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UPDATE: Get somebody with a history, not an opportunist

by Timbre Wolf - Open-Publishing - Wednesday 29 July 2015

Update:
Being president doesn’t make you black.
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Being “hip-hop” doesn’t make you concerned about social justice . . . or a musician for that matter.
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Being a Democrat doesn’t make you a liberal . . . a neo liberal maybe.

So I hate hip-hop. Why? Stealing beats, using two turntables and a microphone no more makes one an artist than, say, painting houses.

Using meaningless buzz words like Turntablism, Freestyle rap, Gangsta rap, Homo hop, Hardcore hip hop, Bounce Brick, Jerkin’ does not an art form make.

Look to Gil Scott-Heron, the founding forefather of hip-hop, for the REAL message. Tupac, a founder of hip-hop and a revolutionary, also had a profound impact regarding social issues. They are both dead under highly suspicious circumstances IMHO. Queen Latifah IS an artist, a hip-hop artist even, still alive AND concerned about social justice. This triumvirate is the only “hip-hop” that I give a shit about. I might nod to Wu Tang Clan, NWA, and Ice-T (though I sorta think he sold out after Cop Killer).

Note: It’s ironic that my microwhite spell checker didn’t like “Scott-Heron,” “Tupac” OR “Latifah.”

For you do-gooder, “liberal democrats” (those of you who think that you’ve elected the “first black president”), who think that standing on a stage in D.C. with a “hip-hop artist” gives you the moral high ground I would say go get Arlo, unfortunately Pete’s dead, but, generally speaking, go get somebody with a fucking history. Stealing beats and calling yourself a “hip-hop artist” doesn’t make you anything. It doesn’t make you concerned about social justice. It doesn’t make you a spokesperson for a movement.

Lest you think that I’m just trolling let me say that I’m not real happy with my “hero,” Neil, either. Where to start with Monsanto? 1907 and sachrin, or the mid 60s with agent orange? Toxic superfund sites? GMO’s? Better late than never I guess.

I’m not even sure who the oportunists are anymore.