been gathered by torture Wall still has the right to wear any kind of jewelery he wants.
I do not understand his purpose of going to Africa, If he was not going to help out with informing Americans of what the diamonds are doing to the people who are being held as slaves. Sounds to me, like a publicity stunt for his new album!
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