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» by Michael "Ice-Blue" Harris August 26, 2009, 10:31am

The Blastmaster KRS-One has been educating Hip-Hop and the masses for over 20 years. As he gears to release his latest project Survival
Skills on September 15 with Duck Down front-man Buckshot, KRS spoke to
Hip-Hop Wired exclusively about the controversial documentary The Obama Deception.
In the film, KRS speaks on secret societies running the United States
and the world as well as his views on the nation's first
African-American President. Receiving some flack for his outspoken
views, KRS-One addresses the film and his real feelings about President
Obama and it's not exactly what you think. His philosophy never is but
edutaining nonetheless.

“If they controlled it before, what makes you think they're not
controlling it now? The country was on the verge of revolution. They
threw a Black man up, now we like this (complacent). They put a Black
face on the New World Order and now we all happy. KRS ain't buying it.” …KRS-One (The Obama Deception).

HipHopWired: KRS, you've never been one to hold your tongue but you feel that some misconceptions about you and your feelings about
President Obama have been distorted. So do you support the film The Obama Deception where you raised some interesting questions on the government and The President?

KRS-One: I'm not in support of it but I am in support of everything I said. No doubt but when I did the interview it
wasn't supposed to be a movie. It wasn't supposed to be what it is. I'm
sensitive to the struggle. There's a whole truth movement separate from
Hip-Hop. There's a whole 9-11 anti-war movement that needs me in that
capacity so I don't really beef with it too much and I allowed the
movie to come out without lawsuits and all that type of stuff. But
really, no. I'm not personally in support. I have my views on that.

HipHopWired: So were your words taken out of context and will you do your own documentary on The New World Order?

KRS-One: Maybe somebody should one day. We can do our own documentary even answering The Obama Deception but what I will say is that it's just like when I was misquoted with 9-11 when The Daily News misquoted me saying that I said, “We cheered when 9/11 happened.” The Daily News then put me on blast saying that if Osama bin Laden was to buy an
album, it would be KRS-One's. And then everybody in America was like,
“Aww, f@&k KRS.” But around the world, the Muslim community was
busting shots, like, “Yeah, KRS.” And it was a misquote. So in
colleges, even though certain Palestinians, Muslims, Arabs …come up to
me. Not that they was with 9/11 but they understood what I was saying
about the cheering of that system going down. That whole fake, that
corruption finally falling. They and the world understood it and the
same thing is with The Obama Deception as well.

I don't really support the movie or how they tried to pull Obama out like that, I'm not in support of that. But Obama is on that sh%&
too on another level. He is The President. F%@k all the dumb sh$%, he
is the President and he has people that he must answer to that are not
me and are not you and they don't have our interest in mind. No
government does in that sense. It's about people power so in that
instance I'm not ashamed of the message. I don't disagree with the
message of the movie but KRS is a little deeper than the movie projects.

“Everyone is pointing to Barrack right now, President Obama and
saying, 'You gotta get the economy together, you gotta get the economy
together.' When in fact the president has very little to do with the
economy. It's the Federal Reserve Chairman that at least sets the
policy… that's a privately owned company. The Federal Reserve Bank,
they set the agenda.” ...KRS-One (The Obama Deception)

HipHopWired: So how did you come to interview for The Obama Deception?

KRS-One: That was after a show. Somebody asked me a couple of questions and I gave them my heart and that was the end of
it. Now to turn that into a movie and market it as my political view,
that's a little over the top but when you're a revolutionary, sometimes
you take one for the team and that's what I'm doing right now. I
believe more in that movement than what I'm saying. I don't even care
even if they had lied about me and said some sh&% that I didn't
say. I'm more interested in the fact that 9/11 is being covered up.
Firefighters and police officers did run into those buildings and now
New York City doesn't want to pay their health expenses. I am concerned
about that. I'm concerned about you putting up a new Freedom Tower in
New York in the same place yet you not hiring New York City contractors
to build that sh&%. I'm concerned about that sh&$ so yeah,
KRS-One is a lil' deeper than what the movie is about but nonetheless
the movement itself I still support.

The people who put the movie out, Alex Jones, all of them…that's my crew. Straight up. 9/11 Truth, all of that, we get down. All that
sh%&, Conspiracy Theory all day. Judd, Maxwell, David, Ike, all of
them. That's my crew. We hang out, we talk. That's what it is. But it's
best that the message went out. I'm glad the message went out because
it's better for a Black man to critique another Black man, I think,
than any other race in that sense. America is not that grown up yet to
have to have a White man critique Obama and have the country feel good
about it. The reason why the Republicans even now can climb into Obama
is because of The Obama Deception. Believe that.

HipHopWired: That's true and no one is above criticism. And just because you disagree with someone and provoke thought doesn't mean
you're hating on them. What made you question The President and his
mission while the majority of the country was wrapped up in the Obama
cloud?

KRS-One: The first week. Before anybody said anything that was critical about the presidency, you first heard
KRS-One, simple and plain. We spoke the week he was inaugurated. The
week that Obama was inaugurated was the week that the interview went up
and nobody understood. My own community, African Americans was like,
“F*&k KRS” because he said “F**k Obama.” And that's what I had to
endure. But then the White population, the Republicans, looked at that
said you know what, “Brother got a point of view here.” We here at
N.R.A. agree. We Christians over here, we agree. We Wal-mart, Target,
all that sh#%, we agree with this Black man over here. And then you get
the Republican Party like let's now take a look at this and that. But
first you need a credible Black man to first ask credible questions
before anybody else can say anything. And I'm not the only one because
my man Dr. Cornell West peeled into the President as well, nicely and
respectively.

HipHopWired: You say respectively and nicely. Who went about it in some tyrannical manner?

KRS-One: Not on no ni**a sh&% like Jesse (Jackson) did who straight up called him a “NI**A.” They was on some
old school “Ni**a Sh&%” like Jesse came straight out, “You a ni**a”
and that's it. We wasn't on that, Cornell West wasn't on that. That
brother's a scholar and he came right out with it and “lets not get so
emotional over a Black president. We got to clean this country up.”
This is from Cornell West so you got KRS on one side, Hip-Hop talking.
And we're saying, “Nah, Barrack is cool. He's the man no doubt. We
don't disrespect that” but that could be the New World Order too, dawg.
Don't get so wrapped up thinking just cause John McCain lost, you now
got something. Nahh man. Keep your eyes open.

HipHopWired: Definitely. And you're not alone with those thinkings. Did you incorporate some of those thoughts with your new
album Survival Skills with Buckshot?

KRS-One: A lot of young Whites, Blacks, Latinos, the young Asians and Native Americans, they agree. And that's what
makes the film important. Even though I think the film goes a little
over the top, I mean it's a conspiracy film so it goes over the top.
But people agree so you match The Obama Deception with the
Town Hall meetings that are happening all over the country right now
and then you match that with Survival Skills the album with songs like
“Think Of All The Things.” We're talking about being a father to your
child and what are you doing. KRS talks to the mothers and Buckshot
talks to the fathers. We coming with cuts like this is what new Hip-Hop
is. This is what it is and we're a part of this debate. Don't just look
at this album as KRS and Buckshot did an album that represents their
art. This album is being put out very timely when citizens are in
governors' and presidents' faces. We got a cut called “On The Grind”
with Mary J. Blige and play that as you're watching CNN or FOX news
because it's all relevant and it all sinks in.

So I'm really proud of this project because this is what KRS-One's career is really all about. Survival Skiils, the videos, the subject matter, the beats, the people on the album.
This is what KRS-One needs right now. This is what Hip-Hop needs right
now.

Buckshot: Politically this (album) is what the world needs. Kris didn't say the word F-U-C-K but he said Mr. Sean
Hannity (Conservative Fox News Host and tyrannical Obama hater) is not
gonna like that. I personally would say F**k Mr. Sean Hannity. I don't
even like saying his name. I personally feel like throwing a tomato at
my T.V. anytime my channel skips past it so he'll be another political
issue that'll come up later on but that's for another day.

HipHopWired: People are quick to tear down the youth movement in Hip-Hop and say that they don't respect their elders and
uplift the culture. Yet, you being The Teacha, you feel that they are
as important and relevant as you are. You've even bigged up Soulja Boy
and T-Pain so what do you want the youth to learn from you at this date
and time?

KRS-One: When I did the quick little interview with Alex Jones, spoke my mind and sh&$ went up on the Internet,
everybody was like, “Ohh sh&%, KRS is dissing Barrack.” And after I
did like 20 interviews, I was like I'm not dissing Barrack, I'm dissing
all motherf&%king presidents. First it was just an interview and
then they made it into a movie. They took “my movie” and turned it into
part of the movie The Obama Deception and put my views up
there. And right away, they was like “KRS is dissing Obama.” And again
I made it clear, I not dissing Obama. I could never diss Obama but all
presidents are politicians and you know me with my conspiracy theories
and the New World Order, I don't see it the way everybody else sees it.
So I spoke my mind but look at that. A lot of elders felt the way I
felt but they were just scared to talk and now I spoke up, just spoke
my mind. Because ain't nobody kicking my a*s, ain't nobody feeding my
kids or paying my mortgage. So what ni**a, I'm bussing my guns. So I'm
gone speak the way I speak and that's that.

So I stepped up and I talked so now all of a sudden the young kids are like, “Oh Sh$^, who is that?” “Yo that's that dude called KRS-One.”
Their older brother and sisters… their mothers and fathers are telling
them that, “Oh yeah, that's KRS-One. That's that dude, he don't give a
f*&k. He'll tell you straight up and down what it really is. Or you
can catch him over here. I mention all of that to say just because
you're an elder doesn't mean that young people have to respect you.
F@%k that. If you're an elder, young people will work you harder for
your respect today. You should be trying to get the respect of your
children, not asking them to respect you. At 50 years old you shouldn't
need mother fu&%ing respect.

You Must Learn: Watch The Obama Deception below: