The music label, YMCMB (Young Money Cash Money Billionaires) is a fascist organization.

Thank you for accepting the challenge. I wish you luck in the upcoming debate! Now to begin! Con has stated that even though an organization exhibits fascist behavior, they don't necessarily have to be fascist. This view point, however, is flawed. If a group possess the characteristics of any organization then I would say that it is appropriate to dub that group with the label of said organization, would one not agree? I do not see the reasoning behind con's logic. With that being said, I will begin by stating why I believe that YMCMB is fascist. In #1 of the "14 Characteristics of Fascism", it is written that 'fascist regimes tend to make use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, [and] songs..." With this characteristics in mind, one can assume that YMCMB possess this fascist characteristic due to their excess patriotic nature encompasses their addiction with shouting 'YOUNG MONEY OVER EVERYTHING!" In all of their songs. An example of this is in the song "Throwed Off" By Lil Wayne featuring Gudda Gudda. In Gudda Gudda's opening verse, around the end, he raps: You know the team/It"s Young Money over everybody/In the rap game/So it"s f*ck everybody."[1] Then in Lil Wayne's song 'I'm Me' he raps: "It's cash money over everything/It's in my blood I feel it runnin' in every vein.../I'm a muthaf**kin' cash money billionaire..." [2] And then in another song titled Young Money Salute, Nicki Minaj sings on the chorus: "Better strap up your boots/before they start to shoot/ just do it for the troops/it's young money salute/it's young money salute/ it's young money salute (salute 2x)" [3] By listening to the songs mentioned above or any other song on the YMCMB roster, one will notice that there is a fixation with saying Young Money over and over again. This is a form of excessive nationalism which can be used to charactarize YMCMB as fascists. Above, I have covered the patriotic aspect of YMCMB and how it correlates to fascism. Now I will be using #3 from my 14 Characteristics of Fascism which states "the people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe". This 'patriotic frenzy' in terms of YMCMB can be attributed to the labels excessive uses of "diss songs"-songs which are meant to slander those who oppose YMCMB. On the track 'It's Good' By Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, and Drake, Lil Waynes raps ""Talkin "bout baby money?/ I got your baby money/ Kidnap your b*tch, get that "how much you love your lady" money" as a diss towards Jay Z and his wife, Beyonce [4]. Then in another instance with the rapper Pusha T, Lil Wayne Tweeted to his 6 million Twitter fans "F*ck pusha T and everybody that love 'em" [5]. And then Lil Wayne went on a rampage against the basketball star, Lebron James and Dwayne Wade in which he was quote saying to rolling stone: ""Them n***** never speak to a n****, they don"t chuck me the deuce or nothing. N**** spent all that money on them f*cking tickets " Come holla at me. We sit right by them little b**ch-a** n*****. At least come ask me why I"m not rooting for you.[6]" As seen above, a member of the YMCMB roster always criticizes everything he doesn't' agree with and tries to get everyone to side with him against his distastes. They try to cause conflict. These are all characteristics of a fascist organization. And finally, my last reason for why I believe that YMCMB is a fascist organization; they are completely run by Lil Wayne. Many times, Lil Wayne is cited as the head of the organization and whatever he says, the members of YMCMB have to do what he wants, just like a fascist dictator. To summarize why I believe that YMCMB is a fascist organization: 1. They are run by one person who calls all the shots -Lil Wayne 2. They are excessively patriotic. 3. They target everything that does not coincide with their own beliefs. I believe that these are the main characteristics of any fascist organization and I look forward to Con's rebuttal regarding the topic at hand. Good luck, Con! :) Sources: [1] http://rapgenius.com... [2] http://www.lyrics.com... [3] http://www.directlyrics.com... [4] http://www.hiphopdx.com... [5] http://www.nowpublic.com... [6] http://dimemag.com...