Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of National Review Online, writes....
Hat tip: Reader Arlene
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"Can I live?", 6-19-05
Rapper and actor Nick Cannon has just completed an interesting hat trick.
He landed a show on MTV this fall, "Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'N Out.'
In the April edition of GQ magazine he told guys "Five Ways to Sex Up Your Style.'
In cyberspace, he's been celebrated on "pro-life' e-mail lists.
That combination doesn't exactly happen every day.
Cannon's new music video "Can I Live?" tells a tale that's very different from the gangsta's paradise of dirty dancing and booty calls. In the song, the hip-hop pop star tells his life story or at least the beginning of it and his mom's close call with an abortion....
"Can I Live?" speaks to something very fundamental (whether intentionally or not). Nick Cannon wanted to send a supportive word out to scared teen mothers, a grateful word to those "strong women' who choose life. He didn't have to start a "Rappers for Life.' He didn't have to be heavy- handed or compose a political rant. He's just offering an honest story, as he does what he does. That's how you send a message people will listen to.
Comments:
What particularly struck me was the story of how Rick Santorum thought he was talking to empty air, when he was speaking straight into a mother's heart. We never know. God knows I feel like most of what I do is futile. But I have to take on faith that he's keeping me on this track for a reason.
Posted by: Christina at June 22, 2005 8:12 PM
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
