I don’t disagree with Granderson’s denunciation in a lot of the lyrics in Hip Hop today. It is sad to think about the things Public Enemy talked about and the modern landscapes Tupac and Biggie painted with their words and then look at the state of Hip Hop today. There is too much materialism, hetero normativity and misogynism without thought. There are MCs out there that are still doing the genre justice, but just like with Rock n’ roll I think it is a new time for black people to reinvent music. Hip hop has been commercialized and stripped of any meaning, so its time for the next step. I’m sorry that was a major tangent.But to say that these songs do more damage than institutional racism or extreme poverty is just false. And in the long run a massive distraction.
by: N.S Kelly
