i realize that gangster culture as we know it was if not created, then for sure promoted and given the prominence (dominance) it has today, by the CIA, through breaking up of Black Panthers by assassination of key leaders, and subsequent marketing strategies - forces which want to see crime and black on black violence instead of consciousness and protest in the black communities (ghettos).
And this stemming from a history of urban design which sectioned off parts of town with no hospitals, schools, or jobs, but plenty of liquor stores, for poor people of color, into which they pumped massive quantities of narcotics from the 80s onwards.
knowing all that. i still LOVE ignorant thug rap. it's a problem, i know. a contradiction which has no possible resolution. I guess all i can say is that rhythm culture not only survives, but thrives, in any condition... even under the most repressive and violent conditions... and bears amazing fruit.
And this stemming from a history of urban design which sectioned off parts of town with no hospitals, schools, or jobs, but plenty of liquor stores, for poor people of color, into which they pumped massive quantities of narcotics from the 80s onwards.
knowing all that. i still LOVE ignorant thug rap. it's a problem, i know. a contradiction which has no possible resolution. I guess all i can say is that rhythm culture not only survives, but thrives, in any condition... even under the most repressive and violent conditions... and bears amazing fruit.
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