Marc Lamont Hill: Worldwide Suffering Increased During Obama Presidency

Marc Lamont Hill stopped by VladTV to talk about politics, how rapper Pras helped donate 1.2 Million dollars to the Obama campaign, and how hip-hop should be more political. Vlad brought up Pras giving over 1 million dollars of his money to President Obama while he was running for president and asked Hill why he thinks other members of the hip-hop community don't give back more. Hill responded, "...I think some of the hip-hop generation did donate money; I just don't think they were public about it... I know some MC's, in particular, some of the big names who I know who donated a ton of money." Lamont when on to say he feels that the current hip-hop generation is active in politics and the Obama Campaign. "I want hip-hop to be the on saying what are yall doing; we need to do more...I want to see the hip hop generation, really speak out and follow that tradition we've always been a part of..."
Marc Lamont Hill talked further about his involvement in politics and more of his thoughts about Pras donating a large lump sum to the Obama campaign, and why people in politics typically donate money. "...there is influence that can be wielded, there are favors to be asked, a million dollars isn't a lot of money in politics... you definitely gonna get invited to the cool sh*t.... Pras ain't shaping policy, you know, but he is someone in the room... people in politics generally donate large sums of money so that can get favors and inform policy."
Hill also gave more insight into his thoughts on the Obama Campaign. Vlad asked Hill if he believed the Obama Campaign was overrated and Hill explained he's critical of it, and he doesn't feel it's as successful a presidency as other people of had. Hill explained although Obama has done things under his administration like pass Universal Healthcare, and approve gay marriage, Hill says he is looking at things from a global perspective and feels more could have been done. "I look at Syrians, I look at Palestinians, I look at people in Yemen, I look at people in Afghanistan, I look at people in Somalia, I look at people anywhere actually on the continent of Africa, and I see exploitation, I see social misery, I see random violence and I see a United States machine that has either been behind it, enabled it, or stood back and didn't do anything to stop it.
Check out the clip above.

[@emmholla]

"All the financial rescues that happened for Wall Street didn't make it to MLK.. And thats my concern...." -Marc Lamont Hill They don't hear you brother..

[@jamesanastasia3237]

Neither did Obama!!Sad but true!!!He believed in the sort of trickle down theory..Once America is doing well,blacks in a whole will do well!!!Fantasy Island..🤨🤨🤨

[@SP35640SNAKE]

@Cell Phone We don't need to be rich to get our communities together. We just need to work together.

[@josehawking5293]

Sounds political, your response that is.

[@eton13_]

A well spoken black man is not a myth people.

[@AuburnFanSince2010]

Who said it was? Youre either a white supremist or a victim of white supremacy.

[@temporary6715]

+Alex Endr He does have a point... Who thought it was a myth?

[@ladybethisrael0792]

@@temporary6715 Just ask around, you will surely find them....

[@shahzadbhatti3082]

To all, its not a myth it's the stereotype.. if you dont see that me being a non black and white. I clearly saw that growing up. things have changed blacks are educated where you see them in every feild.but the stereotype always stays for decades untill new generations come.

[@kevinodom2918]

Joe Biden sure seems to think they’re rare. So much real racism in the democrat party but they get a pass. What are they actually doing to help the black community other than saying pretty words? Biden told a group of black men and ladies that the right was going to put them back in chains: He thinks they’re idiots and using their emotions to blindly support him and the dems. I feel many are finally starting to realize this. If you’re working off of emotions you can not make logical and correct decisions. Look at what happened to our privacy, etc and all the idiotic decisions made after 9/11. We have to do better and quit taking the bait. Everything is nit racism and nobody wants to put you back in chains unless you live in lybia or other Islamic country’s. Some people are just assholes but that doesn’t make them racist.

[@vinny5638]

Very well spoken man, loved this interview.

[@OT-oi8kl]

Once he said stop occupation of Palestine I liked the video

[@TheRebelutionary1]

cost him his job.

[@Ayplus]

Now he's fired

[@noneya1238]

@@TheRebelutionary1 Fuck CNN

[@youngkennypreach8558]

You still like it? Beta!

[@drewerving7428]

You mean the Arab Muslims who started the African slave trade and still occupy places like Sudan and Nigeria to this day? lol got it.

[@williedejesus4747]

Awesome interview! Very eloquently spoken!

[@gregward6424]

you only said that because hes black, if he was white you would expect him to be eloquent. double standard homie

[@b617_3]

Chris rock stand up- "he speaks so well" smh lol look it up

[@TheCoryCChannel]

Even if thats the case...is it wrong? 99 pct of the black people Vlad interviews barely can form a proper sentence along with butchering the english language. It is rare to hear a black person on Vlad who can articulate coherently so it should be commended

[@b617_3]

Calm down white supremecist take a breather. If you interview a particular type of rapper all day of course they are not going to be the most articulate. Definitely not 99 percent that is a stretch. They are a sizeable amount of executives as well as past and current icons Vlad interviews that are articulate. The thing is, mark Lamont hill is an intellectual. What the hell did you expect him to sound like? It is redundant to tell a guy with a phd, which is more education than both of us combined, that he is articulate. If you analyzed my comparison of the Chris rock stand up piece correctly you would have understood that. Clearly you lack the most minimal comprehension skills.

[@b617_3]

No I can tell the warning signs of a white supremecist and I don't throw the word around loosely. "99% of black people Vlad interviewed Yatta Yatta yatta" is not an observation that's an irrational generalization. No thanks keep your micropenis in your pants please.

[@solid1378]

Man, Professor Marc Lamont Hill, Col. Larry Wilkerson, Professor Wolff...amazing ideas and people pointing out how the world really runs! Great see these people have an outlet to speak. Corporate media does not want these people to be heard.

[@mrfeedursoul]

vlad the stock market and big business has absolutely nothing to do with with the poor. There's still no regulation, nobody went to jail and the middle class & poor are still suffering

[@rexislv6025]

mrfeedursoul And noone is going to jail. You don’t have to worry about playing by the rules when you make them.

[@elyons83]

vladtv might be the feds

[@platnum960]

still funny af when Pras asked Vlad where he getting his info lol

[@ADAJ3KINGANGEL]

Reminded me of how rappers look at Nardwaur.

[@ksager123]

I worked with this guy on VH1. great guy, good heart ... he'd give you the shirt off his back

[@cindyrolle6476]

Love this young man. Dr. Hill is real! I hope our young brothers are listening.

[@isaiahbanks9315]

The world been like that, the difference is social media advanced so more people could look into the lives of others.

[@hesh2]

Obama took out; Gadaffi/Dudus/Abdulrahman Anwar al-Awlaki a 16 yo child and U.S Citizen/blew up hospitals in Kabul with drone strikes Dr without borders/gave Israel over 50 billion dollars during his presidency and gave the military Indus complex over 1 trillion dollars during his tenor, just to name a few/ but the Nobel peace prize winning first black president can't get clean water to the residents of flint, no student loan forgiveness,single payer health care options,legalized weed which imprisons many non violent black and brown people, and can't address any of the systemic violence going on in his hometown? Yeah aiight He's no more than a Dummy in the Department Store of Democracy!!!!

[@muntupoetslegacy7760]

This brother is keeping it refreshingly real.

[@papagunz45]

Very intelligent man

[@brendakeith3406]

Very articulate and intelligent. That’s why his intellectual mind got him in trouble with CNN

[@hughjanus5093]

Be careful using the word articulate to describe black people

[@yogisunlight9379]

Good Interview Marc Lamont Hill🌹

[@lahcsap]

Didn't agree with every single thing he said, but was a great interview! Keep it up Vlad

[@Dapistokyo]

I see a lot of people do not know how politics work. Just because Obama is black doesn't mean he was able to use his color to helps blacks. There're and we're people ( republicans) blocking Obamas administration moves. Obama is the greatest and so is his wife. He's doing what he can while facing his own challenges.

[@dexterramey8787]

He look like a swole Mayweather.

[@shanenolan85]

Dexter Ramey I SWEAR I was thinking the same after seeing him again 💯🤣😂

[@ChevronJohn]

“THIS ninja ain’t scared!” in my Bishop voice

[@viralbuthow000]

"Yo! My death stare didn't scare u the first time? Where u gettin your informations from?" - Pras

[@josehawking5293]

Don’t find dumb shits to often, but you certainly qualify.

[@dandevarona8590]

Well said Marc Lamont Hill.

[@JohnShoez]

Preach brother. Peace and love.

[@yazminfair6660]

He speaks the truth

[@roncur]

Pras a damn fool

[@capeverdeanmedia]

I luv this man work and honesty. He is right..the Hip Hop community should take a stand to carry on the message of hip hop. That was printed into the sound.

[@carloscabrera5258]

✊🏾✊🏾 talk that talk

[@blackezi3]

Please upload the full interview to this!!

[@cm725]

Be safe my dude you know how they play when you that hip

[@MNVikes]

Yet Obama says we are the safest we've ever been.

[@DSkehan2004]

I agree. Thank God those days are over!🙏🏽

[@Tiffany-jq7qx]

I love him😍

[@tonycrosby913]

Best VLAD video, hands down. More real content bro

[@michaelbentt3018]

Whew..... Collectively 'We are Fredrick Douglass'.

[@hwij005]

It is so refreshing to hear intellectual retort. Marc Lamont is a true progressive.

[@newnotification30]

This dude has balls smarts and great potential

[@edwardtruitt1184]

good one vald

[@bryanalvarez1334]

Best interview you have done vlad.

[@brentgarrettjr.8252]

Well Said

[@rootsthe1]

Well said

[@ayeoner]

You know, at the end of these intellectual interviews, it would be nice to see the previews for the other interviews being of the same subject matter. I just finished listening to this brother drop knowledge, and at the end of the interview, there's the preview with 21 Savage sitting on the couch with a whole bunch of cash laying on him. Come on bruh. Totally killed my vibe. 😒

[@blackguy5385]

this is %100 right

[@Mrbriangalvan]

KZbin algorithms working hard to suppress this video in searches.

[@cmacjb1]

It's perfectly fine to criticize any President but you gotta also point out the good that president has done as well. But when it comes to Obama, people just say the bad and no good. There will never be a perfect President, that's fantasy land.

[@st.charlieboyz7168]

Honestly what did Barack do for his ppl? Seriously not minorities.... But BLACK PEOPLE IN GENERAL! WHEN DID HE COME TO THE PLACE WHERE HE LIVED AND ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMON MAN.. THE COMMON BLACK MAN!!!! THE POOR GOT POORER!! AND RICH GOT RICHER!! THAT'S ALL!! BARACK AIN'T DID SHYT FOR ME!!! I GOT OFF MY ASS AND GOT MY OWN JOB!! C'MON SERIOUSLY WHAT DID HE DO FOR YOU?

[@aminahmajied3373]

THA D.O.C. Obama did nothing for Black people. And let's not forget his role in the downfall of Lybia. Gadaffi had plans to unify Africa and he was assasinated. And he trusted Obama. Wall street owns Obama. I could go on and on. Just keeping it real.

[@rexislv6025]

THA D.O.C. The president doesn’t have to do anything for you and you’re a fool if you think he does or ever will. You answered your own question in your comment. You said: “I got off my ass and got myself a job” AS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO! White people don’t expect the president to do something for them so why should you. P.S. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer not because of Obama, that has been happening for quite some time.

[@rexislv6025]

Aminah Majied name which president was not a puppet

[@mania4270]

@@st.charlieboyz7168 He increased the healthcare age from 18 to 25. Now ppl can stay on their parents health care all through college. That saved my life. I had to get surgery when I was 23 and had no other way to get healthcare because my job didn't provide it. So thats actually did help his ppl. Do some research dumb ass.

[@Xrpto]

Kudos Vlad u are appreciated

[@vansonia]

impressive, a very smart young black guy.

[@kimmmwest1045]

good video👍

[@hkamils]

This guy is on point.

[@hrwatchinpuff6551]

At the end of the day, my black children grew up with black children in the White House. That alone spoke volumes in time when black men can’t pull up there drawers.

[@ndeamonk24]

I'm proud this brother can get beyond the team ball shit

[@Nikki-wo5dr]

This is the first time I actually agree with Marc. Most times he speaks more liberal minded in his videos.

[@jjrready]

It feels when someone speaks the truth

[@BHaki-ni6yd]

lol thank you Lamont, vlad tried to set up the deflective statement about wall street and economics, and Lamont brought that ish right back.

[@jjrready]

Refreshing

[@kansascitychief4965]

Vlad an informant

[@majinvegeta7381]

Period!

[@youngnino4750]

It didn't increase because of Obama, it's been the same for a while and it's only because we have the Internet now we're able to hear about it all the time.

[@ThePostTube]

Pras need to donate money to Umar's school

[@dedan19]

Vlad, the u.s. economy is still phucked up for the masses. Stay in your lane.

[@robertwalker7010]

The man is woke and not afraid to speak the truth he can see.

[@DSkehan2004]

Not saying people suffered

[@RepublicanJesusthe2nd]

M.L.H. knows his shit.

[@jemal99]

Brilliant man

[@rogergrant9605]

Brother you are correct on the critique of Obama. The good and bads of his presidency and not just the romanticism out there.

[@warrenlondon2426]

LOOOOL @ 0:28 😂😂😂😂

[@robertadams1960]

My Brother if you have any secrets, bring it to the light or they will use it to destroy you. Stand firm in truth and compassion.

[@silvananoir]

Thank you Marc Lamont Hill. Obama was a decent President but not the messiah that people make him out to be. He was a moderate Republican in Democrat clothing. He could have done way more but chose not to and was way to indebted to his corporate donors. That being said he did accomplish good things, he also did terrible things. There were pros and cons to his presidency, that being said you can't ignore his achievements completely. I hope in the coming years we can look at the Obama years clearly and judge him on his merits not on how much we liked him.

[@HEREFIRSTkinda]

Very fair

[@RepublicanJesusthe2nd]

Donating to a super pact does not help solve the problem.

[@abshir44]

Salute to this guy for being able to see the bigger picture. I always say that Americans live in their own bubble and are solely concerned with their own country and its progress. But that's not how the government works. The US gov has its hand in everything which can either be helpful or detrimental. I never really thought about it before but the thumbnail in many cases is very true

[@abshir44]

Ouuff "respect him, protect him, and CORRECT him" that's fucking real

[@hustlesimmons9946]

smart guy 4-real

[@ayejay8862]

He's cool. Super intelligent and super hot!

[@williamb5388]

this is a man who see thru the nonsense and has the whole picture in view.....

[@shmalbertfleinstein8807]

I'd vote for Marc before Trump

[@dr.gildabribieseca4984]

My opinion is that we are still running side ways. We spread ourselves to thin. While all people world wide are facing difficulties the major focus as all of humanity does in reference to their own, their own is first. We also have a difficulty with judging on an elementary level of primary colors. What the hell is a Black President. While not knocking the brother, by birth he was African but his internal self was European, I believe Irish. His demeaner, his understanding and his major influence was interpreted by his grandparents and mainly grandmother. It is the mind we need to concentrate on because color means nothing,

[@grapeape888]

you can kiss your CNN appearances goodbye after they see this.

[@stardust_soul84]

although I disagree w/marcs politics I really appreciate his honesty

[@kazejah1014]

Hip Hop has sold the fuck out. MLH said it back then. Now, no influential blacks even stand up for him. Black people are lost.

[@khaledqazait1367]

Free Palestine

[@mizmlyn]

The interviewer is incredibly privileged! The stock market going up or down is not indicative of the health of the economy. It is not a savings account. Those corporate buybacks of stocks have nothing to do with creating jobs or creating new product lines. The “free” market does not make for an effective nor efficient capitalism. Look around at the homelessness, buddy. You didn’t suffer in 2008, and you’re getting bailed out now. Read Michael Lewis’s book The Fifth Risk for context as to what business does not do that government does.

[@Tommy4gm]

Obama is just as much white as he is black....why do y'all forget that?

[@straightblacksah5272]

He's WAY MORE white than black.

[@otisthomas5096]

Exactly

[@SleeplessNights19]

Actually, that's not true. Obama's mother wasn't all White. That's a common misconception. If u research his family tree, it is revealed that his mother also had Native-American ancestry.

[@SleeplessNights19]

Not retarded at all. Google his mother. Read about her heritage, bloodline, DNA, etc. She was NOT all White but she was mostly White. Obama even wrote in his book that she wasn't all White.

[@SleeplessNights19]

lol race has always been debatable. I guess it's all about perspective. Some ppl see Obama as a Black man hence the label, " America's first Black president." Some see him as mixed/biracial which he technically is...& some don't give a damn either way. Personally, I see him as Black because that's how society sees him & treats him. They refer to him as Black & they call him the 1st Black U.S president, not a half-White president or Biracial president. Another reason I agree with anyone who considers him Black is because mixed & Biracial people were considered Black during slavery & segregation. Had Obama been born in 1841 instead of 1961, he would've been born a slave due to his Black father. During slavery, one White parent didn't save you from the Black experience. You still had to experience the same oppression as African-Americans with two Black parents. I'm mixed. I only have ONE Black parent. My other parent has White/fair skin & blue eyes. I acknowledge my mixed heritage but I still identify as Black because society still has a one drop rule lol. One drop of Black blood & you're considered Black. Btw, " Person of color" applies to Black people as well. Blacks, Hispanics, Asians & anyone who is non-White are called people of color so Obama isn't incorrect with his terminology. He has also called himself Black on many diferent occasions. In fact, in his book, he explained going through a self-esteem period where he ONLY IDENTIFIED as Black & didn't see himself as White & would even make fun of White people, then he expressed guilt because his mother is White. Point is...Obama is Black. He knows it. He says it & the world agrees. I've never heard someone refer to Obama as a White man but a Black man? Yeah, we hear that all the time now don't we? lol.

[@supremenation6583]

Djvlad got schooled!!!! Lol

[@dobefrmdadead]

Bro what type of questions is these lmaoo Vlad crazy

[@TheDichotomyofEverything]

YO VLAD ! YOU SHOULD HAVE MARC LAMONT HILL BACK ON !

[@MoneyOverFame]

Marc been out here getting busy. He's looking kind of tired. But nonetheless, he's been making big moves lately. Salute.

[@Brotha00]

Pras didn’t donate his own money after all. Lmao

[@numbpain19]

Can't stop looking at that thread hanging from his shirt sleeve

[@002brooklyn]

L

[@urbangirlparis]

but yet he finds it "disturbing" that jim brown enjoyed Trump's company .

[@qbnj806]

smart dude

[@floydsteel1703]

First y'all saying Obama is a puppet and can't make any decisions then y'all say "why didn't obama do this or that when he could've..." so which one is it?

[@grindxhustle6332]

Who's Frederick Douglas?

[@thomasmageddon]

all we got was Free phones n health insurance and accumulated debt

[@yourrealdad8014]

We need more political info .the next gen need a foot in the door. Thanks vlad

[@kevinodom2918]

I’d like to see proof that dude donated $1.2 million. I call bullshit.

[@wemadeitpodcast]

did everyone forget about the 700 billion in private banker debt that became public debt??

[@wemadeitpodcast]

wait nah he brought it up

[@agist23]

more videos like this and less of these Whack rappers please! Great video!

[@vincenth.8793]

I hope VLAD says the same thing that Trump is cleaning up Obama messes.

[@romeaxis5568]

Stand with Israel. Trump 2016. Hispanics for Trump. Everything what this guy stands for.

[@AVIVAFilms]

Self Responsibility......It is said that Obama is more for Everybody than he is for BLACK People & I don't mine that either cuz last time I checked, Every Man is for Himself which means: Self Responsibility......Hell, What Grown Man sits & stands waiting on other Grown Men to take care if his Responsibilities for him ?! O.O

[@ivancastillo661]

you down with tpp? Obama's says YEA you know me ....

[@jamingjohnson2275]

What he is saying is Obama hasn't done much for black while he was in office.