There are two economic philosophies running hip-hop right now. Led by an elite and a counter-elite.
One says the guild decides who's legitimate. One says the audience decides. Jay-Z built one. Drake built the other. Today we talk about how and why this happened
A Thread:
Things most Americans agree on:
Groceries cost too much.
Tariffs suck and make no sense.
Congress and Presidents shouldn’t trade stocks.
The debt is a mess.
The border should be secure, but legal immigration is good.
Endless wars are stupid, especially ones that nobody wants and have never been explained.
Americans are exhausted.
AI is like my new best friend that also might be trying to take my job, my ability to think for myself, and my humanity in the process. Yo like I love you, but WTF, but I still love you.
Diversity is actually awesome! The opposite is boring AF.
Canadians are super fucking cool.
Mexicans are chill.
Putin isn’t a good guy looking out for America’s best interest. Rocky IV and Miracle are great movies.
Good neighbors are a blessing.
Freedom of religion and coexistence without having to blow each other up is probably a good idea.
We all question, are we alone in the universe?
We all fuck up along the way.
Epstein didn’t hang himself.
The Trumps and Epstein were best friends for decades. It’s like Bert trying to tell us Ernie was just an acquaintance in the same social scene on Sesame Street back in the day.
The Cowboys suck. Go Birds!
Things we’re told to fight about:
Me.
Laptop.
Vaccines.
Transgenders in sports.
Pronouns.
That’s the joke.
Y'all remember we had to watch 100 games Isaac Bonga and tried to convince ourselves he was a piece 😭
Arguing if Troy Brown could play point guard 😭
It was all worth it 🥹
When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.
Jamaicans are 100% responsible for wallabees popularity in street fashion going back to the early 1980s.
They never went out of style. A select niche still wears them
We had other activities as well, and people used to fight at Catwalk Classic, Republic Gardens, Yellow House, Gonzaga Blackouts, etc too. All of the events didn’t turn out tragic, but teenagers will fight almost anywhere
@dances Sango here: Most French house samples soul music which is overwhelmingly black…that exact Stardust song samples Chaka Khan. An iconic black musician. Even though Stardust is which French music, its roots are directly black by default.
I need to shoutout my young students at Eastern High School, who have been working hard with @WABJDC this month to revive the school newspaper!
I am extremely proud of them!!!!
i dont think people are excited enough by the fact that theres a new Rosco P x Ab Liva song dropping next week 🤔
maybe im just a big re-up gang fan 🤷♂️