DISQUS

coffee face · 1 year ago

ill bring the bikinis and trapper keepers...

Andy · 1 year ago

This is what college students are protesting now? Do they know there is an illegal war on?

Andy · 1 year ago

Oh. "Women's Studies" majors... that explains it. I dated one once. Everything "means" something to them. I got a lecture when I referred to an electrical connector piece as the "female" part. She said it was demeaning.

I said "I'll call you."

A.R. · 1 year ago

I think this is a good cause, but it needs to be recognized by all the communities it impacts. It'd be nice to see a bunch of different types of people turn out. BTW, the title to this post makes it sound like they're planning on protesting an outlandish Saturday filled with a bunch of nonsense.

Chris Ziegler · 1 year ago

every day is ludacris saturday to me

howardx · 1 year ago

“We want people to know that we don’t want to end the concert,” haha wtf?

Andy · 1 year ago

Hee hee. Ludacis Saturday. I love it.

A.R. · 1 year ago

Yo, Saturday is going to be Ludacris!

LBRez · 1 year ago

So what did Luducris do with his Pepsi shakedown money? He got $3M, his website shows 11 employees and about half million spent over the past several years. Those are some well salaried workers! Would any making comments against the protest have an issue if they were protesting an appearance of...let's say Rush? Or V.P. Cheney? Or Mel Gibson? Or is it just upsetting when a misogynist whose music you like is the subject of the protest?

Chris Ziegler · 1 year ago

the specifics of the settlement (according to a BBC report) were that pepsi would split at least $1 million per year (no date given for when payments actually started) between "charities chosen by" (BBC quote) the ludacris foundation, russell simmons' hip-hop action network (since russell simmons is the guy who actually made this all happen) and pepsi itself. so they didn't just give ludacris a bunch of money. instead they had to donate to charities specified by the ludacris foundation and the hip-hop action network (which certainly could have included actual donations to the ludacris foundation and the hip-hop action network) as well as charities pepsi picked themselves. i haven't been able to find anything particularly specific on where the ludacris settlement money went, but pepsi documents detailing corporate giving in 2006 are available online at pepsico.com (though they wouldn't work on my collapsing computer, so i can't quote them) and overall pespi charity contributions (as detailed on their own site) total about $59 million. i'm not sure if that's yearly for 2006 or over all time, though since pepsico had a net income of $1.26 billion last year, i wouldn't be surprised if they give away something like $59 million a year in charitable contributions. anyway sorry i can't give you a specific answer yet, though a general answer is that ludacris and the ludacris foundation didn't get all the money or even all of their portion of the money at once, and by the rules of the settlement they had to share control over where the settlement went. unfortunately i haven't found records yet showing how much money the ludacris foundation itself got from pepsi and what they did with it. if i come across something i'll post it here.

Chris Ziegler · 1 year ago

ps today is ludacris saturday!

Andy · 1 year ago

RE: #9 (LB Rez)

Not fond of Cheney and Gibson, but I'd never protest Rush.

I mean, Geddy Lee is a freakin' GOD.

howardx · 1 year ago

"Pepsi shakedown money" you gotta get off the koolaid rez!

erin · 1 year ago

it is great that the article discusses some background, but there really was not much about the actual protest. those quotes provided by wood and chamberlain were from the daily 49er on the thursday before the protest. it would be nice if the article used quotes from the actual protest of both the protesters and those attending the concert. is there more to come? something is missing....

Chris Ziegler · 1 year ago

this article is from thursday, feb. 21. saturday update here:

http://thedistrictweekly.com/daily/featured-dai...

Beliu · 1 year ago

"women studies" major, well that explains the crazy protest. You hoes need 2 get a grip. What happened to freedom of speech! It's not what he says that is harmful, It's your sensitivity, and low self esteem that is causing yourselves to be hurt by his words. As Tupac said to Janet jackson in Poetic Justice, "So you one of dem feminist bitches, one of dem ANGRY bitches." lol

olo · 1 year ago

LUDACRIS THE BEST. YOU STINK. BITCHES!
HOLLA oIo

kathleen · 1 year ago

datz right ludacris rules