Last year rapper Rick Ross came under fire for a tasteless lyric trivializing date rape [click here if you missed that].
Apparently Rozay has not learned his lesson about crossing the line in music after using Trayvon Martin's name in a single from his new album 'Master Mind...'
On the track "Black & White' Rick Ross spits, "Trayvon Martin, I’m never missing my target," in a horrific reference to the unarmed black teen murdered by George Zimmerman in Florida.
Ross explains the meaning behind his metaphor to Vibe,
"It's so important that today, on the two-year anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin, we never forget that tragedy."
"I'm never going to let the world forget that name. In my song 'Black and White' off Mastermind I say, 'Trayvon Martin, I'm never missing my target'. There I'm reminding people that if you're a black person or a person of any color for that matter in this country, you have to be accurate, whatever moves you make, stay accurate. Even when you're walking down the street, playing music from your car, you have to stay on point."
"Black men are being killed and their killers [are] beating the trial. It hasn't been this much violence against black men since the '60s. I am Trayvon Martin, we're all Trayvon Martin. He was from South Florida. That could have been me or one of my homies. So, stay alert and never miss your target. Whatever that target may be. Getting out the hood, providing from your family. Stay sharp. Stay alive. Trayvon, Rest in Peace."Mastermind drops March 4th.
