Aight, so check it. Pope Leo XIV out here on World Press Freedom Day, givin' a nod to journalists who caught a stray overseas. Cool, respect. But lemme keep it 100: what about the brothas and sistas here, tryin' to keep it real, gettin' shut down by the powers that be?

We talkin' 'bout press freedom like it's all good, but the system be playin' games. Mainstream media be pushin' narratives, controllin' the story. Independent voices, the ones tryin' to show what's really goin' on in the hood, they gettin' blacklisted, shadowbanned, the whole nine.

World Press Freedom Day, that's a nice soundin' slogan. But for who? For the corporate media that’s in bed with the government? Or for the cats on the ground, riskin' their necks to expose the truth?

Yo, these journalists in warzones, that's real. But don't sleep on the realness of fightin' for truth right here. Fightin' police brutality, fightin' systemic racism, fightin' gentrification. That's a war too, and the media be on the other side.

The Church been known to be complicit, keepin' secrets and protectin' the establishment. So Pope Leo XIV payin' respects ain't gon' cut it. We need action, we need support for the real journalists, the ones doin' the work, not just collectin' the paycheck.

They wanna control the narrative, feed us lies and propaganda. They wanna make us think we crazy for seein' what's really happenin'. But we ain't fallin' for it. We got our own media, our own voices, our own way of sharin' the truth.

The mainstream media, they ain't speakin' for us. They speakin' for the corporations, the politicians, the rich folks who run this country. They ain't got our best interests at heart. That's why we gotta support independent media, the real ones.

So, while the Pope be prayin' for the fallen, we gotta be fightin' for the livin'. Fightin' for press freedom, fightin' for truth, fightin' for justice. That's the real message.

Remember the names of them journalists who were hurt or killed on the field doing their job. They are the reason we can hold our government accountable.

Let's keep it real, the game is the game. The system is rigged, but that's doesn't means we can't use it to our own advantage.