in NEWS 09/08/14 ∙ 5:45 PM

Killer Mike On ATL Owner Chaos: “I Do NOT Find That ‘Hawks Email’ Racist At All”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

Music veteran Killer Mike has offered a take on his Atlanta Hawks hitting the open market following owner Bruce Levenson's admission of a racist e-mail leaking.

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Despite the widespread reports and coverage, Mike dished his own theory on the public’s perception of Levenson via social media.

Killer Mike named the Hawks’ biggest problem in this tweet…

Over the weekend, reports about Levenson deciding to sell his team over a racist e-mail went public.

Levenson admits he sent the email to team execs back in 2012, urging them to get more suburban white fans at games. He then laid out all the problems with the current fan base, listing the following:

– it’s 70 pct black
– the cheerleaders are black
– the music is hip hop
– at the bars it’s 90 pct black
– there are few fathers and sons at the games
– the concerts [after games] are either hip hop or gospel (TMZ)

Levenson took things a step further by giving a one-sided theory on African American fans.

Levenson continued in the email … “My theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant  season ticket base.” He also complained that he’s told team execs, “I want some white cheerleaders … I have even bitched that the kiss cam is too black.” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says Levenson copped to the email in July — about 2 months after Donald Sterling was banned — and immediately informed the league he would sell the team. (TMZ)

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  2. He thought white folks weren’t comfortable being a minority in that setting. Too fucking bad, Go buy a hockey team.

  3. “My theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base… I want some white cheerleaders … I have even bitched that the kiss cam is too black.”

    Yeah, what’s race gotta do with that statement…

  4. What about Chicago? What about Black on Black crime? Okay, just wanted to get that bullshit deflection out of the way. Let’s get back to these racist NBA owners lol

    • Exactly ! I guess me, you, killer mike and steven a smith the only ones that see it that way. Nothing derogatory was said about us. He stated a fact Whites are afraid of Blacks.[period]
      Thats not a racist statement thats a fact

  6. Killer Mike is a joke.. He was gaining credibility with his stance with Mike Brown. He lost any popularity he gained, his career is dead now

  7. Im born and raised in Atl… lemme be the first to say.. black, white, chinese, etc aint gave a damn abt the Hawks since Nique left.

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