Jonesy
Wild Horses
Reading this got my goat. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/feb/13/notorious-big-barack-obama
Why should a rapper have to represent an ethnic group? Or a president for that matter? I find something a bit sus about people linking the problems of ethnic minorities and a culture grown out of part of that community. Surely social and political problems going back to the slave trade are to blame for the position many ethnic minority people find themsleves in.
That comment about white hip-hop fans is really stupid. OK, we all see those kids who try to emulate what they perceive to be the thug-lifestyle in their dress and mannerisms but how much of the hip-hop-buying public do they make up? I'm white and love hip-hop but enjoy it as someone outside of the culture, as do most people black or white.
Why should a rapper have to represent an ethnic group? Or a president for that matter? I find something a bit sus about people linking the problems of ethnic minorities and a culture grown out of part of that community. Surely social and political problems going back to the slave trade are to blame for the position many ethnic minority people find themsleves in.
That comment about white hip-hop fans is really stupid. OK, we all see those kids who try to emulate what they perceive to be the thug-lifestyle in their dress and mannerisms but how much of the hip-hop-buying public do they make up? I'm white and love hip-hop but enjoy it as someone outside of the culture, as do most people black or white.