Akala speaking on the 'Jungle' music video by Professor Green feat. Maverick Sabre

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13 жыл бұрын

Akala shares his views as the Royal Festival Hall hosted 'Intelligent Movement; A celebration of hip hop',
Footage filmed by London 360 news team, edited by Maleena Pone.

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@WCamden 2 жыл бұрын

Every now and then a video of akala pops up and I just know he’s going to be chatting shit reaching at something 😂😂😂😂

@yesiamajamaican6868 7 жыл бұрын

If you don't understand what he is saying, then he isn't talking to you. Keep preaching Akala even when you feel that you're throwing pearls before swines.

@mfbcore4672 9 жыл бұрын

Maverick Sabre always sings like that ... +_-

@Laura-sg6ss 2 жыл бұрын

Always sings like... a "jamaican" just coz he ALWAYS sings like that... doesn't make it a justification now does it?

@sullyxl6884 5 жыл бұрын

Didnt know mav sabre was irish now i do he sounds irish not jamaican, i like akala hes a very intelligent self educated man, but i think hes over thinking this .

@Laura-sg6ss 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not overthinking he speaking about a specific song

@Kgfhff 2 жыл бұрын

He’s woke now

@HIQ45 2 жыл бұрын

Even the hungry bar wasn't intended to be malicious, it was word play coz he mentions another 3 animals in that verse, hyenas cheetahs and another one too

@nikolaivosevic9516 2 жыл бұрын

Yea he's reaching.

@gooderish 11 жыл бұрын

Akala, sorry son but you aint got no Jamaican accent.

@Laura-sg6ss 2 жыл бұрын

He's Jamaican he's referring to ethnic group of people and he's being a mouth piece and he can defo speak Patois. Just like how I can speak in my accent and then switch accents when I speak Spanish... darling, you're being silly.

@anikahussain5763 10 жыл бұрын

akala is awesome :)

@monsueirknowles3847 9 жыл бұрын

Irish people commonly sing in a similar accent to the Jamacian accent, its the similar way vowels form in both accents that make them so distinct. So is he saying that because Maverick Sabre sounds sounds vowels simillarly to a Jamacian person this makes him a racist? I'm genuinley curious

@j.m3299 8 жыл бұрын

who said the song is highlighting the worst of the Jamaican culture, just because the video features predominantly black people doesn't it's only about them, it's about everyone who comes from a difficult background and lives in dangerous places, black or white.

@Mehbz 10 жыл бұрын

WHERE IS THE REST OF THIS VIDEO?!

@daleksvscybermen 11 жыл бұрын

I'm not saying that Racism is no longer a problem. However, I'm getting seriously frustrated at people seeing Racism when there isn't any.

@bigbear197708 11 жыл бұрын

Here here

@garvey6333 8 жыл бұрын

I'm that much of a Akala freak I have to go back to old videos to make sure I heard and understood ever word he said lol but I've noticed the full video of this is no longer on here? Hm...🤔

@TehMartiiN 11 жыл бұрын

Akala has mentioned several times that he's done stuff he isn't proud of, and that he was confused when he first started rapping.

@len73- 2 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine how enraged i would be if i heard some Jamaicans singing in an irish accent..i might just flip

@purplenurps 11 жыл бұрын

but remember who chooses to cash them and spend them on stupid shit, instead of putting money back into their community.

@CapiTen10 11 жыл бұрын

The accent thing is quite funny, even though many black Britons retain some West Indian linguistics their accent is still more British

@adamwalkeraw 11 жыл бұрын

Fair dues, I'm northern Irish and is someone started takin the piss in a Belfast accent about " Fenians and Huns" it would get me flapping. Only we are allowed to do that

@EscapeTheHold 11 жыл бұрын

When has he claimed to be exclusively black Jamaican? You can't be angry with him for identifying more with black Jamaican culture than British culture, you seem to want him to only embrace his English side and totally ignore his Jamaican ancestry. Pro-Green (a non black person) portrayed black culture in a negative light. Yes Akala (a mixed race person) portrayed Caucasians in a negative light but considering he was raised by a WHITE mum I think its fair to assume he isn't racist.

@thejesta999 12 жыл бұрын

hes not singing in a jamican accent hes got his own style and persona you cannot claim everything's yours when its not urban culture is not just black, white, Asian its URBAN white people live in the ghettos black people live in the ghettos we pass intelligence and we pick things up from our neighbors so in my opinion we should all come off the race subject and stand up as 1 UK STAND UP

@EscapeTheHold 11 жыл бұрын

Akala is mixed race and was raised by a white mother. To call him racist is irrational, a huge exaggeration and also an over analysis of a simple metaphor. Whilst his use of the word "crackers" was a bit irresponsible, it quite obviously represented his view on the rich and powerful as evident by the "white man in a suit". I think you should review your definition of the word racist, find its actual definition, observe Akala's actions rather than his lyrics from 2006, and then call him racist.

@krisp781 11 жыл бұрын

Iqbal Ahmed.. I couldn't agree more. Spot on :). I like Akala and have respect for him but let's just move on and stop making issues out of nothing. Like you said he doesn't have to spend his life talking shit

@zaydgill545 7 жыл бұрын

wass all the hate about?? he just said he doesnt mind that accent being used he was saying he doesnt like the way black people have come to be represented, he was just using prof green as an example

@jefersonvilaede 7 жыл бұрын

where is the rest of the footage?

@winstonchurchill5731 5 жыл бұрын

Don't see Green passing his doctorate in university and owning bueissnes and a library

@Chrisindapurplehouse 11 жыл бұрын

Maverick's accent isn't Jamaican in this video at all! That's just how he talks, his accent it sort of hybrid of a Londoner accent and an Irish one and sounds just the same as his singing voice. This guy just wants everyone to be racist so he can complain about it!

@FreerunRich 10 жыл бұрын

I just watched the Professor Green video and as much as i respect Akala as a very knowledgeable and intelligent individual, I think he is wrong and the video is absolutely not racist in any way. The song is comparing the streets to a jungle; it's a dangerous place etc, etc. Of course, as a musical artist, he is going to use sentences that refer to a jungle to describe the streets and the people in them! That's how rappers write lyrics nowadays, using metaphors etc. Don't jump to the conclusion that it is racist just because the word ape was used when a black man was on screen! My 2 cents. Peace!

@mr.coolmug3181 9 жыл бұрын

FreerunRich It's a bit more complicated than that, though I respect your opinion.

@SUPERSILVERH8ORADE 12 жыл бұрын

@thejesta999 have you not heard? urban means black lool. seriously the media dont like to say black, so they call it urban. But did u not hear what akala said, just because some people wna disrespect their own culture it doesnt mean YOU should disrespect their culture just because you live near them.. Nd that slyly sounds like a jamaican accent, definitely jamaican influenced.

@Stakker 10 жыл бұрын

What a bitter chief. How is a Jamiacan accent 'his' accent? He sounds as English as me.

@oninasrullah7757 5 жыл бұрын

And so? Y are u whites so dumb.

@darrylscott6648 4 жыл бұрын

If we are so dumb and you love jamaica so much and hate our culture then go back there, seems pretty simple

@jordanc3846 4 жыл бұрын

Darryl Scott 💯facts!

@tehshortnoob 10 жыл бұрын

Let me highlight the flaws of this video. 0:57 I'm a big fan of Akala's music and wisdom. Akala is an intelligent man but he doesn't even know what Patois is... I'm a 15 year-old white middle class English-Irish kid who was born and raised (still being raised) in one of the better-ish areas of London and I know that Patois is a combination of languages used by slaves in the Caribbean so that they could all understand each other and work efficiently. It's a type of Creole, if you will - a verbal mashup of dialect. Now, then... Professor Green was born and raised in Hackney, one of the poorest areas of London where most people are living on the poverty line. White people like himself are a minority in Hackney, fact. The purpose of the jungle video is to highlight how the areas that he grew up in aren't glamorous, they're actually quite grim, frightening and riveting. Showing the gentleman in the coffin was merely to point out the fact that London's not all glamour and riches - people die from gang-related incidents and murder pretty much every day... He wasn't trying to highlight how Jamaicans are bad or whatever ridiculous propaganda Akala was trying to spread.

@SignatureEdit 10 жыл бұрын

Akala appears to me as a intelligent guy, whos had some bad experiences in his and happenings to his family and so his view is quite biased on any racism I'd say. I understand his points but as you say your spot on, you also have to realise that most of the listeners of the song weren't remotely interested in the meaning of the lyrics, to them it just sounded good. The position hes felt hes being put is is from his growing up so I think he as a strong opposition to anything negative towards his race. The problem he has is he always brings racism up a lot and tries to make a situation out of it. I noticed that a lot of his songs bring up the past of racism which mostly has died down, but he still talks about it a lot, he always will refer as it being recent (within 20 years) but a lot has changed in that time. Some of his points of are very interesting indeed, and its fair history of this should be recorded and spoken about but he does have a personal grudge of his own.

@Ohinneen 8 жыл бұрын

+TehSho rtNoob Although that is a prevalent theory about how Creoles are created, there are other theories related to it that are quite convincing and demonstrate that they may be far more complex than just a linguistic mishmash. I don't know much about Akala's knowledge on Patois and other Creoles, but I'd be willing to wager he knows more than you're giving him credit for. Anyway, apart from that, this book is great, really interesting read from one of the leading scholars on Creoles. Check it out if you're interested in them. www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=t3.gstatic.com/images%3Fq%3Dtbn:ANd9GcTF1NP2EFo29T0vbP7Kh0SmibqNmYP7-s1loHgTvMkr_A1U80kP&imgrefurl=books.google.com/books/about/Bastard_Tongues.html?id%3DmcAuAAAAYAAJ%26source%3Dkp_cover&h=648&w=432&tbnid=T6X_Sm9dBT_bjM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=106&docid=sYqY-a9TdKHzgM&itg=1&usg=__gAfYKCKsqKmOkeBnc99-n9DCvUY= As for Professor Green, when you say white people are a minority in Hackney, and then go on to say that it was that those areas are "grim" and "frightening", and the video depicts black people being violent with no context... Kind of seems like you and Professor Green are both saying black people are scary... Just saying.

@bustaregis 11 жыл бұрын

akala said 'my people' meaning Jamaican(black), so your finally admitting that English people are

@Papa7Bravo 3 жыл бұрын

Not trying to be disrespectful but being disrespectful, he's not Jamaican, he's not trying to be Jamaican, he definitely doesn't sound Jamaican neither. Akala isnt he? How about ms Dynamite, his sister, old school had some great songs, and has done what he said, put on the accent. (Not his accent, where'd you pick that up in crawley?)

@realot1 12 жыл бұрын

I know where your coming from but do you think a white male living in redcar has the same oppurtunities as a black male living in London. I think not. Its more about poverty than race sometimes.

@EscapeTheHold 11 жыл бұрын

I hear what you're saying anyways so I'll agree to disagree m8.

@mikedobson3633 11 жыл бұрын

i wasnt around hundreds of years ago... dont blame us

@iBreakinlol 11 жыл бұрын

wait so us people are "distractions" and we are not allowed an opinion? thanks bruv

@shshshshshsh7635 6 жыл бұрын

And in what accent are you talking in.... a UK accent, stop judging others wen ur doing the same

@daleksvscybermen 11 жыл бұрын

He's making something out of nothing.

@dogrufftv2712 8 жыл бұрын

You have an English accent

@cocobean7960 7 жыл бұрын

because he was born in .....wait for....England!!lol

@daleksvscybermen 11 жыл бұрын

I don't think most of the white people we meet on the streets are responsible for those things either.

@K-M1 11 жыл бұрын

LOL are you for real?

@purplenurps 12 жыл бұрын

You're looking to much into it mate, why not go to all of the black artists portraying black people negatively E.g. Every black rapper

@turnbacktime6618 11 жыл бұрын

why should he, he's not american.

@TheBrujah87 10 жыл бұрын

Akala's acting like they're a couple of middle-class white kids, they were both born in Hackney and Prof Green grew up there, so it's his culture as well, why shouldn't he be able to make a rap vid about it, his colour is irrelevant.

@RandomPersonette 10 жыл бұрын

Yes Prof Green is from Hackney but he still has the exemption clause of being white in a white country.That's just the reality of the situation.We all absorb and internalise racism,that's why critical thinking is so important.Prof Green may not be racist but the subtext are evident in Jungle.Also,there are plenty of white people in Hackney yet he chooses to glorify black on black violence.I think it's interesting.,

@jimipurple123 7 жыл бұрын

TheBrujah87 pro green has never had the same culture and upbringing as any black man. As a white man he is a guest in black music and must respect it.

@Mankey1234 7 жыл бұрын

jimipurple123 Do you not see how ironically that's a little racist?

@jimipurple123 7 жыл бұрын

Elliott Griffiths no. All white people are guests in hip hop, rap and whatever other genre you want to name. Pro green and any other white rapper are guests and should not overstep themselves. Hence why Eminem knows his place and doesn't use the n word.

@sloughboroughsjoj 6 жыл бұрын

RandomPersonette when u grow up in the hood colour doesn't mean shit , only thing what means something is what estate your from

@daleksvscybermen 11 жыл бұрын

I'm not white.

@billyt5657 6 жыл бұрын

Ah jealousy isn't good pal

@daleksvscybermen 11 жыл бұрын

You have no proof of this. I am an Ex-Muslim (now agnostic) so you can't try that shit with me mate.

@BUMSQUID100 2 жыл бұрын

Shame on you bro. You’re actually creating more division with these ‘I’m not saying...’ then saying the thing you’re ‘not saying’ 🙄 grow up and focus on your rhymes.

@diegodiez4360 11 жыл бұрын

Well im sure he isn't responsible for the car, the telephone, the train, the plane, the computer, or any other major contribution to the world. Guess who is though? :)

@petea7834 3 жыл бұрын

He has a point but all he's achieved is ruining a good song

@EthansCONN 4 жыл бұрын

Mug!

@mattep1ao 10 жыл бұрын

Jealous of his fame cos akala a nobody really

@winstonchurchill5731 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@winstonchurchill5731 5 жыл бұрын

Na course he's a nobody passing his doctorate in university and owning bueissnes and a library but I guess your right... While Green in making homeless programs on BBC 3 😂😂😂

@bustaregis 11 жыл бұрын

WHITE

@BUMSQUID100 2 жыл бұрын

It’s got nothing to do with being black.

@shadow08b23 11 жыл бұрын

loooool hes speakin in a Jamaican accent and he aint Jamaican lmaooooo!! its true doe akala knows his shit he knows that racist shit aint no coincidence.

@darrylscott6648 4 жыл бұрын

Akala is racist

@sevenstarsister 12 жыл бұрын

"and you wanna use my accent to do that" I thought your accent is that of a london based Brit.....

@dirtyleeds5852 2 жыл бұрын

What a load of crap

@Baboonfromdatoon 10 жыл бұрын

Akala you're not English. So how about you stop culturally appropriating the language of my people?

@onigbajamo 9 жыл бұрын

Benjo James He's English.

@Baboonfromdatoon 9 жыл бұрын

Demi Ladipo No he's not.

@onigbajamo 9 жыл бұрын

Benjo James Raised in England by a Scottish mom.

@Baboonfromdatoon 9 жыл бұрын

Demi Ladipo Exactly. So he's not English. He's half Scottish.

@onigbajamo 9 жыл бұрын

Even still, there is no appropriation. English is spoken almost everywhere.

@darrylscott6648 4 жыл бұрын

Akala is very militant racist, the same man who complains that he wasnt accepted as British as a kid because of his skin colour yet segregates himself constantly saying things like 'my accent' 'my culture' he does the same thing himself

@neilsimpson9963 2 жыл бұрын

You notice a lot of the time it's mixed race people who have an inferiority complex about being half white so they over compensate being EXTRA militant Black