Rapper Mysonne smacks down rape culture at Kavanaugh protest before arrest
"I’m here today because I thought it’s imperative that men don’t only stand with women, but they stand for women," he said.
Mysonne, the Bronx-based rapper turned activist, was arrested in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday while protesting Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination.
It’s the second time he has been arrested during a Kavanaugh protest. The first was on Sept. 4. When he said Kavanaugh was “a threat to our democracy.”
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The rapper, whose real name is Mysonne Linen, signed to Def Jam in the late 1990s and shared the stage with the likes of The Lox, DMX, Fat Joe, Mase, and more. He has since become an outspoken activist following his 2006 release from prison on an armed robbery conviction.
Prior to being arrested, he gave an interview that went viral about rape culture and the responsibility men have to stand up to it.
“I’m here today because I thought it’s imperative that men don’t only stand with women, but they stand for women, and by standing for women, we have to acknowledge that there’s a culture of sexual violence—rape culture—that men have benefited from,” he said. ”For it to change, men have to change it. We all look at Kavanaugh, and we see some similarities with things that have happened in our lives.
“We’ve traumatized some women in a way that we might not even acknowledge because it’s normalized,” he continued. “I might not have raped a woman, but I’ve done something that may have traumatized her as a man. That’s why I’m out here.”
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‘We all look at Kavanaugh and we see some similarities to things that happened in our lives.’ — This man perfectly described what it means to live in a rape culture pic.twitter.com/2CmjgEITe2
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He also posted a picture on his Instagram during the protest where he said he stood arm-in-arm with protesters
“I know everything we as Black in America have received was due to the sacrifice of those willing to die for our Liberty,” he said. “I couldn’t be comfortable knowing I was on the wrong side of history. My soul isn’t comfortable doing nothing.”
Mysonne was released last night and posted a message on his Instagram this morning.
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