TORONTO – A rapper and activist has taken it upon himself to apologize to future generations for what he describes as humanity’s role in the destruction of the environment.
Richard Williams, better known as rapper Prince Ea, posted a video Monday on Facebook and YouTube that shows him standing in the middle of a desert, explaining to future youth that the location used to be a lush rainforest filled with trees — a plant they might not know too much about.
“Sorry we listened to people who made excuses to do nothing,” Williams says in the video.
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He goes on to blame money and greed as two big contributors to environmental destruction over the course of the six minute video. Williams even singles out Sarah Palin for claiming that she “loves the smell of fossil fuels” when children in China are forced to wear breathing masks because of the same pollution.
But, the St. Louis, MO, native changes his tone midway through to retract his apology, explaining that folks living present-day still have a chance to take action.
Williams is using the video to conjure support for Stand For Trees, an organization that helps protect forests.
The ‘apology’ was published two days before Earth Day and, at the time of this writing, has been viewed just over thirty million times on Facebook and YouTube combined.
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