June 16, 2005
Black Eyed Peas' Jaime "Taboo" Gomez on South Africa
(Filed under: Responsibility)"You go to South Africa and get off the plane, and you see blocks and blocks of shanty homes, miles and miles of houses made out of cardboard boxes. Then about another mile down, you see this pristine golf course with only two people on it. That kind of stuff makes you think, and it influences your writing."
-Jaime "Taboo" Gomez of the Black Eyed Peas, who recently released Monkey Business. (USA Today, June 9, 2005)
Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 10:52 PM
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Comments
As much as the gap between rich and poor is still a huge problem in South Africa, comments such as this are exaggerated and misplaced. One has to wonder what Taboo is trying achieve by making such comments...you would think he was never in South Africa. He is perpetuating the misconception amongst Americans that South Africa, and Africa in general, is a place to visit when you want to feel better about your own circumstances. Do your research...and please dont try and sound deep with your fake philanthropy!!!
Posted by: Dis appointed at July 15, 2005 11:55 AM
I love beo I hardly know things about them Who Wouldn't?
Posted by: Anna at October 23, 2005 4:06 PM