Ice Cube has joined a long list of rappers who have cuddled up with conservative pundits and politicians
  • Obsession@sh.itjust.works
    163·
    11 months ago

    Or because many of these rappers came from poor and violent areas, where drug addiction, gang banging, and frivolous spending was what they knew

    • LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works
      19·
      11 months ago

      Except that a lot of early and grass-roots rap railed against those things, but that wasn’t what got large scale commercial backing in the long run

      • stephen01kingEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        Can you suggest me songs from the early days that does this? I’ve always hated how much rap songs glorify those things.

        • Víctor Arias@lemmy.world
          12·
          11 months ago

          De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Brand Nubian, Digable Planets, The Pharcyde, Digital Underground, Souls of Mischief, Del the Funky Homosapien, Freestyle Fellowship, Arrested Development, Goodie Mob, Outkast, Fugees…

        • LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works
          6·
          11 months ago

          Grandmaster Flash, De La Soul, and Public Enemy would be good examples of rap that was politically and socially progressive, I’m sure a bit of digging would give a long list

    • AnyProgressIsGood@lemmy.world
      33·
      11 months ago

      But why continue to sell destructive concepts to their people once they make it. But yeah it’s a conspiracy level thought.