My issue with hip hop mainly is the over-emphasis on escapism over anything. Like you dont have to talk about Epstein or even ICE but I aint gonna lie, the luxury raps just do not hit the same when inflation makes it hard to buy groceries 'nahmean?

Niggas be writing bullshit like they gotta work
Niggas is going through real s***, man, they out of work
That's why another goddamn dance track gotta hurt

Like it's only so many times I can see a street rapper flaunting they fake iced out chain before I'm like "aight bro, this all cool but we all know you got that on loans" lol.

I recommend everyone itt including @op to watch Soundtrack to a Coup.

Musicians be the first one to be easily co-opted into some bullshit man lmao

think something that doesn’t get mentioned is many times those who came from worlds of trauma, even in they current levels of success may still be surrounded by many close to them going through the same traumas they came from that they are actively focused in helping that their art is serving as their cathartic release from everything they dealing with in they personal life (like I could only imagine how many family members hitting you directly daily for help or with a sad story) that then turning to the larger crowd who are also expecting you to meet them at their trauma is ultimately just like “damn, I been tryna fix my world ya’ll, I’m not your savior” type s***) so yea, sitting down to write a 16 can be hard within that cause then on the back end you got the people making topics like this who hold you responsible for not commenting cause they depersonalized the black experience to glaze a pop star who’s hardest thing to deal with today is how she can properly make sure not to offend anyone in their next post LOL

And Desi Banks!

2:19-3:19

they hacked art. absolutely.

ironic but

10 pages of pointless energy sapping back n forth idk how yal do it man id lose my mind

the timeline where bad bunny says f*** a US tour + f*** the superbowl and jus organizes some livestream pop out s*** in an exclusively hispanic country (e.g., mexico, etc.) >>

the youth in South Africa didn’t stand up to apartheid cause a singer got on stage and said f*** the police

they stood up cause a white cop shot a 17 year old who was protesting smdh

that s*** became a national tragedy, not something to be proud of despite all the change it later caused smdh. I can’t believe that dude said that bullshit about kids watching the Grammys and making posts/posters or being frontline

him speaking about Roe V Wade the day it was overturned isn’t enough? When is it enough? I just want to know the line

Didnt read any of this thread at all but F*** these right wingers

I’m bowing out of this thread. I think my point of artists doing this stuff is nice and good and a benefit for people is getting conflated with “this is what causes change/revolution” which I don’t agree with.

And I don’t want to argue since judging from your previous post before the one you replied to me with. We probably agree

The “it’s just for fun” excuse is old at this point

Please talk about something real

All this hoes, ice, money s*** is fun but OLD and lacking any substance like most rappers today

If art is inherently political and they are detaining people of all races including for having an opinion . Journalist ( assange Snowden don lemon ) whistle blowers . If those with the most power to say anything say nothing then that means what’s the point at all ? To be pacified by art while the world is utterly destroyed and indistinguishable from what we knew . By that logic who cares which artist do or don’t use ai. We should care what they are doing and saying . I agree an ice pin isn’t enough they should donate to causes , protest , volunteer , help politicians that can effect change , elevate or work with Latin artist

Which is what I’ve been saying . It’s my issue with Kendrick fans comparing Kendrick to Pac when he lacks the politics . He isn’t rapping to get the slaves freed quite the opposite

lol if you want to compare yourself to 2Pac you have to put some effort in

Tupac dead nigga, think for yourself

Taylor swift a white woman I don’t expect her to trade fame or money for action she became the ditzy popular bully that probably bullied her growing up . Non white people wanting us to unite and rise up speak truth to power is moving

S*** fans of the genre used to care about it . Many of us hated on Drake for not saying s*** politically but now when their favorite artist doesn’t say s*** they make excuses for it