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Being A Rapper Is Not A Good Thing — Not A Black Rapper . . .
1 min readAug 26, 2019
Reinforce Black Stereotypes
- Alcohol Consumption
- Consumerism
- Crime
- Destructive Behavior
- Drug Abuse
- Drug Dealing
- Gang Violence
- Guns
- Low Marriage Rate
- Poverty
- Prostitution
- Rampant Illegitimacy
- Single Mothers
rap took a dark turn in the early 1980s, as this “bubble gum” music gave way to a “gangsta” style that picked up where blaxploitation left off. Now top rappers began to write edgy lyrics celebrating street warfare or drugs and promiscuity.
By reinforcing the stereotypes that long hindered blacks, and by teaching young blacks that a thuggish adversarial stance is the properly “authentic” response to a presumptively racist society, rap retards black success.
Record Labels
Paradox
Black Lives Matter
- Kill each other
Fuck the police, I ain’t telling ‘em shit