What started as a progressive tool aimed to help minorities was bought out by businesses who capitalized on it. They supplied aspiring rappers with a gimmick and continue to do so while the outspoken artists get censored and overlooked. When a young, insecure girl with no role model turns on the radio what she’ll hear is that her worth is determined by the size of her physical assets and how wide she can spread her legs.
Full story
“I met this girl when I was 10 years old, and what I loved about her she had so much soul/ She was old school, when I was just a shorty, never knew throughout my life she would be there for me.” These are the words of Common from the song “I Used to Love H.E.R.,” a song dedicated to Hip Hop.
Full story
"The logic goes that because white people are so important, nothing important happens without white people — except of course, plotting against white people. This must be what they do at HBCUs."
Full story